Spycraft

Some interesting content let down by the narrator sounding like he can't be bothered and the captions that give facts on terminology flash up so fast, you only get to read the first line without pausing the program.

Overall it's a nice watch. It's informative, but somehow leaves you feeling as if it barely scratches the surface. Most of the presented stories feel rushed through. But the worst part of the entire experience is the bad narrator - if a foreign name/word had to be said, it would 10 times out of 10 be mispronounced. The most shocking one of all being the Spanish "atención" butchered as "atentschion", but not too far behind all Slavic names.

In short - interesting topic, exciting details, mediocre execution.

If you've read any books on spies and espionage, then most of it is repetitive. It's one of those series that would have been fine with four or five episodes and not eight. The new technology in use was interesting, modern espionage is mostly technology from the agent to the agency heads. The one expert we see most of the time is Keith Melton a historian who is very good.

Like the others mentioned, the narration is poor. The narrator strains his voice, he didn't check pronunciation of words and names so it sometimes differs from the experts who are talking. And it was apparent that he didn't practice to get the correct intonation. Narration is a big part of the series and a poor narrator ruins the viewing.

Everyone else has already said this but if for some reason you see this review before the others, the narration of this show sounds like a high school senior project. It's really bad. Having said that, it's actually an extremely interesting topic and is presented quite well. I recommend. My recommendation means nothing. Thank you. That is all.

Fascinating content and experts. Really well done screen graphics, except not enough time to read definitions. Narration is terrible! He mispronounces names and words, even directly after an expert has pronounced them. He often emphasizes the wrong words, and often seems like he's ending a sentence, then says more words. Poor vocal quality, too.