Washington

What a great job! Thanks for a riveting look at the story of our first president. Thanks for improving your production quality! Revealing story that most people don't know. Great cast. Great talking heads. Great voice over. Great script. Yes, there's a couple of issues that prevent me from giving it the rating of 10...but please keep this up. Do more! I have been waiting for your channel to target watchers like me for decades. I consider myself an 'informed' viewer and unless I was interested in watching a piece in which the information was skewed, sometimes invented, with dubious backup and a way over-dreicted voice-over -- I'd just end up switching channels. I've recommended this piece to several people..

Washington not looking like Washington is odd. He looks more like Jefferson. You would think they would have tried to cast someone that looks like the narrator. The strange casting is that of John Adams being played by a Dutch actor makes no sense at all. I mean he is a descent actor, but looks nothing like him and not sure he even speaks fluent English. Other than that an enjoyable documentary to watch, and excellent historians that I have seen before. Also, I had no issue with Clinton. I mean why doesn't it make sense to have a former president talk about the first president, my guess is the negative comments were more political.

George Washington was initiated into The Craft in Virginia in 1753. Why is there no mention of this in the production. I couldn't help pick up on the left wing spin embedded in it.

8 rating for the historical content alone. Strong lead character but I question casting choice for looks. Definitely could do without this type of documentary especially given they chose Bill Clinton to speak.

Mostly the "professional" historians offer surface analysis and apparently didn't mind repeating themselves like the reality program / Top Chef nonsense, or oversimplifying and assessing history with a modern lens. Not really for the history buff but nice to see actual history on this channel.

Before watching this I knew very little about George Washington or that era of American history so I certainly learned a great deal even if some of the actual facts are either omitted or not entirely accurate. I loved the portrayal of the main character by Nicholas Rowe who brought a very regal bearing and much screen presence to the part even if he doesn't resemble Washington. Only drawback imo was the 'fluff' added by Powell and Clinton who didn't really add anything constructive.