It's been decades since I watched this series (all of it at least twice, I believe), and I still remember it surprisingly well, I was so very interested and impressed. It's an extensive and detailed series, superbly done. I'd like to someday watch it all again.

Parts of the series are available for viewing on YouTube, though there's substantial chunks missing there, and much of what's available on YT is low-quality copies as reproduced from home VHS recordings.

Here's most of the 1st episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DR4YrW20Ek&t=205s

I visited Poland in late 1988 and loved it there. Being and exploring there after having watched this series just months earlier, I was especially stoked.

Anyone else here see this when it was broadcast in the late '80s?

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