Ah, I almost watched that the other night, but ended up watching a documentary on Johnston & Gill Sans typefaces
Also, I want to call them fonts because they are so widely known as fonts, but every single program I have ever watched always starts with some snug ‘I know more than you*’ bit where they tell you that you are wrong, because the font is the size and weight, which many people know but aren’t tedious dicks about. So, anyway, that was good. Quite shocking in places (incest... and someone having sex with a pet dog...) but aside from that very interesting.
*Also, the presenter keeps on telling me that I never notice or do not recognise things, which is pretty condescending because I do. I’m pretty sure a fair section of people watching documentaries on typefaces might.
No Idea, who presented that, but I'm going to play guess the presenter based on Mimi's description.
I have opted for Giles Coren.