Title: Missing the point
Product review: What is the point of knowing about history if not to learn something from it, such as what mistakes people made and how to do things better now, or how a system developed over the years that gradually allowed people more freedom? At the end of each of these episodes I found that I did not feel I had gained in understanding and insight, but only in how brutal, violent, and outright horrible the history of Britain was - at least in the eyes of the makers of this series. Quite frankly, I think they have missed the point. There must be empathy with people to have understanding of them, and instead I felt cynicism. Others, such as Ken Burns, have found how to show who people were, and yet leave you feeling you understood them, whatever their faults might have been. This series left me feeling agitated and actually revolted by how parts were presented. I, unfortunately, would have to say that I do not recommend it.
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