is bury ▁Ter ence ▁R ig by ▁as ▁Thomas ▁Bar low ▁Margaret ▁Cour ten ay ▁as ▁Max ine ▁Elli ott ▁Mer rie ▁Lyn n ▁Ross ▁as ▁Mar ion ▁Dav ies ▁N ig el ▁Stock ▁as ▁Admir al ▁Dom v ile ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Writing ▁for ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁Walter ▁Good man ▁noted ▁Hard y ▁" g ives ▁a ▁remarkable ▁imp erson ation ▁of ▁Church ill ", ▁but ▁wrote ▁" Un fortunately , ▁the ▁imp erson ation ▁does ▁not ▁quite ▁rise ▁to ▁full ▁character ization ; ▁at ▁moments ▁the ▁manner isms ▁b ury ▁the ▁human ▁being ▁beneath ▁them ." ▁He ▁summar ized : ▁"... ▁drama - height ening ▁libert ies ▁are ▁the ▁ind isp ens able ▁gre ase ▁to ▁this ▁kind ▁of ▁vehicle ; ▁eight ▁hours ▁of ▁speech es ▁about ▁the ▁national ▁per il ▁and ▁the ▁short age ▁of ▁aircraft ▁could ▁prove ▁we aring ▁even ▁to ▁Church ill ▁buff s . ▁Events ▁and ▁personal ities ▁are ▁stra ined ▁and ▁stra ined ▁again ▁through ▁the ▁historian , ▁the ▁dram at ist , ▁the ▁director , ▁the ▁actors . ▁If ▁the ▁result ▁works ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁it ▁does ▁here , ▁if ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁dist ort ▁events ▁out ▁of ▁recogn izable ▁shape , ▁if ▁it ▁brings ▁the ▁dead ▁to ▁a ▁s embl ance ▁of ▁life , ▁that ▁is ▁an ▁accomplish ment ." ▁ ▁People ▁magazine ▁p anned ▁the ▁series ▁premi ere ▁as ▁" an ▁aim less ▁and ▁exc ru ci ating ly ▁d ull ▁premi ere ▁of ▁an ▁eight - part ▁min is eries