Quite an accurate summation dr dre. The cynical side of me says that you should not expect anything else (Ie a serious look at Aviation itself) from either SBS or the ABC for that matter

I noted one blooper in the second episode. Allegedly showing scenes of People dancing the 'latest' dance craze around 1962 according to the Narrator....to the soundtrack of the movie 'Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines'....which was made in 1965!

I must have been leading a bit of a sheltered life of late. I have never heard of her!:confused:

Doesn't everyone on PPRuNe watch Play School?

Nah mate! If you've got a 2 year old grand-daughter you'll know that it's The Wiggles that rule. :ok:

What a disappointing series...had the potential to deliver so much, but it mostly spent hours talking about equality and attitudes towards gays. That’s fine, it deserves the air time, but not under the guise of an ode to 100 years of Aviation in this country!

The only highlight so far was the old QF hostie fondly remembering her love of BBC :}

I also agree that the series was a total let down indeed!
Advertised as a show representing 100 years of Australian Aviation but 95% was about Flight attendants and equality which whilst pertinent certainly did not show much aviation " per se " .
I don't know who put the show together but they certainly were biased towards women in aviation but very little about women flyers , nearly all about F/A's.
The show was worth a watch just to see if it did start to actually start to show more about aviation in general in the upcoming episodes but it turned out to be an utter waste of time!!!
It was very typical of SBS , put out by a bunch o lefties who want their personnel agenda seen.
Very little in this show to interest the average viewer.
1/10 maximum stars.:yuk::yuk::yuk:

Correct. That’s the only framework that anything gets produced by the ABC/SBS these days.
Your tax dollars at work...

I’m glad others watched it so that I didn’t have to. Did they manage to squeeze some climate change alarmism in there too?

Agree.

The recent two part Concorde doco on SBS had some interesting engineering insights. Available to watch online if anyone's bored:
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/prog...ning-the-dream

Not that I recall, but going on what has been seen so far, part 3 this week may do so! Wouldn't surprise me anyway.:rolleyes:

Found that far more interesting!:ok: