The economic boom of the roaring twenties comes to a sudden halt in 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression. In the years after a demoralised army of 13 million unemployed Americans are left idle. As incomes and trade are reduced, the recession spreads to the Jarrow shipyards to the nitrates and...
2022-09-02 00:56:37 +0000 UTC View PostHey, patrons! There was a technical issue with the People's Century post I just released, so it's been deleted and I'm trying to fix it. I'll repost as soon as it's available.
Sarah
2022-09-02 00:52:11 +0000 UTC View PostThis episode includes an unusual Stuart highwayman not always stealing cash, a modern detective struggling to solve a series of murders in Emperor Caligula's house, HHTV going undercover to prove allegations of cheating in Middle Ages jousting tournaments, & King George IV meeting his dead re...
2022-08-11 13:20:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Join me at 6pm GMT / 2pm EST as we watch a movie about Operation Market Garden - a famous attempt at taking several bridges held by the Germans during WWII. I first learned about it during my recent YouTube video on the Victoria Cross, so I'm excited to see it depicted in this mo...
2022-07-23 16:01:43 +0000 UTC View PostHey, patrons! I've had something come up and I won't be able to do our movie night today. We'll do it tomorrow (July 23) at the same time - 6pm GMT, 2pm EST. Sorry to move it on you, but I look forward to our time together tomorrow!
Sarah
2022-07-22 16:21:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Captain Mainwaring and the air-raid warden dispute the matter of precedence as the platoon prepare for a parade to mark Spitfire Week. Captain Mainwaring decides that what they need is a mascot.
Video link: https://v...
2022-07-15 00:12:45 +0000 UTC View Post
"Resisting the Aggressor Down the Ages" is the second Christmas Night with the Stars sketch from the British comedy series Dad's Army. It was originally transmitted on Christmas Day (Thursday, 25 December) 1969.
The platoon are busy rehearsing their performance for the town pag...
2022-07-14 23:51:50 +0000 UTC View Post
The cinema excites, inspires and influences people seeking escape from their usually dull lives. Hollywood booms in the 1920s, and its movies dominate European screens after the Second World War, bringing alluring images of America. Censorship is introduced after con...
2022-07-12 23:32:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Just an FYI for the days ahead. See you soon!
Sarah
2022-07-11 16:58:17 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a special video just for my patrons - some behind the scenes, some puppetry, and a heartfelt apology for forgetting I couldn't chat today. I hope this makes up for it - at least until next Saturday.
I wanted to post and let you all know that I haven't disappeared off the face of the earth. I've had some family things going on the past couple of weeks that required my time (nothing serious, so don't worry), and I've had to shift my priorities from videos to that. However, after this weekend t...
2022-06-11 16:56:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Mass production alters the lives of both workers and consumers as master craftsmen are replaced by the assembly line and the labor movement gains strength.
Video link: https://vimeo.com/715706806/859c59ca8...
2022-05-31 18:48:38 +0000 UTC View Post
In 1805, aboard the H.M.S. Surprise, the brash Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) and his trusted friend, the ship's scholarly surgeon, Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany), are ordered to hunt down and capture a powerful French vessel off the South American coast. Though Napoleon is winning the war a...
2022-05-27 15:50:52 +0000 UTC View Post
We'll be watching "Master and Commander" this Friday for Movie Night. I've got it ready to go on my computer this time : ) Start time will be 2pm EST, 6pm GMT, 7pm BST. Let me know if I made a mistake with the time again - I googled it so hopefully it's right 😜
As usual, we'll be doing a...
2022-05-22 21:17:30 +0000 UTC View Post
When the evil Prince Ludwig kidnaps both Blackadder and Lord Melchett, the Queen remembers Blackadder's earlier advice to have nothing to do with any ransom notes. Is our hero doomed, or does Baldrick have a cunning plan?
Video link: 2022-05-19 22:50:09 +0000 UTC View Post
The First World War had bathed the new century in blood. Endless fields of gravemarkers quilted the landscape of Europe. Nine million lost their lives in a horrible war of attrition. A whole generation was traumatized by the horror of the trenches -- and swore that this would surely be the war to...
2022-05-19 19:53:14 +0000 UTC View Post
A confused First World War soldier experiences his first day in the trenches, David Baddiel reveals another not-so Scary Story as Vincenzo Larfoff, and more.
Video link: https://vimeo.com/711713108/57f35ea...
2022-05-19 17:04:35 +0000 UTC View Post
There are problems in the Blackadder household due to an embarrassing incident with a turnip, an ostrich feather, and a puritanical fat aunt.
Video link: https://vimeo.com/706634413/f175a4cbda
Due to technical difficulties, we weren't able to watch Master and Commander, so we decided to watch the next episode of Sharpe instead. I promise we'll try again with Master and Commander!
*Movie starts at minute 42 due to technical difficulties.
Sharpe's resolve is seve...
2022-04-23 21:35:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, everyone! I originally wanted to do movie night today (Friday), but I need to move it to tomorrow (Saturday, April 23). We'll be watching "Master and Commander" since it was a close second in the last poll. I'll be posting the link to it tomorrow a few hours before. Hope to see you all the...
2022-04-22 12:51:17 +0000 UTC View Post
The October Revolution brings forth a new Marxist–Leninist society in what becomes the Soviet Union. Its people, now freed from feudal exploitation and provided with health care and education from the state, have their revolutionary zeal directed towards developing and modernising their new cou...
2022-04-21 18:31:06 +0000 UTC View Post
My first time watching this! This will be released on YouTube later today in an edited version. Full version is available here for my patrons. Fair warning - I was thoroughly confused about how this works, and rather amused at parts of the process. Overall though, I really enjoyed watching and se...
2022-04-08 14:24:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Some medieval knights discover the most disgusting way to attack a castle, the Saxons demonstrate the stupidest way to lose a battle, a Georgian goes shopping in a modern pet shop, and the kings and queens of England demonstrate how to remember them all, through the power of song.
Video lin...
2022-04-04 18:03:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Edmund is in trouble when he is visited by a debt-collecting bishop armed with a red-hot poker. A cunning plan indeed is needed to save his bacon.
Video link: https://vimeo.com/695437035/ec0ec26878
Make sur...
2022-04-03 16:48:57 +0000 UTC View Post
As a concession, I've decided that on our next movie night, we'll watch Master and Commander, so mark your calendars for Friday, April 22!
Video link: https://vimeo.com/694913991/a42316925d
I think wi...
2022-04-01 14:28:49 +0000 UTC View PostI know it's a little last minute, but I chose two of the top suggested movies from your comments the other day, and I'll let you decide which one we do on April 1. I'm honestly fine with either choice.
*I've seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail but nothing else they've done. Wouldn't ...
2022-03-31 22:30:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Let me know in the comments below what you'd like to see! I'll announce my pick in a couple days.
*Also, look for more People's Century, Blackadder, and Horrible Histories shortly. We'll also do our Patreon-only chat on Saturday, April 2 for those in the Colonel - Marshal tiers.
2022-03-29 15:37:07 +0000 UTC View PostHi, patrons! I should have written this a while ago, but I'm planning on releasing a video (hopefully tomorrow) to explain why it's been quiet here and on YouTube lately. That said, I haven't abandoned Patreon or YouTube, and I'll be working hard to put out new content over the next few days. Tha...
2022-03-19 20:28:49 +0000 UTC View Post
The Great War is fought with larger armies and deadlier weapons than ever before, bringing death and carnage on an unprecedented scale to Europe. The bloody Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Verdun fail to break a stalemate on the Western front, and soldiers become increasingly frustrated and...
2022-03-09 01:57:26 +0000 UTC View Post
At the beginning of the twentieth century the world was stable and certain, but unequal. The Paris Exhibition of 1900 symbolises the optimism of a peaceful age when affluence is rising and people have faith in new technologies like electricity. The United States becomes the most powerful country ...
2022-03-02 02:18:19 +0000 UTC View Post