Band of Brothers

[RS2000CUSTOM]

BBC 2 - Now

[grum]

awesome piece of work

got the dvd set -

anyone see the Timeteam ww1 bunker excavation tonight ?

[pushrod]

Yes. It was very good. Never knew there were structures of such complexity and depth.

Band of Brothers is awsome.
If you like it you'll love the game Brothers in Arms. New one out recently Hells Highway. Really enjoying it.

[vinny]

yes fantastic, read most of his books as well, citizen soldiers is a great account of the american army d-day + towards berlin.
Didnt watch the time team prog last night instead watched the prog about stalin and hitler and how they formed a non aggressive pact in 39 but next weeks program is all about how stalin came to churchcill for help after germany invaded russia.

[Andyc]

sat and watch the whole box set on one shift ace viewing that

[graham John]

one of the best series to ever hit the TV screens


cheeRS

[KL]

Those who saw the repeat of the first episode of Band of Brothers will have seen that the unit was based at Upottery airfield and flew to Normandy from there. Upottery was the wartime name of Smeatharpe airfield, just south of Taunton, which today is an important stage rally venue and has run short oval racing (and has also included sections on the Carpetbagger road rally).
I don't know where the airfield sequences were actually filmed (but Curaghee, Georgia, looked suspiciously like a UK forest road...)

[jallen85]

Band of Brothers is bloody excellent.
Another brilliant box set is The World at War, think it was filmed in about 1973 narrated by laurence olivier. Less than £40 from hmv as well.

[grum]

BBC 2 - Now

the second episode tonight at 23.20 hrs

(just these first two by the looks of it)

[graham John]

the 101 st airborne







the series was shot at Hatfiels aerodrome (herts) where private ryan was also filmed

The village of Hambleden , (Bucks) was used extensively in the early episodes to depict the site of the company's training in England and also for scenes later in the series.



cheeRS

[KL]

Hatfield was DeHavilland's airfield, so relatively untouched by progress. The first choice for Omaha Beach in Saving Private Ryan had been Studland, Dorset but a combination of the National Trust and Dorset County Council was an even more effective barrier than the Atlantic Wall. Ironically, Studland had been a British training beach for D Day.
The main US D Day training beach was Slapton Sands/Torcross in Devon, which was to have been used in the infamous training exercise "Operation Tiger", when the convoy was attacked in Lyme Bay by E boats and some 700 casualties ensued - a fact largely covered up until the 1970s.

[KL]

Torcross/Slapton Sands