sheepyvillian Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 Black and British: A Forgotten History. It's a doc I've just started watching on IPlayer. I never realised just how far the history of black people in Britain goes back. The bit about Samuel Johnson blew me away. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 Started the 2nd episode of Black British doc. The part about Sierra Leone and it's ties to slavery with the British, made me feel physically sick. What a stain on British history that Is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 (edited) I demand someone makes a film of Bill Richmond. Didn't even know about this guy but what a story. A black man who becomes a great sports personality in Georgian England. And that's just part of his history. Edited August 10 by sheepyvillian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 (edited) The Black and British doc has really caught my attention. It's so Informative. I didn't realise The Black and White Minstrel Show went on till 1978. I actually remember it from my childhood, Saturday night's I think. The American girl who performed the minstral song, had a voice to die for. Edited August 11 by sheepyvillian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 The 4th episode of Black and British was truly heart breaking stuff. To see David Olusoga visit his childhood home where his family were the victims of horrendous racial abuse, was really painful viewing, to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Nearly finished the history of Black British doc. Have to say, it's been one of the most poignant docs I've had the pleasure of watching in a very long time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Finished Hitler and the Nazis evil on trial on netflix Thought it was excellently done, the new angle on it did well to actually show some new stuff, would say having read hubris and nemesis I knew the early stuff but for those who don't this covers it well, it ot course skims over a lot of stuff but you'd need 3x the episodes to do it all justice Would say my only gripe with it is that it touches on it in the last episode but I wish they'd spent some more time on how much resources the final solution took up, they said like they switched the soldiers from the eastern front to the western front but the vast train network was busy moving Jews around rather than soldiers, that would have made for an interesting 30 mins rather than 30 seconds 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizzzle Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Hell Jumper on BBC iplayer was really good. About a young guy that decided he wanted to help people evacuate from the danger zones in Ukraine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Any fans of British boxing in the 80s/90s, or just boxing fans in general, this looks like it will be well worth a watch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Watching the Linford doc on IPlayer. The part about when he nearly got stripped of his silver medal at Seoul really took me back. I remember "Ginsing" being the word on, virtually, every British persons lips for about a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Colin Hart commenting on the Sun's decision to go with the "Linford's Lunchbox" phrase, " It wasn't racist, it was done because they thought if was amusing." No, Colin, it was overtly racist and it certainly wasn't amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 On reflection, I wish Linford had retired after that World title win in Stuttgart, which he won in under ten seconds. Such a shame that it ended, for real, in that shambles at Atlanta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newry_Villan Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Have taken a deep dive into Irish history, particularly the very short life of Michael Collins, assassinated at the age of 31. If that interests you search Easter Rising Stories on YouTube and go from Part 1. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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imavillan Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 On 28/07/2024 at 17:50, sheepyvillian said: Been watching the new Nazi doc on Netflix. Didn't think I could learn much more, but interesting to hear about the American war reporter, William Shirer. They always get the strangest looking guy to play Hitler in the renactments. Makes sense really, I suppose. Started watching this having read through here and agree with all the posts from those who have watched it. It's certainly enlightened me on different aspects of the war. As for the bloke playing Hitler i could not get Sparks out of my mind.. Regardless of that, it's well worth watching. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Started the Cuba: Castro vs the World doc on IPlayer. I think I started to watch it before but obviously didn't finish it. When I watch old clips of JFK speaking, I always feel a little spooked, knowing what horrible tragedy was to befall him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (edited) You really have to admire the way Castro stood up to the vile racist regime that was South Africa. None of that lip - service crap from him. A man who had the courage of his convictions. For that, I salute him posthumously. Edited August 28 by sheepyvillian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 remarkable story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 On 20/08/2024 at 20:31, Newry_Villan said: Have taken a deep dive into Irish history, particularly the very short life of Michael Collins, assassinated at the age of 31. If that interests you search Easter Rising Stories on YouTube and go from Part 1. Always had a vague interest in the "Big Man". I very much doubt he would have coseyd up to the Catholic Church like De Velera did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newry_Villan Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 7 hours ago, sheepyvillian said: Always had a vague interest in the "Big Man". I very much doubt he would have coseyd up to the Catholic Church like De Velera did. Yea, I've my tin foil hat on now that they took Collins out to end the pursuit of the Northern counties. As soon as he was gone the Dublin government lost all interest. I know I'm completely wrong but it's a fun theory to get into. DeValera completely abandoned the 1916 proclamation the state was founded on and handed complete control to the church. The true traitor of Ireland IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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