Short Sterling????

Apart from a rowing boat, I’m not sure what else BBC could have laid on for a trip in an inland lake in Northern Germany.

Hi All,
Yes definite film of a Stirling touching down with it’s double tail wheel also possibly the aircraft silhouetted above a burning city (Usually used in bomber documentary’s). They could have tried for a larger boat for all three to actually fit in comfortably.

[QUOTEWhilst I agree that it was a very poor programme, the BBC can and often do make excellent aviation documentaries, the recent one on Eric Brown being a good case in point. A lot depends on who is sub-contracted to produce the programme, I think it’s rare nowadays that the Beeb makes any of its own documentaries.][/QUOTE]
John, Maybe they should get back to making them all themselves and not farm them out so what is the excuse for allowing bad documentary’s surely they must be scrutinised before being accepted for broadcast in which case it’s back to the BBC and the blame is on them. You could argue that with the Bombing campaign being a very touchy subject that not to much thought to accuracy is given and is just given a curt mention. As proof of this I offer the recent unveiling of the Bomber Command Memorial, who may I add was paid for mostly by public donations unlike other government backed WWII monuments that this country’s governments over the years have been proud to associate themselves with unlike Bomber Command. Like one of the aircrew said they carried out Churchill’s orders and he turned hid back on them need I say more ?
Twinotter23,
I in no way consider myself to be an expert, just an enthusiast who knows a little but mainly just somebody who get’s fed up with the continual output of so called documentary’s that have a lack of historical accuracy and visual accuracy when portraying certain aviation subjects. I alighted to this may be cost based, while these documentary’s may bring to attention to a wider audience they should still be correct all the way through it’s treating the audience as thicko’s and insults the memories of those who have had relatives serve in WWII and indeed any survivors from the conflicts represented.

Geoff.