I am a huge military history buff and I frequently watched "Battlefield" when it first aired on PBS in the 90's (I think this was PBS's last attempt to provide new programing for it's straight male audience). At first I was in heaven and would watch this series with relish; but than I noticed something significant. As ardent a fan I am of military history, I frequently would fall asleep while watching this program. The reason I think is the droning music used and the monotone British narration. Think about it, a 1 1/2 hour long program with only one soft voice speaking and very repetitious music softly in the background. Add on to that, they would do a very long pre-battle segment to the actual discussion of the battle and it would be well into 30 minutes into the show (going back 2 years in history before the battle!) and I would many times be asleep before the actual episodes topic! It's now on the channels that show commercials and in shorter segments so I doubt you would succumb to this effect because the commercials will break up the monotony, but I swear to G, I would absolutely have the hardest time staying awake while watching this show. I did like the Battlefield episodes concerning Vietnam because it made the military conflicts more coherent with its pretty computer graphics showing the forces involved. It's worth watching but just be aware of the sleep factor and do not play this show while driving.
Review of Battlefield
