high spirits;
It was designed for the public, not for military types. Enjoyed it for what it was personally.
Exactly.
As deepknight succinctly put it;
As someone who's been both a journo and a commercial heavy jet captain, I feel I have to break the sad news to a few pruners: the audience really don't care about the RAF's role in the inter-war years or whether the Scruggs wonder-jet was better in a dogfight than the Super Jackboot, or the magnificent work the kipper fleet did, or why British combat moustaches were superior to USAF ones. The viewers had scores of available TV channels to watch. That's why the BBC's only hope someone might watch this was if it was an entertainment presented by a Celeb and his brother. A ninety-minute detailed lecture from Air Vice Marshal WhenIwasOnTwelveSquadron wouldn't have stood much of a chance against Carrie Mathews on Homeland on C4!
Aunty Beeb may be a public service company , but they know where the real money is. They made a good attempt with this one , but after that , it's back to business as usual. However , it might just encourage some of Joe Public to delve deeper and go search out the hours of RAF stuff available on History , Yesterday and , yes, You Tube.