1066: A Year to Conquer England

This programme was so disappointing. A factual documentary giving all the details of the Norman Conquest has long been needed but although an attempt was made to cover the various angles it just didn't work. The idea of three historians, each 'playing' one of the three contenders for the throne (Hardrada, Godwinson and William) and arguing their cause with each other was bizarre and didn't fit in with the acted scenes that were shown alongside. On a more positive note, the programme did give very fair and unbiased accounts of all three and just didn't portray William as the 'bad guy' which is how he is normally seen.

Rather like a scientist (rarely) or a politician (commonly) who cannot articulate the word "nuclear"- often in a programme ABOUT nuclear power or weapons -the BBC have a habit of destroying this viewers confidence in the factuality of their "factual" productions by their ridiculous casting.

Would they cast a man to play Queen Elizabeth 1st?

Or a white actor to play Dr. Martin Luther King jnr?

In a supposedly factual drama?

Can you imagine the backlash?

I think and hope they would not, but it's fine to cast a black actor (in their wokish PC minds) for a well documented white european historical figure!

Misleading at best, partcularly to younger viewers who may not be aware of the FACTS of the societal and social structure of Europe in the 11th century.

Personally l have no issue whatsoever with any actor of any colour or gender playing any part in contemporary fiction, but attach the word "FACT" to it and l expect a little more.

When a "documentary" trying to be factual inserts a black actor as the right hand man to William, it completely undermines the entire credibility of what they are presenting and turns it into a joke. There were no Africans in England or Normandy at that time, and not for another 500 years at least. Why not use a talking pig? Or a little green man from outer space?

I can,t believe this tripe has been repeated yet again, the pro norman fake history resembled a carry on farce.michael wood not dan snow would have been a more erudite pair of hands

Anyone feel like at some point, probably during a battle scene in the show, that King Harold of England was going to bust out a camo-can Busch heavy and slam it while Enter the Sandman is playing?