Now here's a DVD series that will fill your whole weekend if you have a whole weekend with nothing going on. I've been watching the series bit by bit over the past few weeks. It's engaging and covers interesting aspects of British history and culture that I hadn't picked up in previous reading or other sources. Truthfully, it got a little old hearing the one voice of Simon Schama in every video. (He seemed like a bobblehead doll at times. If you've seen this you know what I'm talking about.) He had a bit too much face time for my tastes. While I found the topics greatly interesting, there were often not enough variety in speaking voices. So I tended to find myself nodding off. I give it 4 stars.
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