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Post by Cartman on Oct 27, 2017 15:24:27 GMT
Has anyone seen this series, or have it on DVD? It was first shown on ITV Wednesday nights at 8pm in the winter of 1973/4 and I remember being gripped by it as a 13/4 year old back then. I think it is THE best documentary series ever done, bar none. The music and Lawrence Olivier's masterful narration set the tone superbly, the fantastic archive footage and the interviews. I remember watching it with Dad who was in North Africa in the war and he thought it was a tremendous series.
An interesting thing was that quite a lot of the major participants in the war were still around in the early 70s, Speer, Doenitz, Harris, Eden etc and it was just superbly done. I have the DVD set and am currently working through it again.
Highly recommended and I think an illustration of how good TV was then. What do you expect to get on now on Wednesday nights on ITV? some rubbishy quiz show with Paddy McGuinness probably.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Oct 27, 2017 17:24:19 GMT
Has anyone seen this series, or have it on DVD? It was first shown on ITV Wednesday nights at 8pm in the winter of 1973/4 and I remember being gripped by it as a 13/4 year old back then. I think it is THE best documentary series ever done, bar none. The music and Lawrence Olivier's masterful narration set the tone superbly, the fantastic archive footage and the interviews. I remember watching it with Dad who was in North Africa in the war and he thought it was a tremendous series.
An interesting thing was that quite a lot of the major participants in the war were still around in the early 70s, Speer, Doenitz, Harris, Eden etc and it was just superbly done. I have the DVD set and am currently working through it again.
Highly recommended and I think an illustration of how good TV was then. What do you expect to get on now on Wednesday nights on ITV? some rubbishy quiz show with Paddy McGuinness probably. Rubbish / Quiz / McGuinness - A recipe for crap viewing. I vaguely remember World At War and from what I remember it is ESSENTIAL viewing for current & future generations to ensure what went on is not forgotten. The series has been digitally restored & remastered and is available on DVD & Blu Ray. Thanks for reminding us of this landmark production Cartman Gene.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 27, 2017 18:18:46 GMT
I've watched various episodes of it on tv as it gets repeated a lot, but not the entire thing in order which is really how it should be seen I suppose. There's also 'The Great War' covering WW1, made by the BBC in the 60s , also in 26 parts narrated by Michael Redgrave. Of course there were only 3 channels when The World At War was originally shown, so it would reach an audience that today would probably choose to watch Emmerdale instead. You need to scroll through the remote to the documentary channels & most people don't do that, even though they'd probably enjoy a good documentary more than a soap. The abundance of channels has made us lazy in our viewing habits.
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Post by Dirty Epic on Oct 27, 2017 20:08:55 GMT
Think The World at War comes on Yesterday every now and then. Yes it's a good piece of TV but have to admit never really fully watched it.
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Post by Steve Austin on Oct 27, 2017 20:27:13 GMT
I often scroll to the documentary channels and watch this at every opportunity. I find it very educational and worry that we are letting the same things happen again such as the annexation of Ukraine. Should be watched much more widely.
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Post by Bojan Scores on Oct 28, 2017 11:11:40 GMT
I first became aware of The World At War, when it was repeated on Channel 4 in the early eighties. The episode 'Alone' about Britain in 1940-41, just absolutely gives me the goose bumps with pride. The sequence of interviews with the Londoners in their local is superb, one guy jabs his finger out with defiance and says (about the blitz) "you get used to it, you get used to anything!" It's also probably a rare example of an epic scale documentary by ITV, and is just another example of the creativity and great television that was made by Thames in that era.
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