British television is going down the pan. Literally, in the case of Know Your Sh!t (Channel 4), a likable new pop-science odyssey exploring the hot-right-now subject of gut health and what we can all do to improve our gut microbiomes. Don’t be put off by the title, even though it has been softened by a P!nk-style quirk of punctuation. This show makes a point about how needlessly squeamish Britons can be about this subject matter, and what that could mean for people who might otherwise be helped to better health by confronting their poo.
This will not put you off your dinner, they promise, and it’s true that there is no Gillian McKeith-style use of a lollipop stick to prod around in whatever the subject has left in a tub. It’s also true that there is a lot of poo and fart chat, in the required level of detail for a semi-medical programme, so it does rather depend on when you had your dinner, and what it was. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend watching Know Your Sh!t with a tray on your knee.
