Many years ago a high school librarian to whom I had loaned my copy of Douglas Adams' Last Chance To See returned it to me with the comment, "If textbooks were written like that, there'd be no dropouts." I say the same definitely applies to Mr. Jones and history. Reason enough to watch the series (or at least read the companion book), no?
As for myself, I now need to get my hands on a copy of Barbarians!