This is good and has some great moments. Having read the book I was really looking forward to it. The special effects are amazing and Michael Sheen is just great.

Not sure why we had the unnecessary and boring scenes with the modern witch and her (Spanish?) mother (who/what/why????). What a waste of time and effort- only the BBC would feel the need to waste our licence money this way.

Although funded by the British public via their compulsory TV licence fee, the series is NOT available on BBC iplayer. That doesn't sound right does it?