The characterisation and acting was just so moving. Like most Brits I grew up knowing about the Great War and had been taught the term shell shock but I'd never properly considered the idea that young men would come home on leave and then return to the front knowing what awaited them. Nico Mirallegro's performance is heartbreaking and made part of our shared history all too real and vivid. The contrast between the powerful and powerless was beautifully illustrated throughout with one law for the privileged and another for the rest...thank goodness THAT doesn't happen anymore....
Review of Episode #1.5
