UK Friday 5th 21:00 BBC2 - Timewatch: The Hunt for U-864
 

Heads up for the UK

From the Radio Times

"A new series of BBC2's history strand begins with a tense tale of submarine warfare. Timewatch has a thing about submarines, but then again, this story is arguably a bit special - the only time in naval warfare that two submarines have duelled to the death underwater. It was February 1945 off the coast of Norway when HMS Venturer managed, by some brilliant manoeuvres, to hunt down and torpedo the German U-boat U864. Sweaty reconstructions capture the atmosphere of the duel ("Commander, port side! Another torpedo!"), while in the present day a salvage team sends cameras down to the whiskery wreck."

Regards

Kaleun

Very interesting...thanks for the heads up :up:

Hey, thank you for the tip!
Gonna record it.

Oh yes i will be watching:up:

I will be watching too:)

Of course I shall be watching.

It's at times like these where I wished I had a dvd recorder ... So I'll be watching it live too I guess. :roll:

Thanks :up:

Don't worry...those will become incredibly cheap in less than 2 years. :D

bump!! I don't want people to miss it!

miss what ? :hmm:

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

:nope:
Yeah, guys...just rub it in.....

(I dont have BBC on my cable...)

I'm recording it and will watch it over the weekend.:up:

Nemo

As it's "on" in an hour, I'm just "bumping" this thread, to get it to the tp so people see it and don't forget to record it. I've seen trailers. Looks really good.


Cheers,

Martin

Maybe the BBC will put it online as well?

Sorry, but I don't think they are at that stage yet. It would be great if they releases their timewatch series programmes on DVD, but it is such a good series, they wouldn't know wher to stop. They'd also have a lot of other good candidate programmes.

Incidentally, the Timewatch web-page is at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/program...ch/index.shtml

and if you look in their archive, you'll see they have done quite a few naval programmes.

I hope you find a way to be able to see it. I am recording on VHS (not a DVD recorder), so I can't be much help.

All the best, Martin

Yes, same here, Seth...:-?
I have a top-quality recorder - a 6-head hifi stereo Philips - but it's VHS, which I can't copy.
If I had a dvd-recorder, I would be glad to send a copy over to Norway.
But who knows...maybe someone else will step up!

Bump!!
Nearly time people :yep:

I have the Productuion Company Details
 

Just watched the film - great! The film production credits read as follows:

"Spiegel TV and Cream Productions for ZDF, BBC, History Canada, Discovery Science, in association with LA7, History UK, and NRK"

I hope this means that the documentary will be able to be seen by a wider audience.

The documentary was especially interesting because of the logic that the British Sub Captain used to achieve a reasonable firing solution in a situation where his information was limited.

The wreck itself is now a serious ecological hazhard, because of its cargo.

Well worth the watch.

Martin

Yep was a great programe very intersting indeed. The Uboat memorial at the end had me very very shocked 30,000 names take up alot of room. May god rest there souls.

Yep...a very well put together documentary/programme...worthy of the world famous broadcasting institution (BBC) :rock: :up: