Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin

[Gerard]

Yesterday evening on Dutch television I saw the first episode of a series called 'Heroes and Villains.'
It's directed by Mark Chapman and has Rowan Atkinson in the lead role as Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin.
I thought it was very entertaining but it also raised a few questions.

First of all it is called a comedy series.
What do you think, should a TV play about one of the most remarkable persons in auto racing history be a comedy?

Then there is Rowan Atkinson. Ofcourse he's a comedian in the first place - and a damn good one, one of my favourites - and I also know he's a great race fan, even races himself, but is he the right person to depict Henry Birkin? Does he give credit to the great man himself.

And finally, is Henry Birkin portrayed the way he actually was? Was he really such an excentric aristocrat? And was his relation to W.O. Bentley exactly to way it showed in the series?