Hannibal
BBC 1 tonight.
8:30 pm
Hannibal
The story of history's most famous military genius, Hannibal, who marched on Rome through the icy mountains of the Alps with 90,000 soldiers and 37 elephants. [AD,S]
A docudrama, so it says. Knowing auntie it should be good.
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WOOT! Gotta watch that one!Originally Posted by InsaneApache
BBC 1 tonight.
A docudrama, so it says. Knowing auntie it should be good.
Thx Insane!
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Just don't forget the time differential.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
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The trailer looked impressive. They actually showed large-scale armies, unlike Rome.
"The facts of history cannot be purely objective, since they become facts of history only in virtue of the significance attached to them by the historian." E.H. Carr
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Anyone watched the series Rome ?
That was a pleasure to watch. (don't start me on historical accuracy,that's not my area of expertise).
Abandon all hope.
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Aye, Rome was good. Was one of those things where you find yourself tutting and rolling your eyes what with all the BS but at the same time unable to stop watching. Gah.. the BBC are a bunch of (fools-BKS) though, making us miss out on a few episodes. Not sure what to think of this Hannibal thing.. I guess we'll find out later.
Last edited by Big King Sanctaphrax; 05-14-2006 at 19:11.
When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman? From the beginning all men by nature were created alike, and our bondage or servitude came in by the unjust oppression of naughty men. For if God would have had any bondsmen from the beginning, he would have appointed who should be bound, and who free. And therefore I exhort you to consider that now the time is come, appointed to us by God, in which ye may (if ye will) cast off the yoke of bondage, and recover liberty. - John Ball
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGGGGGH!!!!!!!!!!! The c-word is worse than anything any television provider can spew forth, except perhaps Channel 5 and ITV News...
But I might have mistakenly heard in the trailer that "Hannibal brought Rome to its knees". Now, I was under the impression that after the march through tha Alps, his army was a mere fraction of its original strength and he was subsequently defeated by the Romans...
(Qouted language - Beirut)
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They eventually defeated him about 15 years later, but only after he'd dished out some of the biggest defeats in their history with his motley crew of an army. They became so scared of him that they didn't dare fight him in open battle for years.
Last edited by Red Peasant; 05-14-2006 at 17:16.
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I hate living in the U.S...
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maybe you can stream it somwhere off the net
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Could you or anyone else help me find a site?
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Is it allowed to say xxxxx in the frontroom?
EDIT: thought better about it.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
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Watching it right now
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You can't fault the battle set pieces or military dress and costumes. Very good docu-drama and one of the best programs the BBC has put out in ages.
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I enjoyed it.
I swear I saw Beirut in his Hastati outfit, but with an axe.
Joking aside, it was enjoyable, as the telly should be.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
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Solid, but I got bored. It's too painful seeing someone so nearly win, then lose.
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Thought it was good.. the Gauls looked a bit like generic Barbarians though.
(Sorry for the language btw.)
When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman? From the beginning all men by nature were created alike, and our bondage or servitude came in by the unjust oppression of naughty men. For if God would have had any bondsmen from the beginning, he would have appointed who should be bound, and who free. And therefore I exhort you to consider that now the time is come, appointed to us by God, in which ye may (if ye will) cast off the yoke of bondage, and recover liberty. - John Ball
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missed it :S
We do not sow.
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According to my paper it's being repeated tonight (Monday) on BBC2 at 11:20. But although the illustration is from last night's drama-documentary with Alexander Siddig, it's only scheduled for 50 minutes, so I suspect it's the follow up documentary with Adrian Goldsworthy that they showed later on last night.
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That was the best programme on Hannibal that I have seen. The follow-up was pretty good too, especially with appearances by reputable scholars such as Goldsworthy and Richard Miles, who interviewed me recently at Cambridge, nice chap.
Hopefully there are similar endeavours in the pipeline.
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A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.
- William James
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