Tim Furlong

Excellent work, BBC! I much prefer the dark, gritty period dramas and real-life documentaries to their pathetic, sugar candy, celebrity shows - I guess they have to cater for a varied audience. I thought the script was very clever, it dug deep into the psychology of human anger, there were some great moments of suspense, bordering on fantasy horror and concluded matters in a very entertaining fashion. The street scenes were brilliant, this was more like the real Charles Dickens, Victorian England than all the other attempts at dramatising this timeless classic.

I was brought up on Python, which is probably why I love Horrible Histories - very witty and novel way of educating children. The movie is a great extension from the TV series, some great jokes, many of which will go over people's heads (they did in my cinema) some brilliant acting from Emilia Jones and the very lovely Kate Nash. Reminded me very much of The Life of Brian, my teenage daughter and I giggled our way through, so for us, this was a winner.

Listed in the documentary section on Amazon Prime. Not only have I discovered that this is a piece of fiction and thus mislead by Amazon, it really is utterly, utterly poor. Think, high school student film project.... Actually, no, think, primary/elementary school. Don't waste your life on this!