Watched this as a kid and didn't really appreciate it although did love the music, watching it as an adult it was all the more impressive. Just a fantastic central performance from Philip Madoc, he captivates every time he appears on screen, some interesting familiar faces amongst the supporting cast too, Ruth Madoc (his wife), Desmond Llewelyn and Fulton McKay to name a few. A few historical inaccuracies, the Germans launched their final offensive in the spring of 1918 not the autumn of 1917 and it was Haig who'd seen it coming, not Lloyd George who was criticised for holding troops in the UK rather than sending them to France where they were needed as he feared Haig might use them in a bloody offensive. His ultimatum to the Sinn Fein delegation was to the entire group, not simply Michael Collins whose assassination sequence was a cut price BBC version to say they least. If anything it tones down his womanising ( he was nicknamed 'The Goat') and whilst it touches on the Marconi scandal it doesn't depict him selling honours for cash to fund himself or the 1922 committee's toppling of him, much as he deposed Asquith. All told however these are minor quibbles and it's a truly brilliant series.
