Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

Stuck at home due to the Covid crisis I watched both Marr's British history programmes. Marr's eccentric presenting style and slightly left of centre view might upset some people but taken as a whole the series was excellent.

But some of the stuff covered was odd. Most people never cared about the theatre stuff. He ignored the 1970 Tory party Selsdon man and the 1974-1979 Labour governments,and the role of the far left and far right in the 1970s. I doubt Margaret Thatcher nee Roberts did not have an indoor toilet while growing up. But really the series is very good,some great clips and if you are not going to read books a great introduction to modern British history

Why is it that continuity still put berets on men the wrong way round? Even when confronted with actual footage of the uniform, they still dressed Andrew up as Frank Spencer! Shame!

When will the BBC (and other channels) stop referring to the British flag as the "Union Jack". The Jack is a rod to hang the flag on at the end (stern) of a boat!

Apart from these comments, a good programme, and despite some comments about Andrew "dressing up" and also "dressing up of history" I thought it was OK.

It's just small points that ruin it for me.

Top work Mr Marr. Endearingly eccentric, enthusiastic, exhilarating overview of Britain. Of course there are gaps and highly debatable views, but he got all the top stories on the screen and reminded (hopefully) hundreds of thousands of people how we got to where we are. This is the sort of thing that makes history shimmer and excite - whetting the appetite for more in-depth explorations of each of the powerful stories that made up this wonderful series. I particularly enjoyed the episode that covered Harold Wilson - a time that i know little about but this programme made me want to dive into it and explore. And fragments of childhood memory came back to me during the episode on the 80s - my father's hulking mobile phone and the disappearance of my village bobby to go to the miners' strikes. Very evocative. Running over all of this was Marr's rich and engaging language - his presenting was the icing on the cake. Overall, Bonkers but brilliant.