Utter brilliance.. but beware....
turn the lights off.. close the curtains... remove ALL back ground light sources.. this was filmed by real candle and firelight.
It is a tale of politics in a young Henry VIII's reign
It's beautiful and, with only 1 episode gone, it's easy enough to follow, though you might want to spend 5 mins in a school history book to get his wives in the right order
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England that will help
Damian Lewis, of Homeland and from Easy Company as Richard Winters in Band of Brothers........ is Henry VIII and oh he looks right!!!!
Iplayer is your friend
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...ree-card-trick
Enjoy... possibly twice.. it's that good!
but MAN it's dark...