Did anyone catch this? I think it's on catch up or what ever it's called, if you didn't. I thought it was great. I saw a clip of it and thought it was one of those documentary things, with really bad and low budget clips of reenactors. Turned out to be far, far better than what I was expecting. Obviously it wasn't big budget Hollywood, but it was a hell of a lot better than most UK productions of things I have seen.
I wonder sometimes if we'll ever get a big budget movie around the battles of 1066. But, I suspect if it ever happens, they'll totally ruin it. Mel Gibson will creep in somewhere to kill the Anglo-Saxons. King Harold will have an American accent etc etc. It's probably better we don't get one.
I went to the 2006 reenactment of the Battle of Hastings at the battle site itself. That was likely better than any film. Hearing the sound of all the horses going up the hill felt like the definition of epic to me.