Virginia Cath

Pure stodge of historical hotch potch. Over boiled wool costumes and tiny iceland horses valiantly carrying burly 21st Century actors into battle. All filmed in an gloom, except when a surfeit candles blaze on huge chandeliers. I don't think the directors had any inkling of English history or geography. The Last Kingdom or The Vikings it ain't. I weep for the actors involved.

Thrilling, engrossing, history with great details across settings, battles, costumes and beliefs. The acting was superb across the board. I am now binge watching again in 2025. .

Simplistic. Earnest. Music awful. Got very bored.

Excellent. Thoughtful, provocative. Fast paced thriller it's not. Thank goodness. They are two a oenny.

What a travesty of the truth. Katherine's story is amazing but the writers didn't think it was sexy enough? She didn't kill Henery. She was not ever pregnant by him. Brilliant acting, costumes etc. But dumbing down history for a today's ignorant uniformed was awful. Shame on those responsible. Disrespectful to Catherine, and Anne Askew.

First series was good. Second has too much mood music and cliches coming in. Too many ‘significant’ looks, police procedures not credible in some stories. Troubled main character with’difficult’ boss is passé. Story lines very good and unpredictable outcomes. Director needs to move away from the cliches and control the music. Natural sounds can add tension without the unnecessary ‘noir’ noise!! Dropped from an 8.5 to a 6.5 out of 10. Wales is wet and cold most of the time - nay, all of the time.

First 3 series are enjoyable but then got wearisome. Brett Climo was badly cast and very wooden.

Not as good as the Russian production. Poor script, Sloppy continuity, relying on sex screens, graphic violence and sumptuous (bulky) costumes. Regrettably Helen Mirren is too old for the part of the young, lusty, imperious, ruthless Ekaterina. I recommend the Russian production and the performance of the actress playing Empress Elizabeth.

Overbearing music used too much - yet again. So many nature programmes dumbed down by the imposition of music to anthropomorphise the animals. I wish the directors/producers would just stop it! Let’s have the natural sounds and please also edit the inane commentary. All the hard work by the camera operators and sound recorders swamped byBBC Disneyfication.

Total fantasy. Revisionist nonsense. Hollywood make believe. But that is the American dream. Rewrite history if you don’t like it. Lockdown pap.