With “The World at War” complete, it’s time to replace it with a new series. My personal preference is to take a break from the heavy war stuff and do something different. Then we’ll circle back to WWI with the 26 episode BBC series “The Great War.”
After reading all of your sug...
2022-02-13 17:43:29 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode includes an annoying French prankster from the Middle Ages, bizarre Aztec food on Historical MasterChef, what happens when Queen Elizabeth I needs the toilet, & how not to impress a woman in Victorian times.
Video link: 2022-02-13 05:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post
All England is celebrating the daring exploits of Sir Walter Raleigh, so Edmund is stung into action and announces he will navigate the treacherous waters of the Cape of Good Hope. As usual, he has a cunning plan to win the Queen's support. However, his choice of captain for this dangerous expedi...
2022-02-13 05:17:23 +0000 UTC View Post
As peace descends in 1945, the series ends with a sombre reminder of the human cost of the bloodiest conflict in history.
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2022-02-13 04:18:42 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, so I’m in the middle of a huge ice storm affecting the U.S. at the moment and our power went out this morning. I was gonna have the next Blackadder up today, but I have no way of doing that now. I could be without power for a couple of days (fingers crossed it’s not that long) until...
2022-02-03 14:53:12 +0000 UTC View Post
At Yalta, the four armies of occupation agree to supervise Germany's recovery and divide the country into different zones.
Video link: https://vimeo.com/672582576/0756872d61
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2022-02-02 02:02:37 +0000 UTC View Post
A pirate captain regrets stealing a herd of seasick cows, a Georgian sportsman invents a whole new way of boxing, King Charles II raps about his party lifestyle, and the Georgian army goes to war against a bunch of naughty schoolboys.
Video link: 2022-01-29 01:07:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The calculating Edmund Blackadder is struck by Cupid's arrow when he takes on a new servant, a girl named Bob.
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2022-01-20 17:34:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Looking at the Allied scientists' attempts to develop a new, immensely powerful weapon, and debating the moral implications of its use. Narrated by Laurence Olivier.
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2022-01-19 21:02:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Many of you (including me) have been waiting to watch Waterloo for a while, so we're going to do it on Friday, January 21 @7pm GMT, 2pm EST. Use the link below to join the chat. Remember that you may need to be signed into a free Vimeo account, especially if you're on mobile. Hope to see you ther...
2022-01-19 20:57:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Live at the Tokyo Metropolitan Rock Festival in 2015. This is a patron request from David T - thanks, David! Babymetal is a Japanese female metal band that fuses together multiple genres, and the results are pretty amazing.
Video link: 2022-01-16 22:18:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Barmy Roman emperor Caligula fails to invade Britain and so collects seashells instead, King Henry VIII plays tennis while Anne Boleyn is executed and some naughty Saxon monks throw a funky party.
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2022-01-15 22:59:43 +0000 UTC View Post
*I forgot to say in my outro how much I loved the slow build-up of how Blackadder was supposed to portray the husband - from his height, then voice, then missing arm - very clever writing. Really enjoyed that, and I'm sure there will be more of that in future episodes.
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2022-01-14 21:08:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Ferocious fighting characterises the Allied offensive in the Pacific; the Japanese are fanatical in defence and severe casualties are incurred by the Americans as they embark on a two-pronged attack.
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2022-01-14 05:52:57 +0000 UTC View Post
King Charles I sends someone else to get married for him; a new recruit regrets joining the Georgian Army; and Queen Cleopatra reveals her weird beauty secrets.
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2022-01-14 01:53:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Captain Mainwaring and the men of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard take to the water when they acquire a platoon boat.
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2022-01-06 23:44:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Japan had entered the war confident that superior spiritual strength and discipline would prevail. By 1944, they were fighting for survival, crippled by shortages of food, metals and fuel. After massive defeats at Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, a continuous campaign of Allied bombing kills 250,000...
2022-01-04 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The Stuarts are confused by the newly-discovered drink of tea; a Viking funeral ends in a massive fight; a child evacuated in the Blitz thinks farm animals are monsters; and some cowboys sing about life in the Wild West.
Video link: 2022-01-01 20:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Frazer loses a vital part of a gun he was responsible for and thinks it is in the box he keeps his tools in, which happens to be a coffin.
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2021-12-30 20:49:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hitler faces the inevitable and can no longer face living. Interviewees include a man who saw the body and the secretary who wrote the will.
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2021-12-30 03:56:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Some Vikings attack a monastery but can't remember why, a peasant gets a posh makeover, and Crimewatch BC tries to solve the murder of Julius Caesar. Plus, prepare to be confused by the Egyptian Hieroglyphics song.
Video link: 2021-12-29 20:05:02 +0000 UTC View Post
More shambolic behaviour from Walmington's Home Guard as Captain Mainwaring and his men enlist the help of a recruit with four feet: a tracker dog provided by Walker. Yet all they track down is a birdwatcher.
Video link: 2021-12-23 16:53:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Thursday, December 23 @7 p.m. GMT, 2 p.m. EST.
The patrons have spoken - it's a Muppet Christmas Carol! Join me for a live movie night. Do not comment on this post if you want to participate in the chat - you can only do that on the Vimeo platform. Make sure to click the link below and sign...
2021-12-23 15:20:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Auschwitz survivors and Himmler's SS adjutant contribute to this harrowing account of the most chilling and inhuman chapter of WWII.
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2021-12-22 21:58:29 +0000 UTC View Post
I've narrowed it down to the four below. The winner is what we'll watch tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 23 @7 p.m. GMT or 2 p.m. EST. I know many of you won't be able to make it live, but this is the only time ...
2021-12-22 21:09:06 +0000 UTC View Post
In our Zulu movie night, I mentioned we'd try to do a Christmas movie night some point before Christmas. What Christmas movie would you like to watch together? Let me know below.
Also, my Christmas production has finally wrapped, so I'll be getting back to filming again today. You'll see vi...
2021-12-16 16:21:21 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a patron request from Pondga Dobcool, and for reasons I state at the beginning of the video, I'm uploading this to Patreon only for the time-being. Depending on the response, I might upload it to YouTube. This is a documentary detailing the reasons behind the anti-vax movement of the last...
2021-12-11 23:26:01 +0000 UTC View Post
At the conclusion of Dad's Army series 3, we'll be switching over to Blackadder for a little variety before continuing with Dad's Army. There seems to be a debate over which series is best to watch first...
2021-12-08 17:01:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Zulu won our movie night poll, so we're watching that together today! Starts at 7 p.m. GMT, 2 p.m. EST. Make sure you're signed into your Vimeo account on mobile to participate in the chat.
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2021-12-04 16:36:25 +0000 UTC View Post
There's trouble in the ranks of the Home Guard when the bravery of the gentle and well-mannered Private Godfrey is called into question.
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2021-12-04 03:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post