I recently watched the first part of 'The apostle of common sense' by Dale Ahlquist. This television series consists of a series of lectures about Chesterton. The first was a general introduction, the second dived into Chesterton's most famous work, 'Orthodoxy', the third is about the accompanying volume 'Heretics'.
I postponed watching these series until I had read a significant amount of Chesterton: it seemed better to form my own impression before someone else told me theirs.
This said, I rather liked the first two installments of the series. The summary and explanations are simple and solid, the quotes delightful. The only thing that annoys me is the voice that is used to represent Chesterton himself: it is a rather high, sometimes shrill, voice. I do not know how Chesterton's own voice sounded, but personally I do not like this sound.
It is a minor irritation, though, in an overall interesting beginning of the series.
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