The Mercernary 12:02 Fri Oct 19
The World At War
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The whole series is being shown on Yesterday (channel 155), Friday nights at 10pm.
Still one of the best TV programmes I’ve ever seen.
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Replies - In Chronological Order ( Show Newest Messages First)
terry-h
12:13 Fri Oct 19
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Great theme music and Sir Larry Olivier voiceover. Couldn't go wrong.
I see from tomorrow night's episode we've missed the first 12 episodes though, but thanks for the tip off, Mercecnary.
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The Mercernary
12:18 Fri Oct 19
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On Demand is what you need Terry!
That tune takes me right back to when I first watched it as a young boy, all wide-eyed with wonder at the sheer scale and horror of it all...
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jfk
12:18 Fri Oct 19
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An absolute gem of an informative account of what happened.
Probably the best documentary of all time.
Will tape it again The Mercernary.
Nice one.
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arsegrapes
12:39 Fri Oct 19
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It's the greatest doc ever, but FMOBs it's depressing. Watched it several times, they always used to show it in January, you know when there's a blizzard raging outside and your car won't start and your credit card statement just dropped on the door mat, then you turn on the news to hear the Samaritans reaching out as the suicide rates have reached a record high.
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BRANDED
12:47 Fri Oct 19
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What's it about?
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Briano
1:03 Fri Oct 19
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Alf once made a most sad and poignant post on here about how he remembers seeing his dad watching this with tears in in eyes.
Terrible memories for the old soldier
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zebthecat
1:05 Fri Oct 19
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Thanks
Fantastic series
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Westham67
1:15 Fri Oct 19
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It is and was a classic but not up to date after the fall of the Soviet Union a lot more information came out regarding the Eastern front
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Gavros
1:16 Fri Oct 19
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Without doubt the single most important document of the single most important event in human history. It far surpasses what could be considered a documentary. It is a piece of history that if the human race survives another 100,000 years will still be a cornerstone of how we understand ourselves.
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arsene york-hunt
1:17 Fri Oct 19
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I was going to watch this but some cunt told me how it ended
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Northern Sold
1:23 Fri Oct 19
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`Down this road on a summer day in 1944, the soldiers came. Nobody lives here now. They stayed only a few hours. When they had gone, the community, which had lived for a thousand years, was dead. This is Oradour-sur-Glane, in France. The day the soldiers came, the people were gathered together. The men were taken to garages and barns, the women and children were led down this road, and they were driven into this church. Here, they heard the firing as their men were shot. Then they were killed too. A few weeks later, many of those who had done the killing were themselves dead, in battle. They never rebuilt Oradour. Its ruins are a memorial. Its martyrdom stands for thousands upon thousands of other martyrdoms in Poland, in Russia, in Burma, China, in a World at War...`
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Westham67
5:13 Fri Oct 19
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It was made when the participants in the War were still alive and shows first hand accounts of their experiences which makes it all the more profound
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Far Cough
8:56 Fri Oct 19
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Fucking hell, they even had Doenitz and Speer on there, excellent documentary, the benchmark of which all other documentaries are measured
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Oh dear
9:04 Fri Oct 19
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Thanks
I will be watching
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Russ of the BML
9:56 Fri Oct 19
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Northern Sold 1:23 Fri Oct 19
I have a huge interest in WW2 and have read loads of books. This started back as a kid reading Victor comic and the small mini war comics.
But a couple of years ago a fella I work with went to France on holiday and he travelled around. On talking to him (and him knowing I am a bit of a WW2 buff) he said one place he visited was Oradour-sur-Glane. I asked him if it was nice and he said "Well, no not really, but eye opening". I looked confused and he said have you not heard of it. I said I hadn't.
He said that he wouldn't say anymore and would bring me in a book that he bought there telling the full and whole story.
Needless to say I have now heard of Oradour-sur-Glane and will never, ever for the rest of my life forget it and one day hope to go there.
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Russ of the BML
9:57 Fri Oct 19
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arsegrapes 12:39 Fri Oct 19
LOL
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lab
10:03 Fri Oct 19
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Mercernary, cheers for this, an example of when this site is helpful. Where's Gank with his ..what's this got to do with West Ham comment?
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Westham67
10:07 Fri Oct 19
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arsegrapes 12:39 Fri Oct 19
Yeah just after Christmas and new ear when everyone is on a downer anyway another 3 month minimum of cold and dark ahead
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Far Cough
10:08 Fri Oct 19
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lab 10:03 Fri Oct 19
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Mercernary, cheers for this, an example of when this site is helpful. Where's Gank with his ..what's this got to do with West Ham comment?
That's quite easy, Vera Lynn is on it and everyone knows, she's West Ham
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Eddie B
10:11 Fri Oct 19
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Would love to visit Ouradour some day.
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