I've really enjoyed this season, particularly the first 4 featuring Tim Pigott-Smith as Narrator. What is most enjoyable is the way each major battle is broken down into well organized segments, such as "Prelude to Battle", "National Leaders", "Weapons", etc. There is a lot of original footage, though some does tend to be reused, sometimes several times in the same episode.
If the show has a flaw, it is that each episode seems overly long, and sometimes the material has to be stretched to fit all that time. The worst example I encountered was in Season 5, Episode 2 "El Alamein", when the same information was repeated not just once, or twice, but sometimes three times. It was clear that the writers didn't have enough material concerning the relatively small battle at El Alamein, so had to simple repeat, repeat, and repeat again. It got quite tiresome.
Otherwise, it is a very interesting series that I have enjoyed tremendously.
If the show has a flaw, it is that each episode seems overly long, and sometimes the material has to be stretched to fit all that time. The worst example I encountered was in Season 5, Episode 2 "El Alamein", when the same information was repeated not just once, or twice, but sometimes three times. It was clear that the writers didn't have enough material concerning the relatively small battle at El Alamein, so had to simple repeat, repeat, and repeat again. It got quite tiresome.
Otherwise, it is a very interesting series that I have enjoyed tremendously.