It was initially described being a week-long celebrity game show with an ultimate winner crowned at the end of the series.
[4] By August 2015, Channel 4 described the programme's genre as "entertainment" and the competitive game show element was dropped.
[1] In production, the Channel 4 factual commissioning department worked alongside the entertainment team to make sure the programme was historically accurate.
"[14] Amy Burns of The Independent also gave a positive review of the first episode, calling the programme's format "truly engaging".
[2] Michael Hogan of The Telegraph gave the first episode two out of five stars, saying the programme "wasn’t educational, nor entertaining, and felt stitched together for novelty value".