“Once Upon A Time “ is a grand collision of a load of fairy tales with an adult context. The plot has an evil queen enacting a curse which sends all the fairy tale characters to our world, robbing them of their memories - and their happy endings.

A large number of intertwining storylines with larger than life characters. A complex back story revealed gradually as the episodes progress. Good production values and a wide range of locations. A great performance by Robert Carlyle as Mr Gold / Rumplestiltskin.

Very palatable entertainment. I’m not sure how many series I will watch, before it gets samey. Or before it all gets too random. But the first series is an achievement.