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The Cars That Made the World (2020)

Dreadful dramatisations ruin documentary

If, like me, you are interested in the history of how motor transport came to play such a big part in all our lives, then this series will potentially tell the story of the key events and personalities involved. Not too much to argue about historically, as it is pretty broad-brush stuff. However, the dreadful dramatisations - where slick American actors portray figures such as Benz, Daimler, Rolls, Royce, Porsche etc. as temperamental characters prone to having light-bulb moments and throwing toys from the pram when things go wrong, well it is truly cringeworthy. And as for the meeting between Ferdinand Porsche and Hitler.......