View Full Version : "When Britain Ruled the Skies".
PPRuNe Pop
8th Aug 2014, 14:56
BBC 4 20:00 to 2100 11th August.
Also, the 'Yesterday' channel (all week) - every evening at 2300 - have 'Narrow Escapes' One is about Picard and the Amiens Jail raid.
The former appears to have been well planned - unless someone knows better.
PPP
Lyneham Lad
8th Aug 2014, 17:33
The title is 'Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies'. Looks from this (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m85vv) as though it is a repeat.
Marbles
8th Aug 2014, 17:47
For those of us who will have downed our cocoa by 23.00, it is also showing at 10.00 and 17.00 on Monday.
Wander00
8th Aug 2014, 18:03
Is "Yesterday" fee on Sky? If so anyone know the channel number please
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CoffmanStarter
8th Aug 2014, 18:07
Wander00 ...
Yesterday = Sky Channel 537 :ok:
PPRuNeUser0139
8th Aug 2014, 18:08
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@ sidevalve ... grateful for the links ... way beyond my allotted waking hours!
Deepest Norfolk
8th Aug 2014, 18:37
Still got it recorded from when it was last on. An excellent watch, both episodes.
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Willard Whyte
8th Aug 2014, 22:25
Always remember, BBC4 is in HD too: Freeview 106.
Rhino power
8th Aug 2014, 23:33
Also worth a look is, Classic British Aircraft, starts on the 14th (first two episodes) at 22:00 on QUEST...
-RP
The_1
14th Aug 2014, 18:21
Superb documentary. And shows the turn of fortune. Up to the late 60s lots of Brit manufactured aircraft in the top dogs list. Post 60's most of them US origin. Our aircraft industry was so good that the name of one of our primary manufacturer's became a by-word for top class i.e Rolls Royce. I bet there chuffed to bits that when someone wants to say something is top notch, they refer to it as the 'rolls royce' solution!
The other WW1 documentary about the contribution of our Commonwealth brethren to the war effort, and that of the French colonies is riveting watching too! Truly a 'World's War' and I wonder just what the South Asian's made of the Western Front? A bit more explanation of the long tradition of serving the Motherland might give the youth who have settled & grown up in this country a bit more pride and belonging and desire to show some of that martial spirit in the service of this country.
Danny42C
15th Aug 2014, 16:31
A splendid Documentary, covering the years when I managed to crawl under the wire and got back in again (and when the Meteor and Vampire were the envy of the aviation world).
But the short throwaway comment at the end of the account of the. 1946 Farnborough disaster (when the engine ploughed into the crowd) brought me up short.
Not one of the injured (or the relatives of the dead) tried to sue DH, or the RAF, or the Display organisors, or anyone else, for their loss.
Nor, I would surmise, did anyone even think of doing so. What a contrast with the compensation-hunting people and their ambulance-chasing lawyers of today !
D.
Warmtoast
15th Aug 2014, 16:57
Danny
It was 1952. Unbelievably the show continued after the crash as this press cutting shows.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/Farnborough%20Early%20Days/FarnboroughDisaster_zps931db556.jpg