Robert Watson-Watt –

Enjoyable programme and this article by one who was there shows it was accurate…http://www.radarpages.co.uk/people/watson-watt/watson-watt.htm

Sir Watson-Watt was fined for speeding by the police using a radar ‘gun’.
He wittily penned this little piece:

Pity Sir Robert Watson-Watt,
strange target of this radar plot
And thus, with others I can mention,
the victim of his own invention.
His magical all-seeing eye
enabled cloud-bound planes to fly
but now by some ironic twist
it spots the speeding motorist
and bites, no doubt with legal wit,
the hand that once created it.

I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would and forgave some of the dramatic license. I thought the Tizard v. Linderman antagonism well drawn but was not aware that there was a mole in the team. The aerial library footage was well used and a few inaccuracies hardly mattered as they were only window dressing to the main story.

I quite enjoyed it. I wasn’t aware of the struggle he had to get his theories accepted.

Stock footage from the Battle of Britain film used to good effect, as was footage of the New Zealand based Anson Mk 1 and a Dragon Rapide

Pity about the Mosquito shot though. That ruined the whole programme for me. :rolleyes:

I thought it was quite good television – others will undoubtedly disagree.

Stock footage from the Battle of Britain film used to good effect, as was footage of the New Zealand based Anson Mk 1 and a Dragon Rapide

For me it’s down to the writing and Ian Kershaw has no track record in historical drama, as far as I am aware. The rest of the cast is strong, so here’s hoping it all works!

I think Eddie Izzard should be playing Henry Tizard, but then that’s my OCD kicking in.

Moggy