I Was There

Great breakthrough hosting by Theo Wilson! This show uses creative ways to tell historical events. Have you ever read a piece of history or seen a historical even and asked yourself, what would I have done if I would've been there, what would I have seen, how would I have reacted? Well this series gives a honest attempt to put you in that situation. I actually use certain episodes of this series in my child's homeschooling class to "switch it up". It definitely holds her attention and she remembers more than just reading, and she gets to "experience" the events in addition to her imagination. So it's definitely worth a watch if you find history interesting or you want something different.

I don't know what it is but I really like this host. Have been very entertained by this show. This is a home run and I'm a very harsh critic. The Salem witch trails was good as well as the hindenberg disaster. The host was really good and wrapped it up nicely.

They are half hour episodes that have re-enactments, it is titled I Was There because it tries to take you there. That aspect is fun to see the recreation. On the other hand thirty minutes is not enough time to cover some stories and seems like too much for other stories. The episode on the Salem witch trials covers through the first trial and then skips the trial and says this is the first person to be hanged. Ending the episode with 20 people died and the standard of evidence for courts changed forever after that. It literally skipped over the actual witch trials and focused on the events leading to them. That episode should have been longer than 30 minutes. Where as the Hindenburg episode was mostly speculation because nobody truly knows what happened. I don't feel a need for a half hour show devoted to theories that have no impacted on today's world. The Hindenburg was a tragedy but I don't know that it left any lasting effect on society. So it's a mix some episodes are good others are too short and others seem too long.

The narration and interviews that underpins this over dramatised retelling of historical events is off putting to the point that I just can't bear the watch an entire episode, despite my passion for such stories. Less of the drama and entertainment and just gives us the scholarly facts.

I love this show! It's a fascinating and immersive approach to teaching people about some of the incredible events of our history. It's incredibly interesting and exciting, as the host Theo Wilson walks the audience through the event as though you (and he) are there at the time it takes place.

I really hope it continues! It's perfect for all ages to learn, sort of firsthand, what happened.