Much as I detest Mrs Thatcher (Prime Minister of Britain 1979-90, for the young and the foreign), her maxim applies here. It was obvious throughout this series, of which I saw all but the first and last episodes, that money had been poured into it. There was lots of location work, the sets were big and elaborate, the costumes were beautiful, there was a large cast, people had been trained to fight, there were lots of special effects, and so on. The trouble was, though, that the ideas weren't there beneath it all. The characters were dull (a magician who can't actually use magic is a completely pointless idea) and the story didn't make much sense to me. It was fun to watch Matt Lucas having the time of his life overacting the villain, but I lost patience with the story as a whole and that is why I never watched part 6. As others have said, India de Beaufort is gloriously beautiful, but that isn't enough to keep my interest.