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Old 26th Mar 2018, 11:56
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Tankertrashnav wrote:
Who remembers the TV series called "Diamonds in the Sky" which was introduced by Julian Pettifer nearly 40 years ago?
I certainly do - in fact I also have the book which was first printed in 1979. But these days I doubt whether the BBC's policies would countenance something along similar lines for 100 years of the RAF, or whether the 'app-for-that' obsessed yoof of today would be particularly interested.

One of the best documentary series ever broadcast by the BBC was The Valiant Years, a not-to-be-missed compendium from Churchill's memoirs which had many of my generation glued to the screen in 1961! Would they broadcast it today? No - rubbish such as Strictly Come Dancing is about the zenith of the BBC's efforts....
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