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Tankies: Tank Heroes of WW11
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:53 pm
by michael hilton
Sunday evening BBC2, 2100hrs, Tankies: Tank Heroes of WW11. A two part story of six men from the Fifth Royal Tank Regiment during the Second World War. Good on details, German ergonomics and unseen letters and diaries. Should be interesting, Mick
Re: Tankies: Tank Heroes of WW11
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 6:43 pm
by Adrian Harris
Thanks for the heads up Mick
Now all I have to do is negotiate space on the Sky+ planner from the missus
Adrian
Re: Tankies: Tank Heroes of WW11
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:00 pm
by neil pudney
well spotted michael i hadn't spotted that !
Most bbc documentaries are pretty good so here's hoping !
thanks,neil
Re: Tankies: Tank Heroes of WW11
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:14 pm
by michael hilton
Concludes tonight 2100hrs BBC2, with the Fifth RTR being re-equipped with brand new Cromwell tanks, fighting in Normandy. Archive footage and first hand testimony from surviving veterans......Mick
Re: Tankies: Tank Heroes of WW11
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 5:40 pm
by Fabrice Le Roux
Thanks Mick..will check "series record" still enabled. Enjoyed the first part a lot.
cheers, Fabrice
Re: Tankies: Tank Heroes of WW11
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:55 am
by Dennis Jones
Good to see Tiger 131 from Bovvy in action in the film.
Dennis.
Re: Tankies: Tank Heroes of WW11
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 1:03 pm
by paul&robinmargle
All the tanks in the reconstructions were Tank Museum running examples, as far as I could tell. I guess it was filmed somewhere behind the scenes at Bovington?
Good to see Normandy from the British perspective.
Robin