BBC One screened a 90 minute special on the life of Prince Charles, who is celebrating his 60th birthday this year.
Cameras had been given access to Charles for a year and the programme showed the breadth of his activities from The Prince's Trust to his more overtly political activities.
In one sequence he had gathered several hill farmers from the Lake District to lobby a cabinet minister, Hilary Benn. But that didn't stop Charles from adding his views to Mr Benn about what he thought the government should be doing to support the farmers.
Prince Charles has supported organic farming for much longer than the time it has been fashionable - and he could demonstrate a wheat field that did not have any fertilizer on it - nor any weeds.
He also took a delegation of personnel from his charities to Brussels to lobby the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, as well as to make a speech before the European parliament.
Prince Charles recounted that he had invited a number of property developers to lunch and had asked them to undertake property developments for both rich and poor together. They told him that if they did that the rich wouldn't buy any of the houses.
So Charles decided to do it himself and show them it could be done. When he first saw the plans for Poundbury he saw they included zoned areas for housing, shops and offices. He tore the plans up and Poundbury now has housing, shops and offices integrated in a well-designed development. And showing people round he challenged people to spot where the poor people lived.