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...an interesting and engaging watch for history buffs who want to learn something new.

...har två stora styrkor – miniserien berättar en fascinerande historia som få känner till och den har en underbar rollbesättning.

This superb drama about US President James Garfield is propulsive and commendably succinct.

...opens with a brain in a jar on the floor while Sly and the Family Stone’s “Everyday People” is playing on the radio. If that’s not a grabber, I don’t know what is.

...absolutely nobody plays losers like Matthew Macfadyen.

Tight plotting also helps maintain interest in a show that telegraphs its end from the start, surprising us instead with unexpected developments before and beyond that key turning point.