I'm coming in rather late on this one as things take a long time to reach the Swamp, so have only just watched Panorama. Was pretty disappointed, though I guess it's spread the word to a wider audience.
Spent the first few minutes getting a bit emotional with the shots of the homecoming, Q and Steve + revisiting the Memorial; then spent a few minutes scratching my head as to who the heck Jimmy Jones was (thanks for the info on that earlier in the thread - glad to see they're digging out current people); and then sat staring incredulously at the screen, pausing and rewinding the Sky+ box as I watched an 'MRA4 on a test flight' - except it was an MR2 - in fact unless my eyes were wrong it was 2 x MR2s - XV248 taking off and XV246 going round the corner with the bomb doors open. Oh, and of course there was the aircraft taking a swim in the Moray Firth - first loss of an MR2 in 25 years apparently - except that it was an R1. And if another journalist refers to an MR2 as a 'spy plane' again, I think I'll scream.
Like most people on this thread, I lost good friends last year. I know that the general public won't be bothered by the errors above (and plenty more that were in there), and that the programme achieved a bit of publicity for the state of the armed forces, but I just wish that these programme makers would get the simple things right so that those in the know could believe in them a little more.
Live from the Swamp
