| Genre: | Road trip |
| Director: | Samuel Palmer |
| Presenter: | Bobby Seagull, Eric Monkman |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 4 |
| Executive Producer: | Simon Dickson, Lorraine Charker-Phillips |
| Producer: | Merle Currie |
| Company: | Label1 Television Ltd |
| Network: | BBC 2 |
Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain is a BBC documentary series presented by Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull, a duo who met as rivals on the quiz programme University Challenge and became friends, coauthors and radio-show co-hosts. The show is a road trip around the United Kingdom and focuses on British scientific and technological ingenuity and has a voiceover supplied by Simon Callow.
The show aired in September and October 2018 and was recommissioned for a second series which became a new series Monkman & Seagull’s Genius Adventures, which was broadcast in three 60 minute episodes in May 2020.[1]
Sarah Hughes in i called the series "entertaining, eccentric, and well-informed" and praised the pair's unforced eccentricity and natural rapport.[2]
Rebecca Nicholson in The Guardian also praised the warmth and appeal of their friendship but said that the show felt a bit "skittish" by not staying at locations for long enough.[3]
In The Evening Standard, Katie Law said there was insufficient chemistry between them and that none of their observations is especially nuanced or perceptive.[4]