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The first episode has now been given a slot in BBC 2's schedule:

Thursday 6 January, 9.00-10.30pm.

No mention yet of when part two is to be shown.

Nemo

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Originally Posted by Captain Nemo (Post 1552764)

The first episode has now been given a slot in BBC 2's schedule:

Thursday 6 January, 9.00-10.30pm.

No mention yet of when part two is to be shown.

Nemo

Will make a note of that...cheers.

Let's hope the ABC's deal with the BBC gets it shown over here soon.

For those who might be interested.
'The Sinking of the Laconia' is being shown on British TV, BBC2, as a two part drama. The first part is scheduled for transmission on Jan 6th 2011 from 2130hrs to 2230hrs GMT. I don't have details of the second part as yet.

Seasonal greetings to everyone.

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Originally Posted by Telemon (Post 1557122)

Already posted in #41

A bit of info regarding Part 2. It is scheduled for Friday 7 January starting at 9pm.

Nemo

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Originally Posted by Lt.Fillipidis (Post 1177698)

Actually, the medics were a preffered target in the war since it was calculated that a man killing a medic would subsequently kill 10 more soldiers (if my memory serves me well). I cant remember where i learned about this or where the numbers are based on but i have the faint idea that these are the right numbers.

If I recall correctly medics were not generally targeted during the two world wars. This is I believe mostly because the job of medics is to save lives, whichever side they might be on (The more live prisoners the better), so to kill a medic may be to kill yourself later on. During this period the Red Cross on their arms granted them technical immunity from harm and none were armed (another reason at least was that there were many medics who were pacifists but still wished to help the war effort and so volunteered to be medics).

The reason these days medics rarely go unarmed (and some go even more heavily armed than regular infantry) is because the Western world now rarely fights against uniformed opponents who at least pay lip service to the Geneva Convention and as such the Red Cross no longer affords any kind of protection, the Red Cross simply remains as a means of identification.

Quite sad really.

How was the Teledrama?

I watched it and though it was really good:yeah:

Missed the first part but the second was riveting and I intend to watch it in full on the iPlayer while I still can :)

I just finished watching both parts, and I thought it was quite good.
It stays relatively close to the truth, incorporating some influences from the more well-known stories of survivors. There were of course some things that were over- or de-emphasized or changed, but nothing that I'd complain about. And as you'd expect it was well written and produced.

There's also a documentary with some footage of interviews with survivors that is very much worth watching.