So it seems this waste of time isn't neither an accurate historical description nor a good entertainment! So what is it? I mean if you want to dismiss the events as they truly happened and choose instead to reshape things on a whim you have to at least put on a strong scenario to back it up but it seems that this isn't the case. Now the only thing John Ridley can do is to cry himself a river again since it seems that it's only thing he manages to do when things don't go his way.

Great story, beautiful cast and amazing acting. Its portrayal of educated black people is great. A few angry black woman are trolling the cast because the lead isn't a black woman and this is shameful and unfounded. Id like to point out for every 1 show or movie with a black man/ white woman cast there are 10 with a black woman and white man ie dr who, Scandal, Evertthing everything, monsters ball etc Please grow up and stop being prejudice and disgustingly ignorant .

As a Canadian I am glad to see some historical series that is retro but not in the USA. The producers did a excellent job in making this series. The actors do a good job of capturing the emotions tied to the issue of racism and equality. Also I am glad the female character is of South Asian descent, which is a refresher because usually it is that everyone is white or black. But this time we get the point of view from a very different character whose background is more complex then we realize.

Best series to come out of England in years . Shows what it was like back in the old days . You need to watch this it will teach you a lot about the history. The actors are well picked you will know a lot of them from lots of various TV shows and films . Really shows how this was a horrible time to be black and how much the world has changed for the good