I agree with the previous review - this is really the best of TV. It was done in cinematic way with the hand of director who knows his work and who penetrated deep into the time he is depicting, into the motivation of characters and into visuals of it all - ruins of the old regime, chaos, violence, uneasiness and psychosis of fear where the border between life and death is thin and unsure. Anyone who loves or likes Napoleon and his era shall be pleased and aroused, because to the Bony we love, in these 59 minutes of TV joy, was done justice. He is superbly, more masculine and ruggedly performed by Tom Burke. Performance I would for the rest of my life connect with him as a reference point. There is no weak point in acting here, we have fine British actors doing their tasks great. And one of the main points in every Napoleon film is VIOLENCE. Fighting sequences are realistic, brutal. Director brought it masterly. This film/drama is not politically correct or incorrect, nor is it weak, emasculated and ''sterile''. Napoleon and his actions make you grow your testicles, and female characters are similarly to men ambitious, opportunistic and realistic. This will stay in the TV anthology as one of the masterpieces dedicated to great Napoleon.