The BBC Dunkirk

Yes, you're absolutely right. And I think we'll find that wasn't a genuine Little Ship which is a shame given that there are plenty still around. It went out on BBC4 last night but I got interrupted in the middle so will have to see the repeat on BBC2

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Don't bother with the repeat. Probably one of the worst photographed and bittily directed semi-documentaries I have ever seen! An insult to those brave men who were involved.

Little or no continuity and the camerman seems to have newly discovered filming through a slot!

A lot of fuss about a poor production - bring back Dad's Army it was better produced and probably more realistic..

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Apparently Saxonia is going to feature quite a lot in one of the episodes.

One thing I love about the east coast is the number of traditional vessels still in regular use. You cant beat sailing up the Blackwater past Osea island on Basin regatta day and finding that a dozen or more old gaffers heading towards you.

david

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Re: One for the pedantic pedants.

At the risk of being corrected, I thought that "it's" is short for "it is". If so, "its" is correct in the context used.
I haven't read "Eats shoots and leaves" but I am told that it deals with misplaced apostrophes etc.

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Re: One for the pedantic pedants.

I stand corrected. I have been told that the possessive apostrophe only goes on nouns not pronouns. Well, I did put it as a question...

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I'm fortunate, like I guess most Scuttlebutees, never to have fought in a war. My dad did, though, rising to the giddy heights of corporal and bren gun carrier driver. Whenever he talked about his experiences he always gave the strong impression that the blokes in boots never had a clue what was happening. So maybe, given that the whole production is driven by the memories of Dunkirk survivors, the 'bitty direction' is trying to convey that?

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In defence of Ken and

since this thread is labelled 'pedantic', no. 'It's' is the short form of 'it is', 'its' is the genetive of the singular pronoun 'it'.

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I've watched both parts and found it gripping. I haven't noticed it being filmed through a slot - are you watching it on a widescreen TV?
I think the fact that it seems bitty reflects that the real event was probably the same.
It is remarkable that we can still show defeat and retreat in such a positive way, and I mean nothing derogatory by using those terms. It is probably that ability which turned WWII into the victory it undoubtably was.

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Excellent

I think you are all ready for your 'S' level English and so I'll sort the paperwork out today - I think the exam is in May.

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Re: In defence of Ken and

If you are going to be that pedantic , try spelling 'genitive' first!
My old friend Clive was one of the two signalmen in the mobile wireless station, he ended up as Brigadier!

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not always

it's can also mean it has, as in "it's had its day." Not strictly correct and very ugly lagnuage but now so common we can't ignore it.

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Filming at night was so real

that I could NOT see what was going on. The whole thing was so disjointed - that I couldn't follow what was happening.

Back to Footballers wives!

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Re: In defence of Ken and

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My old friend Clive was one of the two signalmen in the mobile wireless station, he ended up as Brigadier!

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They said at the end of Thursdays episode that Wilf became a professor, having won a scholarship to Cambridge after the war. Amazing.

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