It's rare that I can actually schedule a large chunk of time to watch something on a screen from start to finish, and many people have told me that this is basically the only way in which the BBC Hollow Crown really makes sense. Kind of intimidating.

Wow. Marathon Shakespeare. I feel like that shouldn't be true—surely you must be able to pause between plays and catch your breath—but I haven't seen it; maybe they're cleverly interwoven in some way that makes it harder to find a stopping point.

Imprinting on the Branagh version had, I think, very much to do with being fifteen when it came out</i I think that's perfectly fair.