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| Overall rating | 8.5/10  |
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By djeva1
on 1st Nov 2006
| Channel Type | Documentary |
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| Best Program | Worst jobs in history |
| Overall value | 9/10 |
 djeva1's recommendation | |
Has some interesting programmes about what life was like throughout different periods of history.
There are too many programmes emphasising on the 1st and 2nd world wars, and also on the Cold War.
I love older history from the Romans up to the Victorians. I find that each period in history has it's own features which makes it so interesting.
The History Channel shows educational programmes about how people lived, what they ate, what they did for a living and to amuse themselves, what they wore plus what type of devices were invented in what period. One of my favourite series' was called 'Worst Jobs in History', which was presented by Tony Robertson, and it gave a fascinating insight of gruesome, dirty and boring chores throughout the Tudor, Stuart, Georgian and Victorian periods.
Another programme which I enjoyed was called 'Franklin's Lost expedition', which was about the explorer Sir John Franklin who tried to find the North West passage around the North Pole in 1845, but failed. This programme did not only provide history, but there was some forensic work involved too, as during the program, there were a group of investigators who exhumed 3 frozen, well preserved bodies of Franklin's sailors, then performed autopsies on them, which turned out that the canned food the sailors ate was contaminated with lead from the soldering, plus there was botchulism.
Another great programme I saw was called 'Castle Under Siege'. This program was about the 100 years war between the English and the French. It started off as a game of chess between two noblemen and then concentrated on the types of weaponry, from crossbows and longbows to mangonels and trebuchets, plus battle tactics. I loved the scene during the longbow attack in which the English soldiers made the two fingered gesture to the French who could not get at them. Normally those two fingers were used by the English to draw back the bow, and if they were unlucky enough to be captured by the French, those two fingers were chopped off, this was how the two fingered gesture originated. It had nothing to do with swearing. I also feel that there are too many programmes emphasising on the Cold War and 1st and 2nd World Wars, which to me are unexciting, grey and boring. There should be less of those programmes. Myself and my husband do not find them at all interesting.
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