Time Team D Day special

[Simon O.]

Anyone else see the Time Team D Day special program?

They may be good archaeologists and were very enthusiastic but WWII battlefield archaeologists they are not. Their 'expert', the Major from the D & D regiment wants a slap on the wrist for one particular howler although at least he knew what German barbedwire looks like.

For anyone who's wondering what i'm babbling on about here's a link.

http://www.channel4.com/history/timeteam/2004_dday.html

[Airborne Nut]

I cannot get the link to work. Is the URL correct?

-Shane

[Ian Jewison]

I cannot get the link to work. Is the URL correct?

-Shane

Link works fine for me!

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Simon, I watched the programme (in fact, it is my favourite TV programme) and I enjoyed it. I cannot recall any crass errors on the TV, but on the website last week the High speed drum Bren mags were described as being Russian but I see this has now been corrected


Cheers, Ade.

[Simon O.]

The little faux pas the good major made was in identifying some bits of bakelite as being bits of radio equipment. True he had a battery there (BTW, the same sort and in the same condition as the ones i find up here) but the bakelite bits, also stamped 1941 which he pointed out was a 'skin decontamination agent' case, part of a soldiers gas kit and quite surplus to requirement and thus often to be found chucked away.


And what was with the Russian AT gun? was it a captured Russian 7.62cm PAK 39(r) there as the graphic showed? or a 7.5cm PAK 40 as they were talking about a 75mm gun?

Bah! they should have hired me!

And it's my favourite program too Adrian. I really miss it. Have to rely on the discovery channel and downloading it from newsgroups these days

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Simon, yes the graphics for the A/T gun were interesting I had forgot about that.


Cheers, Ade.

[Tor]

Help me out here Simon!

Do you download the program ? Do you know where it is possible to find it.

Guess it will take some months before it's on here in Norway.

[paddywhack]

i thought it was fairly cool! id seen the one on the b17 and the hurricane and they did them pretty well to!but the gun looked like a british 6 pounder to be honest! though seeing the bottom of the unfinished bunker was well cool!!!!
good none the less though i am guilty of looking for mistakes they made!!