Secrets of Great British Castles

After the horrendous time we've had the last few years semi imprisoned in our houses, what would be better than a really long holiday at home without the bother of vaccine passports, quarantines, or PCR tests. Where to go? Why not visit Dan Jones's great British castles. He gave me an appetite to visit them all. Steeped in history, mostly violent but not all, I learned a lot about my own heritage. One nice touch was the experts, some of whom were just the right side of eccentric. All very well done. Looking forward to a continuation of the series.

I hope to visit the UK in the next year or so. I thought this series might help me to decide which castles to visit. I'm not sure why this series goes so seriously off the rails. Each episode is a deep-dive history lesson, with a castle in the backdrop. Few interiors are shown, and when they are, just for a few seconds. The episodes go into the history of the kings, nobles, and wars associated with each one. Exterior shots are shown, so I'm not sure if filming rights weren't in place or what the issue is. Warwick castle and Leeds castle are decent episodes for those wanting to actually see castles. The rest are about the kings, wars, murders associated with the area and the castle.

This show is not about castles. It's about some of the people that lived in them, or had them build. While it goes on and on about these people, it has sweeping views of a castle.

I wish after watching this show I could say I now know about the castles but unfortunately, not.

Too much stories (as I am not historian, I will not judge accuracy), too little technical details... The buildings serve as the background for historical stories .. yes, perhaps related to the castle, but still.. the presenter is going too far on a tangent by my opinion..

Would prefer less emotions, more "dry" technical stuff.

..removing 1 * for the idiotic tattoos of the "historian".. what a childish thing to do ..and forcing us to watch.. ;-)

item 1. The curator of the Lancaster Castle artefacts suggested the main reason for inflicting the tongue restriction device was for "Fighting in the street" when in fact the device was specifically designed to punish those accused of slander or malicious gossip.

item 2. Henry V111 never renounced Catholicism, he was born a catholic and died a Catholic. He did renounce the authority of Rome and the Pope, making himself the head of the Catholic Church in England. He was never a champion of Protestism and Catholics were not executed for just being Catholics, they were executed for refusing to acknowledge him as head of the Catholic church in England. When making documentary films that are usually received as fact, it's imperative that published information is impartial and accurate.