I don't know what the problem is with English people, whether they are really that completely blind to their own past and present history, blind to the world around them or whether they really haven't understood the series on an intellectual level, but since I don't know what would be more disconcerting, I will just quote Oscar Wilde: "All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital. When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself". I therefore hope that Michael Sheen and colleagues are not only in accord with themselves, but also very proud of what they have done, because it has been a long time since I saw something so new, complex and vital, certainly not in a TV production.