Our World War, BBC3. Thursday 14th Aug.

[QUOTE=1batfastard;2160632]Hi All,
I can ignore the acting and enjoy the history being told the acting just tries to bring it to life, My only problem was it was advertised as being from the point of view of ordinary people, when I heard an officer talk about ‘We had two bottles of Champagne to celebrate’ a certain event, it got under my skin to me it showed the vast difference between the enlisted who had nothing and those toffs who thought the war was a great adventure and still lived a life style as if the war was not on going.
That does not take anything away from the officers who actually did see proper fighting in the trenches alongside their men, also it works the other way around as I am sure their were those enlisted who skived everyday if they could. Good and Bad in all people from all backgrounds.

Hi All,
Sorry everyone I have obviously got my wires crossed here :stupid:, I had in fact started to watch the ITV production ‘The Great War: The People’s Story’ all of the above still applies and I am looking forward to the 2nd episode to morrow ITV – 9pm -10pm will now have to catch up with the BBC programme you are all on about.

Geoff.

As I said in #2 this didn’t work for me on several levels. The standout programmes so far in the BBC’s monumental output were Kate Adie’s documentary on women’s role in the war and the superlative series by David Olusoga on the role of the soldiery from the Allied and German colonies in the war. It was so absorbing I need to buy the book to read it in detail.

I have to admit i cannot remember the champagne part but it has to be remembered that the eton/harrow/sherborne etc type ( ie stereotype upper class) suffered very high losses as well and subalterns in the lines died very quickly, i also thought the music was an odd fit but i still enjoyed the 2nd episode and reckon the other recent similar programs are good also.

We’ve watched the first two parts, and apart from the music found it pretty good.
I think the champagne drinking was a deliberately included to show how the upper echelons were removed from the reality
of trench warfare.
Overall pretty good, as have most of the other recent documentaries on WWI been.

Yes I did but thought it derivative and failed to live up to its aspirations. Jarring music and tricksy camerawork did not work, for me. And much of the acting was wooden. I never thought I was in Mons but on a TV film set.