Kevin McCloud’s Rough Guide to the Future – C4

Jon Richardson in Kevin McCloud’s Rough Guide to the Future

Kevin McCloud looks at some of the world’s biggest issues and how technology may have the answer in Kevin McCloud’s Rough Guide to the Future on C4

Kevin McCloud is feeling positive about the years ahead, as he proves in new three-part series Kevin McCloud’s Rough Guide to the Future on C4.

He’s confident that new technology and human resourcefulness will save the planet from its current crisis.

Alice Levine in Kevin McCloud's Rough Guide to the Future

Alice Levine meets Erica the robot in Japan in Kevin McCloud’s Rough Guide to the Future on C4

On a mission to spread his optimism, he sends comedians Jon Richardson, Phil Wang and presenter Alice Levine to three of the most technologically advanced countries in the world, which are inventing the solutions to many of today’s problems.

While Jon drives an electric car in America (pictured top), Phil’s in China to meet a farmer with an unusual flock and Alice experiences love Japanese-style and visits an all-robot café.

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TV Times rating: ***

Joanne Lowles
Freelance writer and editor

Joanne Lowles has been writing about TV since 2002. After graduating from Cardiff University with a Postgraduate Diploma in Magazine Journalism, she worked for All About Soap magazine covering the ups and downs of life on the cobbles, the square and the Dales. 


Next came nearly 10 years at TV Times magazine as a writer and then deputy features editor. Here she spent many happy days interviewing the biggest names in entertainment and visiting the sets of some of our most popular shows including Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife and Strictly Come Dancing


With a love of nature and wildlife she’s also interviewed the leading experts in this area including David Attenborough, Chris Packham and Steve Backshall. She’s also travelled the world visiting Mongolia, Canada and South Africa to see how the best in the business make the most brilliant natural history documentaries. 


Freelance since 2013, she is now is a digital writer and editor for What to Watch, previews the best on the box for TV Times mag each week and loves being constantly surprised, entertained and informed by the amazing TV that she is lucky enough to watch.