11-14-2004, 06:33 PM
<em>Can you explain, for your trans Atlantic cousins, what was this BBC program?</em><br>
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Part of the BBC's Timewatch strand, produced in-house I believe (much of the history programming in the UK these days is farmed out to independent producers and prone to dumbing down). It considered JC's Gallic campaigns, in particular his struggle with Vercingetorix culminating in Alesia, with two proponents (one pro-JC, the other pro-V). It was a bit too heavy on the shock/horror at all those Gauls being bumped off, conveniently overlooking the fact that this was the way of ancient warfare, by and large, and ignoring JC's renowned (if politically convenient) <em>clementia</em> on other occasions.<br>
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Perhaps it will turn up on BBC America (although examination of their current shows at www.bbcamerica.com/schedule/showsa-z.jsp suggests it may not;-).<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>
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Part of the BBC's Timewatch strand, produced in-house I believe (much of the history programming in the UK these days is farmed out to independent producers and prone to dumbing down). It considered JC's Gallic campaigns, in particular his struggle with Vercingetorix culminating in Alesia, with two proponents (one pro-JC, the other pro-V). It was a bit too heavy on the shock/horror at all those Gauls being bumped off, conveniently overlooking the fact that this was the way of ancient warfare, by and large, and ignoring JC's renowned (if politically convenient) <em>clementia</em> on other occasions.<br>
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Perhaps it will turn up on BBC America (although examination of their current shows at www.bbcamerica.com/schedule/showsa-z.jsp suggests it may not;-).<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>
