this be the best television series for child ( and adult ) ever . john hurt be a great actor and with many excellent performance over many year and but he be bear to play the storyteller . the script for almost every episode be superb piece of craftsmanship and and the production run the gamut of the emotion and be alternately funny and sad and happy and exciting and and always hauntingly beautiful . it be hard to pick a best episode from so many excellent contender and but the soldier and death and with it timeless pathos and be unbeatable . it be a series to watch with your child and over and over again .