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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4      Non-Film Score Discussion: Favorite BRITISH Documentaries - THE GREEKS    FIRST   PRIOR   1 2 3 4    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Oct 11, 2013 - 1:53 PM     By:   Morgan R   (Member) Oh James Burke! That man and his shows/columns were one of the greatest influences on my academic interests (history of technology) as well as my interdisciplinary view on all of history. I look forward to reading his works to my children as bedtime stories... I also have recently enjoyed David Starkey's "Monarchy" (Channel 4; on Netflix in the USA; though sadly only the first two series are up). Others I have enjoyed are the various Adam Hart-Davis's "What the X did for us" series (BBC), and Terry Jones' "Medieval Lives" (BBC).    Posted:   Jan 2, 2016 - 9:41 AM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) Here's another episode of BBC Coast. This is from series one, "Northern Ireland": http://youtu.be/4jg7CrNJP0I The main presenting duties were initially done by Nicholas Crane, then Neil Oliver assumed that role, with Crane relagated to co-presenter but I see that Neil and Nick have once again switched off and Nick is once again the main presenter. Can't wait to read the behind-the-scenes story of their "feud." Not to mention the infinite "fan fiction" possibilities.    Posted:   Jan 2, 2016 - 10:17 AM     By:   Thomas   (Member) The village of Cushendun which is featured in that documentary is where I own a holiday home and regularly visit    Posted:   Jan 2, 2016 - 10:33 AM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) The village of Cushendun which is featured in that documentary is where I own a holiday home and regularly visit Watching that part (it's the 30 minute mark) now. On an unrelated travel note, I will most likely be visiting the UK again in 2018; that should give you UK FSMers plenty of warning.    Posted:   Jan 2, 2016 - 12:44 PM     By:   WILLIAMDMCCRUM   (Member) Blimey, that NI docu covers Dunluce Castle and the Titanic Centre, both of which have narrations on their vid displays by little me. What a star. What I really dislike about current NI docus from Auntie Beeb is the constant references to the 'Troubles', as though that makes it all journalistically heavyweight or something. This sort of stuff really isn't uppermost in folks' minds. What that all does for the tourist industry I shudder to think.    Posted:   Jan 2, 2016 - 12:56 PM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) I was going to mention the unusually dour tone to some of the NI segments. It's as if the BBC were tiptoeing through the country.    Posted:   Jan 2, 2016 - 7:01 PM     By:   CH-CD   (Member) I think that the BBC’s own spoof documentary comedy series, “WIA” sums up perfectly all that is wrong with the BBC today. It gives a whole new meaning to “PC World” and is hysterically funny. Here is a full episode. It is framed in a larger background but you can scroll it up to fit your screen fully. https://youtu.be/RHYzZTt4zPQ    Posted:   Jan 4, 2016 - 5:56 AM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) CH-CD: Haven't seen you around the boards in ages(?), nice to have you back. I watched a bit of the fauxcumentary and maybe it's just me but I found myself more irritated than amused by what I saw--which perhaps was the point? God, I would hate to have to work at the BBC!    Posted:   Jan 4, 2016 - 12:15 PM     By:   CH-CD   (Member) CH-CD: Haven't seen you around the boards in ages(?), nice to have you back. I watched a bit of the fauxcumentary and maybe it's just me but I found myself more irritated than amused by what I saw--which perhaps was the point? God, I would hate to have to work at the BBC! Thanks, Jim. I’ve been posting regularly? Must have been on posts that don’t attract you? I think you have to watch several episodes to get the overall picture and the fun of the utter nonsense that is being spouted? It’s over 15 tears since I was in TV and it was getting silly then! As I said, although it’s a spoof, “WIA” is frighteningly close to the truth, and not just at the BBC !    Posted:   Jul 5, 2016 - 5:12 PM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) BBC's "Arena" series often has interesting-to-me documentaries. "The Confessions of Robert Crumb" and "James Ellroy's Feast of Death" are two entries that come to mind.    Posted:   Jul 5, 2016 - 7:42 PM     By:   Adm Naismith   (Member) How about COMMONWEALTH documentaries? Gwynne Dyer's WAR. An 8 episode doc from 1983 about, well, War as it was being fought and thought about in the early 80s. It also goes into the 'why' of war as a whole. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_(miniseries) I saw some of it around '83/'84. I found it fascinating- I may have to hunt it up on YouTube to see how it holds up. (And Dyer is British, working in Canada, so...)    Posted:   Jul 5, 2016 - 7:54 PM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) How about COMMONWEALTH documentaries? Gwynne Dyer's WAR. An 8 episode doc from 1983 about, well, War as it was being fought and thought about in the early 80s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_(miniseries) I saw some of it around '83/'84. I found it fascinating- I may have to hunt it up on YouTube to see how it holds up. (And Dyer is British, working in Canada, so...) I remember watchng that as it aired in the US on Public Television circa 1985-86. I also read the companion book which had a cover that looked like this: http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1433256009l/1870216.jpg    Posted:   Jul 6, 2016 - 12:46 AM     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member) Its that bastard Coast thread again!!!!    Posted:   Jul 6, 2016 - 5:42 AM     By:   Tall Guy   (Member) Its that bastard Coast thread again!!!! Let it go, Bill, let it go.    Posted:   Jul 6, 2016 - 5:48 AM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) Its that bastard Coast thread again!!!! As the Coast crew drove unblinkingly past the charming English city of Chuntering-on-Anon, Bill Carson channeled Brandon De Wilde in SHANE (one of those classic films that "didn't do it for me") and has been embittered ever since.    Posted:   Jul 6, 2016 - 11:47 AM     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member) Its that bastard Coast thread again!!!! As the Coast crew drove unblinkingly past the charming English city of Chuntering-on-Anon, Bill Carson channeled Brandon De Wilde in SHANE (one of those classic films that "didn't do it for me") and has been embittered ever since. thats funny. Yeah, youre right, i am pissed off but the Earl of Poncey is fkn furious they skipped his castle. And our piece of d-day history. Bastard bbc .    Posted:   Jul 15, 2016 - 7:17 AM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) The village of Cushendun which is featured in that documentary is where I own a holiday home and regularly visit Have you been this year, Thomas?    Posted:   Jul 26, 2016 - 5:29 AM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) Victorian Pharmacy    Posted:   Jul 26, 2016 - 10:09 AM     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member) Couple decent ones on the Somme at the moment, even with a german input. And dan snow did a pair of excellent d-day ones in june.    Posted:   Jul 26, 2016 - 10:39 AM     By:   Thomas   (Member) The village of Cushendun which is featured in that documentary is where I own a holiday home and regularly visit Have you been this year, Thomas? I have Jim, I was there for the week before last. Had a good time, though as usual no point counting on the weather (a few days in Mallorca solved that!). We tend to go for walks around the countryside or along the beach, popping into the bar at the end for some live music and nice Guinness. I generally know most people there after so many years, so it's pretty much home from home now.     Non-Film Score Discussion: Favorite BRITISH Documentaries - THE GREEKS    << < 1 2 3 4  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3 4   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4

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