Cromwell 's on BBC2 at the moment.
The classic one, from 1970. Richard Harris as Cromwell and Alec Guinness as Charles I.
Half an hour in, and already Cromwell is insisting to his king that "the ordinary people, my Lord, simply wish to be asked, rather than told, what they must do", then in the same exchange, "there shall be no peace in Ireland until the Catholic Church there is crushed".
It might not be docu-drama in its historical accuracy, but it's a sumptious piece of dramatic cinema.
The classic one, from 1970. Richard Harris as Cromwell and Alec Guinness as Charles I.
Half an hour in, and already Cromwell is insisting to his king that "the ordinary people, my Lord, simply wish to be asked, rather than told, what they must do", then in the same exchange, "there shall be no peace in Ireland until the Catholic Church there is crushed".
It might not be docu-drama in its historical accuracy, but it's a sumptious piece of dramatic cinema.
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