Winston Churchill is the subject of a new four part docu-drama series, which examines his leadership role during World War II.
Netflix viewers have been left unimpressed by their new docu-drama series Churchill At War which, landed on the streaming service on Wednesday (December 4).
The series features actor Christian McKay playing legendary wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill in reconstruced scenes. These moments are intercut with actual footage and images alongside clips of people discussing his role during the conflict.
Within hours of the four part series becoming available many viewers had taken to social media to vent about the talking heads involved in the project with some saying they were switching off over them.
Viewers were in particular raging to see David Lammy on their screens, as one said: “I’m watching Churchill at war on Netflix. Lammy makes an appearance and supports Churchill. Lammy doesn’t know his head from his feet. Has he forgotten what Hitler did to the Jews. The Jews are again fighting for their lives against a different enemy who want the same as Hitler.”
Winston Churchill is the subject of a new Netflix documentary (Image: Getty)
Another said: “I’m watching the few episodes of Churchill at War and cannot believe David Lammy is on this – couldn’t care less about British history.”
@TMOviews predicted it would be “unwatchable”. “Puts things into perspective having the spectres of George Bush, Boris Johnson, and David Lammy featured in the Netflix Churchill show. This may prove unwatchable…
“Imagine all the low paid historians they could’ve hired in place of these charlatans. Netflix is weird,” they wrote.
A fourth fan penned: “So does David Lammy who thinks Churchill became PM in 1938. Has anyone told him, I wonder? I think they should…”
Britsh actor Christian McKay plays Churchill in reconstructed scenes in the documentary (Image: Getty)
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However @Supergirlodu was enjoying the show chiming in: “New documentary on Netflix regarding Winston Churchill is very well done and recommend to anyone who enjoys history or military history.”.
The series lists Oscar winning filmmaker Ron Howard as a producer and was made with the co-operation of Churchill’s estate.
They allowed filmmakers to use voice enhancement technology to portray his writings on screen for the first time ever.
Churchill At War is available to stream on Netflix now.
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