I found about the Lightning on Youtube

Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
 

https://images.immediate.co.uk/remot...0&resize=70,39Thusday 8 PM

Military Marvels

Summary

Two-part documentary examining advances in British aviation in the 1950s and 60s, which begins by exploring the design and technology behind a new generation of military planes including the Vulcan bomber and the Meteor jet fighter. The first programme investigates how the achievements came at a time

For those who are interested

Mike

PS not too sure we rule the skies now.

Thanks, I will record that. I flew Vampires and Meteors in the 1950's.

wasn't there a thread on this when it first came out?

Sorry my tv guide did not say it was a repeat
Mike

https://www.pprune.org/aviation-hist...litary+marvels

Jack

It's a repeat of a repeat!

Alas! BBC 4 is no longer broadcast in The Netherlands, it stopped after Brexit. So we shall miss this programme. :{

sorry I missed the original programme and the thread but lt’s only a repeat if you have seen it before.

Ah wondered if it was a repeat. I had a feeling of deja vu. It's not on iPlayer yet just checked :(

To our Dutch friend. Get a VPN and connect to a British server :)

Ah yes - an excellent programme! Fortunately I was able to record both episodes onto DVD in 2012 back in the days when I could record from Sky in RGB to DVD!