It has all the strengths of the best drama - courtroom tension, striking plots, powerful characters - with elements of investigative news programmes, picking up on the outrages and terrors of the world around us.
The programme they picked on (there were several bold efforts to choose from) was a well-balanced film about Northern Ireland.
And he agreed," beamed host Rosario Carello, who had the idea for the programme and picked the questions from the 2,000 that poured in.
The programme itself picked a painstaking path between "balance" and accusation, taking measures along the way to pre-empt allegations it knew it would face.
The programme, sadly, picked up with the pre-prepared packages – especially an interview with a woman who is in hiding because a month ago she was beaten up by secret service officers.
In the United States, "The Dragon's Call" was aired back-to-back with the following episode "Valiant" on 21 June 2009 on network station NBC, the first time since 1978's The New Avengers that a British programme was picked up by one of the U.S.'s four major terrestrial networks, rather than cable.
I can imagine my poor mother sitting patiently, waiting for the famous theme tune signalling the end of the programme – then picking up her bag with a small sigh and heading off to hospital.
Pointing to the scene in cult 90s film Clueless where Alicia Silverstone uses a computer programme to pick an outfit as an influence, Chung brings her signature goofy humour to the technology.
The prime minister has promised to double funding for dementia research, while the health secretary, Andrew Lansley, announced a screening programme to pick up the signs earlier, as campaigners warned of a crisis triggered by the increasing age of the population.
The annual screening programme will pick up nodules missed on earlier scans, which reduces the risk of missed nodules developing into untreatable cancer.
