The story of the Hitler Diaries can be found online,
The book by Robert Harris simply recounts the events
which are funny in themselves. The guy who did the forgeries had great comic potential
without any need to cast Alexie Sayle in the role. Basically
Alexie Sayle plays Alexie Sayle whatever he's in. Also the series features Hediemanns's dreams/fanatsies
which have a Wagnerian theme and are enacted in
short interludes - totally unneccessary and don't
add anything at all. Barry Humphries is unrecognisalble playing Rupert
Murdoch so no problems there, unlike with A. S.
Same with Alan Bennett as Hugh Trevor Roper
unrecognisable except the accent somethimes
slips. Picture quality is OK if not exactly HD but NO
SUBTITLES.
