On TV...
Moderator: RichardW
-
- Donor 2023
- Posts: 13726
- Joined: 01 Apr 2012, 09:47
- Location: Reading
- My Cars: C5 Mk2 VTX+ estate.
- x 2993
Re: On TV...
Yes, Jim, it was a 2 hour program. If it were to come around again I would HIGHLY recommend you make time to watch it. Nothing was fast (unlike Guy, normally), and the engineering was incredible. For example, there were no really accurate blueprints, but a young German man (early twenties) who really enjoyed making models had constructed a 3D computer model (using photographs), which JCB (who made the hull) improved.
Guy did want to run this tank at the Lincoln Armistice Day parade, and the City Council were happy for this to happen. Unfortunately the Police had concerns, so it did not happen. What they did instead was to drive the tank at Cambrai, where the tank first proved its' worth.
They named this tank "Deborah II", after the MkIV that Guy saw for the first time. One of the eight crew on this tank was the grandson of the commander of the original "Deborah", which was discovered recently (and is in the barn of a Cambrai farmer who is very interested in the battle).
Guy did want to run this tank at the Lincoln Armistice Day parade, and the City Council were happy for this to happen. Unfortunately the Police had concerns, so it did not happen. What they did instead was to drive the tank at Cambrai, where the tank first proved its' worth.
They named this tank "Deborah II", after the MkIV that Guy saw for the first time. One of the eight crew on this tank was the grandson of the commander of the original "Deborah", which was discovered recently (and is in the barn of a Cambrai farmer who is very interested in the battle).
James
ex BX 1.9
ex Xantia 2.0HDi SX
ex Xantia 2.0HDi LX
Ex C5 2.0HDi VTR
Ex C5 2.0HDi VTR
C5 2.2HDi VTX+
Yes, I am paranoid, but am I paranoid ENOUGH?
Out amongst the stars, looking for a world of my own!
ex BX 1.9
ex Xantia 2.0HDi SX
ex Xantia 2.0HDi LX
Ex C5 2.0HDi VTR
Ex C5 2.0HDi VTR
C5 2.2HDi VTX+
Yes, I am paranoid, but am I paranoid ENOUGH?
Out amongst the stars, looking for a world of my own!
- bobins
- Donor 2023
- Posts: 5697
- Joined: 05 Jul 2012, 18:07
- Location: Midhurst, West Sussex
- My Cars: Kia Sportage
Mazda BT-50
Land Rover SIII SWB
V-F-R800
SL320
MX5 - x 2871
Re: On TV...
Not on TV - but sad to hear of the passing of Rodney Bewes (Likely Lads, and many others).
"Oh, what happened to you?
Whatever happened to me?
What became of the people we used to be?
Tomorrow's almost over
Today went by so fast
The only thing to look forward to is the past?"
"Oh, what happened to you?
Whatever happened to me?
What became of the people we used to be?
Tomorrow's almost over
Today went by so fast
The only thing to look forward to is the past?"
Sadly no longer a C5 owner
- NewcastleFalcon
- Posts: 24560
- Joined: 25 Feb 2009, 10:40
- Location:
- My Cars:
- x 6866
Re: On TV...
Yes and he was no stranger to the FCF
I'm sure I featured his car coat in "Tartan Travel Rugs and other motoring accessories"
and here it is
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54824&p=491801&hili ... at#p491801
and from time to time I have a good binge watch of the Likely Lads!
Regards Neil
I'm sure I featured his car coat in "Tartan Travel Rugs and other motoring accessories"
and here it is
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54824&p=491801&hili ... at#p491801
and from time to time I have a good binge watch of the Likely Lads!
Regards Neil
Only One AA Box left
687 Trinity, Jersey
687 Trinity, Jersey
- CitroJim
- A very naughty boy
- Posts: 49518
- Joined: 30 Apr 2005, 23:33
- Location: Paggers
- My Cars: Bluebell the AX, Polly the C3 Picasso, Pix the Nissan Pixo, Propel the duathlon bike, TCR Pro the road bike and Fuji the TT bike...
- x 6156
- Contact:
Re: On TV...
bobins wrote: ↑21 Nov 2017, 19:35 Not on TV - but sad to hear of the passing of Rodney Bewes (Likely Lads, and many others).
"Oh, what happened to you?
Whatever happened to me?
What became of the people we used to be?
Tomorrow's almost over
Today went by so fast
The only thing to look forward to is the past?"
One of my very favourite actors in one of my very favourite shows - the Likely Lads - I still enjoy watching episodes even now... Classic and timeless...
What with David Cassidy passing as well today that's two more iconic figures from my teenage years now gone
Makes me realise just how old I'm getting and just how long ago I was a teenager...
Jim
Runner, cyclist, time triallist, duathlete, Citroen AX fan and the CCC Citroenian 'From A to Z' Columnist...
Runner, cyclist, time triallist, duathlete, Citroen AX fan and the CCC Citroenian 'From A to Z' Columnist...
- white exec
- Moderating Team
- Posts: 7445
- Joined: 21 Dec 2015, 12:46
- Location: Sayalonga, Malaga, Spain
- My Cars: 1996 XM 2.5TD Exclusive hatch RHD
1992 BX19D Millesime hatch LHD
previously 1989 BX19RD, 1998 ZX 1.9D auto, 2001 Xantia 1.8i auto
and lots of Rovers before that: 1935 Ten, 1947 Sixteen, 1960 P5 3-litre, 1966 P6 2000, 1972 P6 2000TC, and 1975 P6B 3500S - x 1752
Re: On TV...
For a delightfully funny 30 minutes - with a beginning, a muddle and an end - try this, which I watched with mounting disbelief last night:
BBC iPlayer, BBC Three (|||), "Inside No.9: Zanzibar" TX 4.1.2018 30mins
with Bill Paterson, Rory Kinnear and a delightful selection of others.
The script will have you wanting more and wondering what the heck next . . .
BBC iPlayer, BBC Three (|||), "Inside No.9: Zanzibar" TX 4.1.2018 30mins
with Bill Paterson, Rory Kinnear and a delightful selection of others.
The script will have you wanting more and wondering what the heck next . . .
Chris
-
- Donor 2023
- Posts: 13726
- Joined: 01 Apr 2012, 09:47
- Location: Reading
- My Cars: C5 Mk2 VTX+ estate.
- x 2993
Re: On TV...
Tonight, at 21:00, on More 4 (channel 14 on Freeview) is the film "Holocaust: Night Will Fall". I have seen this twice before, and it does not get any easier to watch. I feel that it is probably one of the best warnings of what horrors Mankind is capable of inflicting upon itself.
International Holocaust Day is 27th January. As far as I can tell Channel 4 (on at least one of their channels) show this film as a reminder.
International Holocaust Day is 27th January. As far as I can tell Channel 4 (on at least one of their channels) show this film as a reminder.
James
ex BX 1.9
ex Xantia 2.0HDi SX
ex Xantia 2.0HDi LX
Ex C5 2.0HDi VTR
Ex C5 2.0HDi VTR
C5 2.2HDi VTX+
Yes, I am paranoid, but am I paranoid ENOUGH?
Out amongst the stars, looking for a world of my own!
ex BX 1.9
ex Xantia 2.0HDi SX
ex Xantia 2.0HDi LX
Ex C5 2.0HDi VTR
Ex C5 2.0HDi VTR
C5 2.2HDi VTX+
Yes, I am paranoid, but am I paranoid ENOUGH?
Out amongst the stars, looking for a world of my own!
- Pug_XUD_KeenAmateur
- (Donor 2018)
- Posts: 1168
- Joined: 22 Apr 2013, 17:24
- Location: South Midlands / M4 / M5
- My Cars: 405 naD Est
- x 232
Re: On TV...
Has anyone else marvelled at how incredibly bad the "Goblin Works Garage" series is?
Puxa
- bobins
- Donor 2023
- Posts: 5697
- Joined: 05 Jul 2012, 18:07
- Location: Midhurst, West Sussex
- My Cars: Kia Sportage
Mazda BT-50
Land Rover SIII SWB
V-F-R800
SL320
MX5 - x 2871
Re: On TV...
Pug_XUD_KeenAmateur wrote: ↑28 Jan 2018, 21:38 Has anyone else marvelled at how incredibly bad the "Goblin Works Garage" series is?
No... but I did see it's description on a torrent site and thought "Erm... I'll not bother with that" !!!!!
Sadly no longer a C5 owner
- CitroJim
- A very naughty boy
- Posts: 49518
- Joined: 30 Apr 2005, 23:33
- Location: Paggers
- My Cars: Bluebell the AX, Polly the C3 Picasso, Pix the Nissan Pixo, Propel the duathlon bike, TCR Pro the road bike and Fuji the TT bike...
- x 6156
- Contact:
Re: On TV...
Hell Razor5543 wrote: ↑28 Jan 2018, 20:00I feel that it is probably one of the best warnings of what horrors Mankind is capable of inflicting upon itself.
The tragedy is that mankind continues to do so Nothing has been learned... Sadly, I guess it will always be so...
I remember watching Schindler's List many years ago... One of the few films to bring me to tears...
No way I can watch such films nowadays...
Jim
Runner, cyclist, time triallist, duathlete, Citroen AX fan and the CCC Citroenian 'From A to Z' Columnist...
Runner, cyclist, time triallist, duathlete, Citroen AX fan and the CCC Citroenian 'From A to Z' Columnist...
- white exec
- Moderating Team
- Posts: 7445
- Joined: 21 Dec 2015, 12:46
- Location: Sayalonga, Malaga, Spain
- My Cars: 1996 XM 2.5TD Exclusive hatch RHD
1992 BX19D Millesime hatch LHD
previously 1989 BX19RD, 1998 ZX 1.9D auto, 2001 Xantia 1.8i auto
and lots of Rovers before that: 1935 Ten, 1947 Sixteen, 1960 P5 3-litre, 1966 P6 2000, 1972 P6 2000TC, and 1975 P6B 3500S - x 1752
Re: On TV...
Schindler's List had that effect on us too. We saw it at a nearby cinema. At the end of the film, the audience of a hundred or so just sat there, in stunned silence, many in tears. It was quite some time before most people found the motivation to leave.
I've watched a good few films on 'the final solution', dramatised (eg Passenger) and documentary (eg the Panorama investigation into the companies who designed and constructed the camps), and the BBC series and book 'Auschwitz'. There was also the young Richard Dimbleby's liberation report.
The Boy in Striped Pajamas is devastating too, but doesn't have the cumulative impact of Schindler - a film that I'm still not ready to watch again.
I've watched a good few films on 'the final solution', dramatised (eg Passenger) and documentary (eg the Panorama investigation into the companies who designed and constructed the camps), and the BBC series and book 'Auschwitz'. There was also the young Richard Dimbleby's liberation report.
The Boy in Striped Pajamas is devastating too, but doesn't have the cumulative impact of Schindler - a film that I'm still not ready to watch again.
Chris
- Pug_XUD_KeenAmateur
- (Donor 2018)
- Posts: 1168
- Joined: 22 Apr 2013, 17:24
- Location: South Midlands / M4 / M5
- My Cars: 405 naD Est
- x 232
Re: On TV...
talking of which the Hollandsche Schouwberg is an interesting site on this theme, if you've time in Amsterdam in the course of the charity cycle Jim... and for anyone else who's visiting.Hell Razor5543 wrote: ↑28 Jan 2018, 20:00 International Holocaust Day is 27th January. As far as I can tell Channel 4 (on at least one of their channels) show this film as a reminder.
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attractio ... vince.html ...its where the Amsterdam Jews were kept to await the trains to Auschwitz. The place seems to retain its 'sadness'
the heading on the website implies that there's an entry fee but that's only advertising for guided tours which include it.
Puxa
- Michel
- (Donor 2022)
- Posts: 2207
- Joined: 29 May 2017, 13:50
- Location: Nothanks
- My Cars: Some cars and a motorbike
- x 659
Re: On TV...
On to happier TV stuff - if any of you have Amazon Prime, the last 20 mins of the last but one episode of The Grand Tour (a serious Clarkson documenting the Rally battle between Lancia and Audi) are very good indeed, as is the first part of the latest episode.
- Pug_XUD_KeenAmateur
- (Donor 2018)
- Posts: 1168
- Joined: 22 Apr 2013, 17:24
- Location: South Midlands / M4 / M5
- My Cars: 405 naD Est
- x 232
Re: On TV...
That does sound really good, sadly I won't get to see it as I don't have Amazon Prime, but if its anywhere near as good as "Rallying, the Killer Years" was; it'll be fabulous.
I believe this is a re-hash of "The Story of Group B Rallying", originally aired in 2012; its good, with some wonderful footage and insightful interviews with the big names of the period. I had a look to see if it was available online... appears not, but I'm reliably informed its oft repeated [no surprises there eh, snigger!].
Also very good, produced and presented IIRC by Jeremy Clarkson is
Last edited by myglaren on 30 Jan 2018, 19:21, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: YouTube embedding
Reason: YouTube embedding
Puxa
- Pug_XUD_KeenAmateur
- (Donor 2018)
- Posts: 1168
- Joined: 22 Apr 2013, 17:24
- Location: South Midlands / M4 / M5
- My Cars: 405 naD Est
- x 232
Re: On TV...
Thomas Telford's Forge, still operating as a Forge, with a Resident Blacksmith running it as his Business.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/201 ... lacksmith/
Featured today 14 Feb on "Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant" on ITV3
Proper !
...and very firmly on the list for a future visit. Lots else of interest in that area too.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/201 ... lacksmith/
Featured today 14 Feb on "Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant" on ITV3
Proper !
...and very firmly on the list for a future visit. Lots else of interest in that area too.
Puxa
- CitroJim
- A very naughty boy
- Posts: 49518
- Joined: 30 Apr 2005, 23:33
- Location: Paggers
- My Cars: Bluebell the AX, Polly the C3 Picasso, Pix the Nissan Pixo, Propel the duathlon bike, TCR Pro the road bike and Fuji the TT bike...
- x 6156
- Contact:
Re: On TV...
That looks good Shame it'll be infested with adverts though
Lovely set of blacksmiths tools there... One of my uncles was a blacksmith and farrier... He had a very similar set.. Used to love watching him make the shoes on the forge and then fit them to big Shire Horses..
Lovely set of blacksmiths tools there... One of my uncles was a blacksmith and farrier... He had a very similar set.. Used to love watching him make the shoes on the forge and then fit them to big Shire Horses..
Jim
Runner, cyclist, time triallist, duathlete, Citroen AX fan and the CCC Citroenian 'From A to Z' Columnist...
Runner, cyclist, time triallist, duathlete, Citroen AX fan and the CCC Citroenian 'From A to Z' Columnist...