wforstchen A girl friend while I was in graduate school coaxed me into watching an episode saying "it was my type of show," and I finally agreed to watch, just to be polite. At first I thought I had to just endure a "chick flick" night but found myself absolutely captivated by the series. It has an easy relaxing slow pace and for this guy, the fascinating delight regarding the very early days of aviation. I fly an antique airplane and thus another reason I love this series since it captures that wonderful sense of excitement and adventure for those first aviators, and of course the delightful young lady who loved them. It carries with it as well a sense of poignancy for a world about to be lost in the trenches and the skies over Belgium and France. If you wish to enjoy a simple relaxing series, that recreates the essence of rural life in England pre-World War I, this series is for you.

lauracooke5 i first watched Flambards in 2001 when my mum bought it on video. i thought it was great but as i was only 11, didn't quite understand all of it, i watched it again this week and got instantly addicted to it! it had me laughing, crying and marvelling and how much times have changed! also i immediately thought Mark Russell absolutely gorgeous!!! i also took a liking to Dick Wright. I think in all, they are all fantastic actors and know how to work a character! Second time round i understood it and i was moved greatly by it. Anyone, all ages should watch Flambards!!! i also cant stop whistling the theme tune.... very catchy!!! Flambards is brilliant!

spitfire-4 "Flambards" gets virtually everything right; characters that we truly care about, great acting, wonderful music, and a story with twists and turns, skillfully told. But what is does better than anything is truly conjure up the spirit of Edwardian England.The period around 1910 was one of the great watersheds in history; airplanes, cars, and gramophones heralded a new age, only to have World War One stop everything in its tracks. "Flambards" captures all of this perfectly; the resentment of the old guard, the thrill of the new possibilities (especially for women), and the despair of the war years. Of all of the things about this series, the mood and atmosphere are the best.As an aside, speaking as an airplane buff, the airplanes are incredible. They are painstakingly accurate reproductions of real types, and it's wonderful to get a chance to actually see in the air types that you've only read about in books.This is a virtually perfect mini-series, quite possibly the best of its kind ever made. It's that good.

Jools-10 I first saw this series in 1978 when I was five years old on a Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately it has been one of those things that has never been shown on television again for reasons unknown. Even though I had only seen it once I still remembered quite a lot of the story so much so to go on to read Flambards Divided the final book by K. M. Peyton that was written after this series. About two years ago I found the whole series on video and bought all six of them being thirteen episodes in all (three on the last tape) and could not believe how it ever became a children's drama due to the occasional adult quality it had but apart from that I still enjoyed it and still do!!