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The British

nolly
nolly Posts: 12,122
edited October 2012 in Not Sports Related
Anyone been watching this on sky Atlantic ? enjoying it.
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  • Bubble
    Bubble Posts: 1,541
    Excellent really enjoyed it
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    i thought it was a load of twaddle
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,050
    Watched it and can't believe it was called the British when it was almost exclusively about the English
  • southamptonaddick
    southamptonaddick Posts: 4,055
    I have.

    I think it's been pretty good but we have such a fantastic history it needed more parts/episodes to it.
  • nolly
    nolly Posts: 12,122
    Not enough violence gh?
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    BBC ---"The Story of Wales"
    History Channel ---"The Scots at War"
    Channel 4----- " Made in Scotland"

    and we get someone moaning about The British being all about the English---------------FFS
  • nolly
    nolly Posts: 12,122
    Archie Gemmil getting that goal in the world cup covers scotlands history gh
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    Nolly i thought it was all over the place ---some bits only just about got mentioned and as you say not enough burning and pillaging (sic) we after all descended from Vikings and Saxons etc (f++k William the Bastard and all the Normans)
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,050
    Goonerhater said:

    BBC ---"The Story of Wales"
    History Channel ---"The Scots at War"
    Channel 4----- " Made in Scotland"

    and we get someone moaning about The British being all about the English---------------FFS

    Do you understand that The British is the name of the show ?
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    i do now.

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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,050
    Another mind educated !
  • nolly
    nolly Posts: 12,122
    The puritans were a boring bunch
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    Oliver Cromwell------------the paddies love him.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Isn't this the programme that interviews the likes of Russell Brand about medieval history? Load of rubbish and I'm a history nut.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,050
    kentaddick said:

    Isn't this the programme that interviews the likes of Russell Brand about medieval history? Load of rubbish and I'm a history nut.

    To be fair having a reasonable grasp of history was probably a severe disadvantage when watching this show
  • nolly
    nolly Posts: 12,122
    edited October 2012
    what many dont no GH is that many of his killings in Ireland were prodestants who were non puritan he hated them as much
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    he hated everyone Nolly------------kinda like the guy !
  • nolly
    nolly Posts: 12,122
    even though i have irish in me i think he was the greatest Englishman
  • Olly
    Olly Posts: 56
    It is a bit English heavy in fairness, well produced doc though.
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,649
    nolly said:

    even though i have irish in me i think he was the greatest Englishman

    I'll beg to differ.
    Sir Francis Drake, sailed round the world with a few hundred men and took liberties wherever they went. Even today the bogeyman in Spanish childrens stories is `El Draco'.

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  • nolly
    nolly Posts: 12,122
    glorified pirate baldy not in cromwells league
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,050
    nolly said:

    glorified pirate baldy not in cromwells league

    Can I ask why you rate Cromwell so highly ?
  • nolly
    nolly Posts: 12,122
    got rid of the royals
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,358
    Olly said:

    It is a bit English heavy in fairness, well produced doc though.

    We do make up 80+% of the population of the British Isles though. Have not seen the series yet, will save up and watch in one hit on a cold winters day, so cannot comment on the content any more than that.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,050
    nolly said:

    got rid of the royals

    With you on that !

    However I think his reputation may have been undermined by the savagery and all that.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    nolly said:

    got rid of the royals

    Which is something he desperately didn't want to do. The republic was not maintainable without a monarch.

  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    kentaddick said:

    nolly said:

    got rid of the royals

    Which is something he desperately didn't want to do. The republic was not maintainable without a monarch.

    Contradiction in terms surely?

  • redcarter
    redcarter Posts: 1,011
    Problem with the programme is the interviews with celebs. Helen Mirren giving her opinion on the ancient Britons and although I did not see this one a mate told it had Frank Lampard discussing viking raids on Essex.
  • Jayajosh
    Jayajosh Posts: 2,877
    nolly said:

    got rid of the royals

    Didn't he get rid of Christmas too?
  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,496
    edited October 2012
    kentaddick said:

    nolly said:

    got rid of the royals

    Which is something he desperately didn't want to do. The republic was not maintainable without a monarch.

    Which is why his son succeeded him.

    No time for him, one of the best things about England has been the comparative lack of religious nutters in power. He was one of the exceptions.

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