On the telly this week…

Here’s my usual listing of interesting telly programmes for this week…
Tuesday,Jan 22nd,Ch4,8pm-10pm:
Firstly at 8pm,’Battle Stations-Lancaster Bomber’.An hour long documentary about the Avro Lancaster,and Bomber Command in general, done in much the same way as last week’s programme on the Spitfire.
Should be worthwhile.
Then imediatelly following Battle Stations comes ‘Commando’ at 9pm.This week’s edition focuses on the daring raid on the dry docks and U-Boat repair facilities at St.Nazaire in 1942.Judging by last week’s programme,it should be well worth a gander.
Thursday,Jan 24th-
BBC2,8pm, ‘Ray Mears Extreme Survival’-Not a programme you’d immediately associate with Flypast subject matter,but a number of recent programmes have included the stories of airman who have crashed or been shot down in some of the most inhospitable places on earth,the first programme in this series being about American pilots shot down over North Vietnam,and last week’s second programme focusing on the rescue of a South African Air Force crew who had ditched thier Ventura on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.So all things considered,it might be worth a look,and it’s a decent programme anyway.This week’s programme focuses on survival stories and techniques in Alaska.
BBC1,8pm ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’-Ok,ok,so it’s a trifle daft,but it’s worth watching if you want something with more of a fun element to it.The problem is that it is on at the same time as Ray Mears,and it also runs into the Ch5 movie…
Ch5,9pm ‘Gallipoli’-This is the highly acclaimed 1981 epic starring Mel Gibson as one of a pair of young Australians going off to fight in the ill-fated campaign at Gallipoli.Well recieved in it’s time,it’s power has by no means diminished with time.If you can’t watch it,record it!
Friday,Jan25th-
Ch5,8pm,’War in the Falklands’-This is the final part of an excellent documentary on the Falklands conflict of 1982,tonight’s programme describing the advance toward and liberation of Port Stanley.The previous programmes in the series have been first class,so there is every reason to believe that this one will be just as good.
BBC2,9pm,’Conspiracy’-This is the much talked about dramatisation of the Wannsee Conference in January 1942,where the blueprints of the Nazi’s ‘Final Solution’ were laid out and finalised.Kenneth Branagh stars in this big budget film from HBO/BBC,the same people who made ‘Band of Brothers’.As a side note,ARCO’s Moraine-built Storch was used for some of the scenes at the beginning of the film.If you only watch one film on Friday,watch this.