Vigil (BBC 1 - 2023)
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As the old boys of the USN weapons school said of Top Gun Maverick. "It is not a documentary "
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Is it as bad as Strike Force that bedevilled RAF Leeming in the mid 90s?
We’d been falling over cameramen and fulfilling daft requests for a few weeks when 11Gp arrived to do an AOCs inspection. After about 2 hours one of the senior members became so frustrated that he stated he couldn’t possibly run a decent inspection with the chaos. Until someone pointed out in a stage whisper that we had been trying to run a Squadron under the same circumstances for weeks.
We’d been falling over cameramen and fulfilling daft requests for a few weeks when 11Gp arrived to do an AOCs inspection. After about 2 hours one of the senior members became so frustrated that he stated he couldn’t possibly run a decent inspection with the chaos. Until someone pointed out in a stage whisper that we had been trying to run a Squadron under the same circumstances for weeks.
The Beeb have responded to the whining highly informed criticism by saying that (I paraphrase) all the niff naff and trivia that people are getting their BP up over had to be changed due to copyright issues. So there you have it.
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charliegolf, I wonder what Auntie Beeb’s’ excuse is for the crap storyline and the poor acting! Admittedly that was in the only ten minutes that I saw!!! 🤷♂️ Part Two may have put Bogart, Bergman, and Casablanca in the shade…but then again…🤔🫣🤣
In that case you’ve spent more time whinging about it here than you have watching it. How odd.
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Video Mixdown - not whinging, per se, but having watched the whole of the first series I thought that I would channel my inner Barry Norman - and why not? 😁 - and try to save other poor souls from wasting six hours of their lives!!! 😉 But if you wish to adopt the ad hominem approach, then so be it!!! 🤷♂️😎
I have had to bite my tongue somewhat, as I am informed - correctly- that this is only a fictional programme and not a documentary! Also told that it is not aimed at us old codgers and the Royal Air Force that we served in! Again, correct! I can only relate to my years in the Royal Air Force and treat this programme for what it is - a fictional tale (good or bad as you wish to see it) and bearing little or no relation to the real thing. This is television "entertainment"!!
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I watched the first episode on iPlayer this evening....
A query - surely a relatively lightweight drone (ooh, the 'R-PAS' geeks really hate that word!) fitted with a machine gun must suffer recoil issues? Rockets and bombs are one thing, but guns?
Nothing to do with the RAF really, just another police drama - with added '5' spookery!
A query - surely a relatively lightweight drone (ooh, the 'R-PAS' geeks really hate that word!) fitted with a machine gun must suffer recoil issues? Rockets and bombs are one thing, but guns?
Nothing to do with the RAF really, just another police drama - with added '5' spookery!
The use of "British Air Force" rather than RAF was intentional.
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"Which Royal Air Force?"
Our hero: "The Royal Air Force!"
He still had to explain though, the controller had no clue.
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I was once holding on 30 Sqn (C-130) and bagged a jolly to Nellis. Inbound to one of the en-route stops, I was on the flight deck enjoying the view and listening to the radio calls. In response to, "We are a Royal Air Force transport a/c etc...", the controller asked:
"Which Royal Air Force?"
Our hero: "The Royal Air Force!"
He still had to explain though, the controller had no clue.
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"Which Royal Air Force?"
Our hero: "The Royal Air Force!"
He still had to explain though, the controller had no clue.
CG
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I’m sure, but I didn’t realise MoD had the power to stop film makers using military insignia
I am also very sceptical of the IPR/copyright malarkey about badges and insignia. It's fiction FFS!!
Might have to watch it now to see what the fuss is about (maybe that's their plan!!)
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The 'agenda' is to entertain. Nothing more, nothing less. The fact that these programs tend to ignore basic levels of detail suggests that either they are ignoring the advice from researchers or they're really just not bothered.
Any vets around that could tell us if All Creatures Great and Small is technically accurate?
Any vets around that could tell us if All Creatures Great and Small is technically accurate?