Sommecourt on the 'box' !

He's far too modest to post it here, but our colleague 'Sommecourt' will feature in a BBC 'Timewatch' documentary to be shown next Friday evening, 28th Nov at 21:00 on BBC2.

The programme discusses the links between Gallipoli and D-Day. and Paul will apparently be seen in the Chunuk Bair trenches ( a rare sighting of a Forums member... )

I'm due to be having a drink in London that evening with 'Airborne Medic' so the trusty video will be at the ready again !

 

Thanks for pointing that out Martin! Will have a tape at the ready myself! Can't miss this.

Thought tonights Timewatch was rather amusing....a genuine whodunnit....

 

If anyone can post a picture here of Paul, please do as we here in Colonial Amerika, do not get many BBC programmmmmmmmmmmmmes.

For Paul:

 

Thanks Martin

Saw it in the radiotimes and was going to have a look but now it's more interesting still.

Pop

 

That was decent of you, Martin old boy!

You will indeed see me in the trenches, but also at the beach where my grandfather came ashore and then later at Pegasus Bridge when we move to the D Day side of things.

Good news for US forum members is that it will be shown on the BBC channel you have sometime soon - I don't have a transmission date yet, but will advise when I do. The programme was partly funded by the US, and a veteran of the 29th Division features in some of the D Day material.

 

Er, can I have your autograph, Mister ?

 

Argggg, Paul, we don't get the BBC anywhere near where I live

But heres a for you.

 

Good show Paul look forward to seeing it.

 

Happily I'm able to see BBC. But is it on BBC1 or BBC2?

 

I think it's on BBC2, de Vlaamse....now, I must remember to get in some popcorn and beers...

 

Rub it in guys, rub it in.

 

And you know what sucks, Carl? Your NSTC(?) VCR system is sooooooooo different than our PAL system, so your vcr would only eat our tapes....

I intend to tape the show, so I can watch it again...

and again...

and again...

 

OK, Adanoid Hynkle, I will inform Hermann Boring, to let loose his AF on Europe.

Maybe i will be lucky and BBC will release it on DVD?

 

Not sure about that, Carl - we're talking BBC here, maybe it'll get a release on 16mm home cine...

 

Just a thank you for posting this thread.

I would have missed this otherwise

Video will be inserted for a second and third viewing

Regards Graham.

 

I'm still watching out for someone with BBC...

 

Overall another good effort from 'Timewatch', I thought. It's a long time since I read about Gallipoli & I was very interested indeed to see how the battlefield appears today, with some fascinating relics on shore and at sea.

The peculiar horrors of the campaign were highlighted well; the difficult terrain, heat, untreated wounds, disease...and most horrifying of all,slowly emerging from a trench -

oh ! Sorry Paul,didn't realise it was you

The D-Day section seemed a bit of an afterthought, but given the constraints of a 1-hour programme, it was a worthwhile 'view'.

 

Cheers for the heads-up, I saw the programme myself, very interesting (agree with you about the relics Martin, fascinating stuff).

Nice work Paul.

Btw, what did you guys (those who saw the programme, that is) make of (Dr) Gary Sheffield?

 

Hehehe.....this is where I could say 'I thought he was a bit of a plonker' and you'll say 'But he's my brother !', or worse still, 'I, Greenjacket, am Dr Gary Sheffield !! ' ( )

Actually, I thought both presenters did a very good job and at least Dr Sheffield didn't come across as a stuffy university type.

( BTW, I was really fascinated by the remains of the 'Beetle' landing craft at Suvla Bay, & I thought the computerised 'rebuild' was rather neat )

 

Heh, as tempting as it is to impersonate the good Doctor, I think I would be seen through rather quickly.

Agree on his presenting - I read one of his books ('Forgotten Victory - The First World War: Myths and Realities') and he comes across as a readable and reasonable sort of bloke.