Another reviewer has dismissed this anthology series because of its apparently miserable, mean spirited and hopeless view of life and people.
I am watching in 2024 (on Dutch TV channel ONS) fifty two years after it was first shown. I have seen four episodes and I can understand that reviewers perspective. The series is well produced, some great actors in early roles, slow paced by modern standards (which i like) and some of the source material is very strong. The prints i am watching have lost much of their colour which adds to the generally depressing theme. Some of the music is quite charming echoing a sort of romantic folk music which suits the sometimes rural settings. But the subjects are indeed often rather depressing, sad stories that speak only to the worst aspects of human nature, jealousy, cruelty, revenge etc. Individually very good, but too much of the one note as a series.
