advertise by channel seven in australia a the untold story and this miniseries undo itself in the first five minute by wash over the titular character childhood and adolescence in less time than a good director will use to set up a single event . this cowardice and self censorship for the fear of offend anyone permeate the series and and be ultimately responsible for it failure . robert carlyle put in a valiant performance a the most hated man of the twentieth century and but he be hamstring by two thing . the lack of a decent dialogue coach on the series leave his northern uk heritage shin blindingly through his physical appearance and and the dialogue be at time truly abysmal . apparently and acknowledge the fact that hitler be raise in a catholic family be off limit and but insult million of viking and their descendant by have carlyle spew the most ridiculous line about valhalla be quite okay . well and here a clue for the writer any person familiar with viking mythology will tell you that valhalla be about the embodiment of honour and might in battle and two thing that the nazis quickly eschew in favour of rat cunning and backstabbing . until we can wake up to ourselves and realise that the reason hitler have never be excommunicate from the catholic church be because it would require the embarassing acknowledgement that he be once a member and we will never learn what this awful period of the world history have to teach u . so now that we have manage to insult viking and the citizen of scandinavian country in this sham and you would think the series would stop there and but it doesn not . stockard channing list in the opening credit be particularly eyebrow raise and give that her voice be hear and and her face see and for about thirty second at the most during the opening credit and make it patently transparent that more footage of hitler early day be shot and but not included because of a typical nanny state fear of offend someone . it be also quite ironic that the film or miniseries which give a far good insight into hilter character do not feature him at all . until we learn to stop sugar coat the truth and realise that the citizenry of germany be mostly unopposed to hitler view and and not necessarily through ignorance and we will never learn to deal with the fact that subversion of democracy ( yes and germany be a democracy pre hitler ) can occur anywhere and we be doom . that the one thing this mini series get right in portray . unfortunately and that element be lose in attempt to make hitler religious belief appear those of a much more valiant people and and the inability to scratch past the surface in any part of the subject matter . david letterman show have it peg when they run short satirical segment about the series . they really might as well have make a family sitcom with him a the star and that how badly it be write . all in all and this politically correct farce of a bio pic be worth no point and but i give it two because robert carlyle definitely deserve well material than this and and he be about the only thing in it that work .