The only other word to describe this show other than garbage is trash. I don't know how they managed to get a green light for this.

This show is really good. It is not very flamboyant or over the top. This is very much related to the Iliad(although I haven't read all of Troy's Versions in other forms). I think this is a well grounded attempt to present the Epic in a unbiased manner which makes it believable. The characters are good and portray their respective natures very convincingly. Yes, I agree the story is a bit slow paced, but I think it manages to imbibe a sense of helplessness during the whole period of such a prolonged war as that of the Siege Troy. This series is really a must watch for the lovers of Greek Mythology. (P.S- Some one in the reviews mentioned about the lack of respect form the reviewers for the series and a sense of disbelief in IMDB ratings. I am afraid that is true. IMDB is no longer trustful, if you really want to watch quality cinema/series)

The Gods, at play with we mortals, enjoy displaying their strength and power over us. So it came to pass, as they say in the Classics, that the actors in this classic somehow offended the Gods. And this led to them being cursed. However they were not cursed with being bad actors, as tempting as it is to proffer this. No, being Greek Gods, they cursed the actors with leaving them exactly as they are. Mere mortal human beings with absolutely no charisma whatsoever. That is a heck of an effective curse.A scan of the characters, Achilles, Ajax, Agamemnon, Hector, Helen reveals those whose names are the essence of legend and thereby charisma.No actor here is a bad actor, but there was not one great artiste of high art among them. And the Iliad is greatness, and therefore requires, greatness to be brought to it.Perhaps it was as simple a matter as the present BBC's financial masters restricted them to hiring actors who would save them a few bob in the long run. Maybe it was that bargain basement ratings were brought about by hiring bargain basement actors. Who knows. Well, actually the Gods know, because it was they who cursed this lackluster telling of one of the world's greatest classic stories. Cursed it to be ordinary, when it needed to be extraordinary.

I'm not going to spend my time in this garbage serie or on this review so I'm going to keep it short. TERRIBLE acting, script, acting, lack of sets lack of decoration.