alanmowle I am 85, I was not there, but met Irish (Republic) people in 1949 in Bradford UK, who had relatives alive and emotionally in this historic event. I was 18 (and from a small community) I was forever imbued by the emotions I witnessed, and the varied descriptions. The programme literally had me saying prayers, I was captivated, excited and horrified with the poverty depicted, which I was personally familiar with, being moved about during the WW11. This is a highly enthralling programme, I was very disappointed to learn that episode 5 is the last one. For me the realism was total, the emotions entirely believable. Casting and acting magnificent. I watched the 5 episodes on Netflix.

htiley I thought season 1 was fantastic and I really hope they release season 2 soon! There was good suspense throughout the five episodes, but I do wish there were more episodes in the season. I really liked the speed of the show, it laid out the characters very well and did not rush anything, which I thought was a big plus. I do not like when shows move too quickly and skim over all of the character development, so I am very glad they did not do that with this series, even though there were only five episodes. The cinematography was also beautiful, the colors and camera work elevated the show from "good" to "great" in my mind. All in all, I think Rebellion is a fantastic show. The characters are engaging, dynamic, and full of depth. The plot line drew me in and kept my attention the entire way through.

Sean O'Neil When I saw the ad for this series, I was hopeful that it would do a good job with an incredibly interesting piece of Irish history. Being Irish/American, I have visited Ireland 10 times and I am a keen student of Irish history. I have been to all of the locations where the 1916 rebellion occurred and stood in the jail cells and at the location of the executions. I also attended a lecture tour by a Trinity College professor through the streets of Dublin including Glasnevin Cemetery where I met the grandson of one of Michael Collins assassination squad members. So I find it remarkable how people can make a picture like this and choose to rewrite the history in ways that do little to enhance the story, when the actual story is more interesting. An example is the story of Elizabeth O' Farrell . Her real story is much more interesting than the distorted soap opera they made of this remarkable woman. There are some saving graces in the series such as the very fine acting by Brian Gleeson, Charlie Murphy, and Barry Ward to name a few. There was also some effective use of the actual locations in Dublin. The combat scenes were well done and at times very powerful. However, too much of the narrative was spent on meaningless story lines like the wastrel brother of Elizabeth or the pregnancy of May, while diluting the most important elements of the actual story. People like Eamon DeValera and are poorly fleshed out and many of the other principal leaders are left out for the sake of tedious love stories and other inane side stories. They had five episodes to portray one of the most important events in modern Irish history and all they made was this glossy soap opera. The film Michael Collins which also contained historical inaccuracies was a much better effort, helped I suspect by having an Irish director. Better luck next times guys with this story.

sregnault There is a shot of the GPO being bombed at the end of episode 3. You can hear aircraft flying over, and the subtitles read "Flying Aircraft." now off course they had aircraft, but none that would sound like that, and none that would drop bombs. Also, can anyone tell me if aircraft were even deployed to the Easter Rising?All in all a very enjoyable show. Apparently, according to a few Irish reviewers, it didn't do the Rising justice. I definitely sympathize. It was spread a little thin, trying to cover a dozen relationships and character developments. But for someone who knows less than i should about Ireland, it was very intriguing and got me reading. I did find the acting and script impressive at times. It would have done much better cutting a character or two, looking more at the intrigue and scale of the thing, all spread over going for 8 or 10 episodes.