This is a fascinating period in English history but this series was spoilt by its taking a very pro royalist slant, It failed to point out that Charles the first completely disregarded the parliament and tried to arrest its elected MPs.
The supporting commentators were not given to a fair view.
Disappointing and considering the BBCs aim should be unbiased this it made worse
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Shame, it's such a one sided documentary.
chriskooter-956-1572321 August 2022
I have to fully endorse the previous reviewers assessment of this quite pitiful love letter to the, largely accepted in history, tyrant Charles 1st. After bleeding the people dry, and exhibiting many other contempts, he shamefully went before his subjects. Largely unrepentant and contemptuous, convinced that the divine right of kings, he payed the price and the monarchy was humbled.
This documentary could not have recruited a more one sided, pro royal chorus of voices, if it had tried. Every contributor is such an uncritical Royalist. It's just so deliberate, a real deliberate attempt at revisionism. I'm a humble peasant, I'm not even a republican. But even I know, in that moment, he had to go. He was plotting yet another bloody war against his own people, it wasn't a tragedy.
This documentary could not have recruited a more one sided, pro royal chorus of voices, if it had tried. Every contributor is such an uncritical Royalist. It's just so deliberate, a real deliberate attempt at revisionism. I'm a humble peasant, I'm not even a republican. But even I know, in that moment, he had to go. He was plotting yet another bloody war against his own people, it wasn't a tragedy.
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