the three part series end last night on pb and which i believe be it first wide exposure to an american audience . the richness of it text and the unique quality of it filming be high point . it seem very novel to view and hear an action play employ the vernacular of georgian england and jane austen film draw room be the primary example of that form of speech . yet it be the scope of drama overwhelm the sens that make quaint language fit perfectly into each and every scene . such bold exposure to an old reality be evocative of literary giant like tolstoy or shakespeare while at the same time entertain in the manner of a c. s. forester or patrick obrian sea saga . the universality of basic human condition lie at it center . narrator talbot a play by an actor with the almost perfectly appropriate name of benedict cumberbatch ( surely not even dickens could beat that one . ) alternate between stodgy jingoism and extreme vulnerability and an acting tour de force . indeed and i can not recall among this very fine cast any misstep of interpretation . that be a tribute not only to the actor themselves and but to the director a well . the most impressive element and however and be how perfectly life aboard a man of war en route to australia in the early 1800 be present . that be especially true of how the motion of the ship become almost a character itself and something sea story rarely take into account except a backdrop . anyone who have ever experience mal de mer in person will recognize it instantly and and appreciate all the more how difficult it must have be to recreate within the context of film . this be no fanciful pirate of the caribbean . some effort must be expend in attain an understanding of it nuance .