Favourite current tv programmes

Swiss Railway Journeys.

Mekka wrote:Spiral 2 on BBC4 has took the sting out of The Wire ending.

I've taped the Munro programme, do you recommend it Mr Wickers?

I also have Red Riding on the box. I was gutted to have missed it first time. Thanks Ch4 for the repeat!

Worth a watch.... 8)

Trencher wrote:

NellyPS wrote:

On a more serious note, I've been totally hooked on anything World War II for the last week, started off with Valkyrie, followed by The Pianist (I know they're both films, just bear with me) and this week we got stuck into Band of Brothers which was AMAZING and have been recording the WWII in colour which I think is BBC2.


Sorry.

If you like light reading, then a great way to get the big picture of WW2, is to read Herman Wouk's "Winds of war" and "War and rememberance). A romantic story is weaved through nearly all the major events and people of the war, giving a great appreciation of the war's scope and complexity. There are some historical notes in the books, but you you don't need to read them for the story. Don't watch a video of the mini-series, it was @$#@.

Trencher

I'm starting an interest in WW1 8)

Trencher wrote:

NellyPS wrote:

On a more serious note, I've been totally hooked on anything World War II for the last week, started off with Valkyrie, followed by The Pianist (I know they're both films, just bear with me) and this week we got stuck into Band of Brothers which was AMAZING and have been recording the WWII in colour which I think is BBC2.


Sorry.

If you like light reading, then a great way to get the big picture of WW2, is to read Herman Wouk's "Winds of war" and "War and rememberance). A romantic story is weaved through nearly all the major events and people of the war, giving a great appreciation of the war's scope and complexity. There are some historical notes in the books, but you you don't need to read them for the story. Don't watch a video of the mini-series, it was @$#@.

Trencher

Thanks Trencher :-)

I keep watching this American news report:-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwfe5lH1n9Q


It's so funny, i posted it in another thread but I'm not sure anyone noticed it!

Ian Wickham wrote:

I'm starting an interest in WW1 8)

You must have seen "All quiet on the Western Front". Made nearly seventy years ago and still one of my favorite movies. And no, I don't remember the opening night, though Dave Mac might :wink:

Trencher

Trencher wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

I'm starting an interest in WW1 8)

You must have seen "All quiet on the Western Front". Made nearly seventy years ago and still one of my favourite movies. And no, I don't remember the opening night, though Dave Mac might :wink:

Trencher

On my last summer hols I managed to trace my great uncle who was " Murdered " at the Somme, visited the memorial in France where he has his name in scripted a very moving place but very interested
I have just found out from my mum that he had an older brother also " Murdered at the Somme " so I need to start tracing him, but a lack of information like a christian name could make the search a lot harder. 8) 8)

I lost 3 great-uncles in WW1. One at Gallipoli, one somewhere in France, and one became a permanent invalid with shell-shock.

If you like reading something slightly bulkier - how about Tolstoy's War and Peace? I have a copy here if anyone wants to read it, plus de Gaulle's war memoirs and several other war-like historical books.

I have read the book 'All quiet on the Western Front' several times, plus seen the film, and it's all quite appalling. I have always been a pacifist.

Ian, I pay a yearly subscription to Ancestry, to help me with my historical/family research, so if you want me to find out something for you, just ask.

Ally