It’s a quirky and different concept, and it works. It’s a mix of everything I love – history, (mostly) great art, classics, a detective atmosphere and structure, and a gripping aura. Whilst it doesn’t justify the license fee, the show is one of few that genuinely excite me. None of them are perfect, and H2, a secondary History Channel that I loved, is no longer around.įake or Fortune, a BBC One show, is one of the exceptions.
Dave, Yesterday, Discovery, the History Channel: these are some places that either rerun good old shows or have some quirky ideas. And let’s not even mention Channel 4 and Channel 5. The BBC produces little of quality, and the brief period where ITV seemed to be producing some good shows has long since ended. There is little on TV that I watch or enjoy.
