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Lalaith · 12-08-2009, 04:57 PM

The BBC series Making of Modern Britain, which has just ended. Absolutely brilliant, but I spent most of the time watching it either in floods of tears (WW1, the Hungry 30s, the Blitz) or shocked to the core -
State-sponsored murder (of Victor Grayson by Lloyd George)
British tanks used on the British people during the strikes of the 1910s and 1920s...etc etc.

I also send the series to Orthanc because it has revealed my own ignorance of 20th century history, something I had thought I was reasonably well-versed in.

12-08-2009, 04:57 PM	#11
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	The BBC series Making of Modern Britain, which has just ended. Absolutely brilliant, but I spent most of the time watching it either in floods of tears (WW1, the Hungry 30s, the Blitz) or shocked to the core - State-sponsored murder (of Victor Grayson by Lloyd George) British tanks used on the British people during the strikes of the 1910s and 1920s...etc etc. I also send the series to Orthanc because it has revealed my own ignorance of 20th century history, something I had thought I was reasonably well-versed in. __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling