Imber on TV - Thursday 27th June 2019.

[guzzijon]

Heads Up.
Portillo’s Hidden History of Britain.
Channel 5, 19.00-20.00.

edited to show correct channel!
cheers @NemoIII

 

[NemoIII]

Heads Up.
Portillo’s Hidden History of Britain.
BBC2 19.00-20.00.

Channel 5.

 

[putteesinmyhands]

On record. Thanks.

 

[Spec-op1989]

He really is a very decent TV presenter.

I liked "the things we forgot to remember " on R4 was that him?

 

[Slime]

He really is a very decent TV presenter.

I liked "the things we forgot to remember " on R4 was that him?

Yes, that was him.

 

[Spec-op1989]

Yes, that was him.

Really good radio.

That and "the long view", always worth a listen.

 

[slipperman]

Heads Up.
Portillo’s Hidden History of Britain.
Channel 5, 19.00-20.00.

edited to show correct channel!
cheers @NemoIII

The recent one in the same series on Orford Ness was fascinating, particularly the Cold War era. He is a top rate presenter and always good value. He can keep his wardrobe though!

 

[putteesinmyhands]

https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/imber-village-pre-1980s.263411/

Was anyone approached?

 

[Snakecharmer]

Made a change not to see him in his Hi Viz clothing...

 

[Offa]

Can you get DPM in pastel?

 

[guzzijon]

Very good. It’s a similar story to one of a farmer I met whose father had given up land for RAF Upper Heyford. When the USAF moved out he naturally assumed that he’d be able to reclaim it, er no. As I understood it apparently the construction of the hardened aircraft shelters meant that the land’s use had changed- disqualifying him from his claim to it.
The main difference with his case and Imber is that the latter is still being used by the army- RAF Upper Heyford has been flogged off to private business.

 

[putteesinmyhands]

Well, I wasn't impressed. Seemed like a lightly-veiled dig at the government(s)/MoD. More fact and less agenda would have improved it immensely.

 

[putteesinmyhands]

The main difference with his case and Imber is that the latter is still being used by the army- RAF Upper Heyford has been flogged off to private business.

I would suggest that the main difference was that the vast majority of the residents of Imber flogged their land to the War Office in the 1920s and became tenants with a tenancy clause that they could be evicted at any time.

 

[putteesinmyhands]

Let me get this straight...

When the residents moved out, they left tinned provisions behind because they thought it would only be six months before they would move back. After 4 years of war and severe rationing and knowing that the village would be used "for military purposes."

And 6 months? You'd almost think that they knew that D-Day was planned for May of the following year and that Germany would capitulate immediately.

Obviously, the blacksmith died of a broken heart. It couldn't possibly have been because he was almost 70.

And the timber staircase had to be replaced having been shot full of holes - despite there being no bullet holes in the walls.