BBC WWI program. No, it's actually interesting.

[fsn]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03z2d1g/the-machine-gun-and-skyes-band-of-brothers

Links the story of Hiram Maxim and the soldiers from the Isle of Skye, with the ever watchable Neil Oliver.

[SV52]

Saw that first time round, recommended both as a technical discussion on the machine gun and as a story on the futility and waste of war.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

A well discussed and scripted programme. Maybe I should not have watched it straight after lunch! Urgh.

[Glorfindel]

Just watched this last night on BBC3 :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p022wq5k/our-world-war-1-the-first-day

Really good.   Focuses on the defence of the Mons Canal and switches between a birds eye view
and reconstructed action.   Even knowing that this is a limited reconstruction, it brought home
the insane courage required to offer resistance under a hail of bullets.   Looking forward to the
rest of this series as I felt that it brought our current consideration of WWI to life and away from
grainy B&W pics.

Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I agree Phil

[Ithoriel]

Looking forward to the rest of the series, thanks for the heads up Phil

[Leman]

Just watched that programme on Mons. Quite surprised to see the first German prisoner was a hussar. Extremely well put together reconstruction.

[Orcs]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03z2d1g/the-machine-gun-and-skyes-band-of-brothers

with the ever watchable Neil Oliver.

I find him very hard to watch. The subjects interest me, but no matter how much I am interested his voice iritates me until i reach for the "off" button.

[Leman]

I think he is rather overt in his distate for those of us who live on the southern part of this island.