Ah well, if you must go throwing tea into Boston harbour
And the ladies used to rather admire admire young Michael too (strange to think of an Ancient Historian heatthrob!), though don't know what he looks like these days.
Must say my fleeting memories of this series were that the Dark Ages were mostly overcast and windy, possibly with ominous clouds scudding across the lowering sky. Oh, and talk of Viking Blood Eagles etc, schoolboy-friendly gore! Don't rmember if Eomer the Assassin got a look in?