I found myself absolutely glued to the screen while viewing all three tapes of this box set. The narrator, Schama, has a rather strange, twitchy presentation style that I initially found a bit off-putting. However, he tells such a good story that I quickly got used to this and got on with the job of just enjoying his down to earth way of telling the story. Schama takes you into the hearts and minds of the characters at the heart of events, rather than simply presenting the events as cold historical fact. I like this approach and am now looking forward to watching the second volume of the series.