1980's Yorkshire program on Bob Doe ?

Churchill’s Few?

Would the programme you are thinking of be “Churchill’s Few”? I seem to remember that one from around that time. Featured Bob Doe, Geoffrey Page, Josef Szlagowski and Ulrich Steinhilpher (spelling?)…great documentary that I still revisist on a very old VHS tape..

Hope this helps..

Regards;
Steve

Steve found this on BOB forum

Steve found this on a forum about the Battle of Britain…. guess it was a two part documentary out on vhs several years ago……….

http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=105008;article=18851;title=The%20Battle%20of%20Britain%20Historical%20Society%20Discussion%20Forum

Chris
Re: Old TV documentaries on ‘The Few’
Mon May 4, 2009 7:28pm
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I’ve also just watched Secret History,’The Few’ which I think was a bit controversial when it was shown.
This was because it concentrated on the class divisions and bad training in the RAF at the time.
Pilots featured included Gordon Batt,Charles Palliser,David Cox,Eric Poole,John Pattison,Iain Hutchinson,Ludwik Martel and Tony Bartley.
Tony Bartley described the friendly warning from the police in this..
One or two of those interviewed,although not sounding bitter,still seemed pretty rankled about the treatment they recieved as Sgt.Pilots.
Very good documentary,well worth watching.

Thanks Steve not sure of exact title !

Steve:

Not sure of the exact title… were both Yanks and I have a few Pal documenaries on BOB pilots I bought on ebay etc…. but manybe some will remember the segment my friend speaks of. Maybe someone will have recorded it and will know for sure. Thanks for the input on this ! Hopefully someone will upload it to Youtube so we can all enjoy it !

Thanks !

BlueNoser352!

Hi BlueNoser352;

Just rewatched the VHS I have…

If the docmentary showed Bob Doe working in his garage serving fuel, then it must be “Churchill’s Few”. This was produced in 1985 by Yorkshire Television and directed by John Willis. A great film that featured some very modest and frank interviews…
There was also a book produced based on the docmentary which is a very good read…ISBN 9780178123284 Author: John Willis.

Hope this helps…

Regards;
Steve

Steve much thanks

Steve:

Yes…thanks so much for the information….

BlueNoser352