Monarchy David Starkey?

I agree. I love history anyway but he makes you really "feel" it. I think they may possibly use "re-enacters", groups of people who meet at weekends and re-enact famous battles from history, priding themselves on making their dress, uniforms, food, living conditions etc, as authentic as possible. I don't know whether Equity, the Actor's Union would have a problem with this though, so maybe they're extras.