I imagine there's a few people who don't understand what the fuss over Stephen Fry in America (BBC One, Sunday, 2 November, 9pm) is all about. I mean, in essence, it's just a show that follows some guy around America while he talks to people. There's no in-depth analysis like Simon Schama's history of the States, and there's no Louis Theroux style weirdness going on. However, if you like Stephen Fry, then you'd be happy to simply watch him do the most inane things, like shopping or eating...

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In last night's show, us fans could enjoy those very two things. He guzzled down America's most famous foodstuff (notably, German hotdogs and burgers) and meandered around a trucker shop, picking up rubber testicles and noting how all truckers qualify absolutely everything with an erect thumb. While this show is supposed to be about America, for me, it's just as much a show about Stephen Fry... handy really as both names feature in the titles. My point is that I'd happily watch any show that sees Stephen Fry doing stuff. America is a big, varied and interesting place... but I'd happily watch Stephen Fry in France, Stephen Fry in Asda or Stephen Fry Potters Around His House.

It's probably a good thing that I'm not Director General for the BBC as I'd scrap BBC Three and turn it into a 24/7 livecast of Stephen Fry's day-to-day life. That said, Fry is in the weirdest and most wonderful place on Earth which makes his situations all the more interesting.

Last night, we saw him at the sublimely tacky Mount Rushmore, as well as in an underground bunker being serenaded by some toe-curling hippies. Aside from the trivial, he also peered into the revival of the Native American language (as well as the destruction of it) and the problems with reintroducing wolves... which allowed me to enjoy some of the most disgusting images I've ever seen on the box, like that of a skinned deer.

Basically, Stephen Fry in America will not lodge itself in your brain as one of the best things you've ever seen. It's not Planet Earth. It is, however, immensely enjoyable and comforting, much in the way Fry described ice-cream in a previous episode. We need shows like this in an occasionally grim world. Fantastic.