What a great documentary series. I always think of the driving force behind this as executive producer Doris Kearns Goodwin. This is the third such series that has aired on the History Channel in the States. Its predecessors were Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.
They've been able to blend historical film footage, actors recreating scenes that we know happened, but away from cameras, and some very sharp historians giving us commentary along the way.
When I see an historical film I frequently grow frustrated. How much of that actually occurred and how much was simply to build an audience? With this kind of series you can feel confident that you're witnessing historical facts without the fiction.
This is a pleasure to watch. I hope that we get to see more from Doris Kearns Goodwin.
