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1 hour ago, philipsteak said:

Spotted earlier it was starting on BBC4 tonight, although they seem to be doing 2 episodes at a time. I think this would benefit from the more traditional 1 episode a week. As you say, you don't want to binge it. Suppose I can just do that myself

10 hours instead of 18 too so they will miss out on a lot of content. 

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15 hours ago, philipsteak said:

Spotted earlier it was starting on BBC4 tonight, although they seem to be doing 2 episodes at a time. I think this would benefit from the more traditional 1 episode a week.

from what they said at the start I think they're just starting it with 2 episodes and then it's one a week.

I decided that i didn't want to watch a second one last night so I've got that to catch up on.

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1 hour ago, eFestivals said:

Hmmm .... it would be much better without the 'flashbacks' of vets from 1968 shoved in the middle of talking about 1947. 

It's not a documentary, it's feckin' therapy. :P

Ha yeah, and it only gets worse. They had to set up a help line for vets who might get PTSD from watching it. Its that....errrr.... good!

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16 hours ago, When Jokers Attack said:

10 hours instead of 18 too so they will miss out on a lot of content. 

Having watched the first two, I think I'll be OK with just the 10 hours. Plenty to digest in that. Weird that they are doing that though. Agree with Neil about the time jumps. I knew a bit about the lead up to war, so found that stuff really interesting, then suddenly you're in 1968. Very minor criticism though.

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52 minutes ago, philipsteak said:

I knew a bit about the lead up to war, so found that stuff really interesting

I knew a bit too, tho was never really sure if what I knew was correct - particularly about hochimin's liking for the USA which they spurned, to push hochimin towards the russians.

Seems like that's a common theme for the USA for that era. It's pretty much what they did with Castro, and others too.

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On 06/02/2009 at 12:36 AM, .jay. said:

I'm a big documentary fan and i love Dogtown and the Z boys and i pretty much agree with all the recommendations in the thread and shall be looking into some of the ones I've not yet seen but you already have that i recommend

 

if you liked Dogtown and the Z Boys then check out this it is possibly my favourite documentary of all time it leaves you speechless!

 

Riding Giants -

 

you will also like this if you liked dogtown and the z boys

 

Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator - http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1132855577/

 

two of the best music documentaries i've ever seen

 

Dig! -

 

Joe Strummer The Future is Unwritten -

 

i think my other recommendations have been pretty much covered in this thread.

Love Dig

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Really enjoyed Long Shot. Only 45 mins or so but very well made, and a great story. 

If you don't know the story I would recommend watching it without reading anything about it. Proper spoiler alert. True crime with a crazy twist.

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