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Siege of Derry on TV
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:49 pm
by Clibinarium
Next Monday (15th) BBC NI will be showing an hour long program on the siege of Derry. It might be good, it might be rubbish, but how often does our period make it on to TV?
For those not in Northern Ireland, but in the UK you can probably watch it after broadcast on the iPlayer, or if you have digital TV with all the regional channels you can probably get BBC NI live.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rxxy7
Re: Siege of Derry on TV
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:28 pm
by simon boulton
Thanks for the heads up, have set it to record. It's channel 953 on Sky and on at 22.30
Re: Siege of Derry on TV
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:35 am
by Cameronian
Yup, it's on the iPlayer as 'Coming soon'. Go to IPlayer and search on BBC Northern Ireland.
Re: Siege of Derry on TV
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:46 am
by barr7430
How was it? I asked my wife to record it so I can see it when I get home Sunday!
Re: Siege of Derry on TV
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:30 am
by Clibinarium
Aw for God's sake; I forgot to watch it!
Over to the iPlayer for me.
Re: Siege of Derry on TV
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:30 pm
by Churchill
Ray.
Re: Siege of Derry on TV
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:00 pm
by Cameronian
Not a bad show at all.
Only problem was the usual BBC talking head to whom the terms 'England' and 'Britain' are synonymous, e.g. ..."William and Mary were crowned King and Queen of England..." So much for 1603.
Re: Siege of Derry on TV
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:17 pm
by Ben Waterhouse
Aye just watched it, very interesting.
Re: Siege of Derry on TV
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:33 am
by Friedrich August I.
Cameronian wrote:.....Only problem was the usual BBC talking head to whom the terms 'England' and 'Britain' are synonymous, e.g. ..."William and Mary were crowned King and Queen of England..." So much for 1603.
Same thing runs when someone is referring to the Holy Roman Empire saying Germany
Also the Germans were seemingly the only nation who fought against the Allies in the First World War instead of Germany, Austria-Hungaria and Italy...
Re: Siege of Derry on TV
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:35 am
by Clibinarium
Er, didn't Italy fight on the allied side in WWI?
Re: Siege of Derry on TV
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:42 pm
by Friedrich August I.
Clibinarium wrote:Er, didn't Italy fight on the allied side in WWI?
You got me.. BUT 1914 The Triple Alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungaria and Italy...
Re: Siege of Derry on TV
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:28 pm
by Clibinarium
Yep, that's what I thought you really meant!
Re: Siege of Derry on TV
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:59 pm
by Ben Waterhouse
Dr Eamonn O Ciardha was the most interesting talking head I thought. Anybody read "Ireland And The Jacobite Cause, 1685-1766: A Fatal Attachment"?
Re: Siege of Derry on TV
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:46 pm
by obriendavid
Friedrich August I. wrote: Also the Germans were seemingly the only nation who fought against the Allies in the First World War instead of Germany, Austria-Hungaria and Italy...
Don't you mean Germany, Austria-Hungaria and TURKEY?
Cheers
Dave
Re: Siege of Derry on TV
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:22 am
by j1mwallace
I thought that this was well done and informative. I didn't really know much about the subject matter. The presenter seemed to be making a good attempt at being unbiased and the experts were all pretty good.
The long haired guy was a bit craggy island!
For any of you folks with Sky you can buy a wee box for about £20 that turns your tv into a smart TV and allows you access to BBC iplayer, 4 catchup etc.