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Anyone catch it ? It's not long finished on C4. Was an excellent docu/drama which told the story of the liberation of the camp at Belsen in WWII. Actual archive footage (I think) was used to explain what was going on. Another extremely well done drama and the telling of what whilst was a humanitarian disaster, how thousands of lives were saved due to the care of the British medical doctors and staff.
Realise that it's a little late to tell folk about this programme as it's not long finished. However if you get a chance, check it out if anyone has taped/copied it.
it was very good, they mixed in the real footage well and handled a very serious topic well and these are the sort of shows which educate people about things which otherwise they wouldnt know the details about but do it in a way which keeps people intrested.
I'm always wary about these "historical dramatisations" since they often ending up skewing fact to make a better piece of television, but like BG said the interspersed archive footage kept it chillingly real. Must confess I found myself having to turn away at one point - think it was the footage of the bulldozer being used to push the bodies around, but that's precisely why everyone should watch this type of program so it doesn't go forgotten.
It's often on UKTV History, but I never catch it from the start. A couple of weeks back I noticed it was starting from episode 1, so I set Sky+ to record and have been making my way through.
Must be 20 years since I last saw it from start to finish.
I've always thought its perhaps a couple of episodes too long at the end but it still holds its own even today. Oh, and it is to UKTV History what Friends is to E4
Originally posted by Dave Vessey:
It was ok I thought, 7/10.
I'm always wary about these "historical dramatisations" since they often ending up skewing fact to make a better piece of television, but like BG said the interspersed archive footage kept it chillingly real. Must confess I found myself having to turn away at one point - think it was the footage of the bulldozer being used to push the bodies around, but that's precisely why everyone should watch this type of program so it doesn't go forgotten.
I thought that was a very nice touch actually, to not have any actors playing victims - always just cutting away in time and instead splicing in the archive footage. The bit with the bulldozers was particularly stomach churning I'd agree.
Oh, and a :thup: to the World at War. CNN's (well, Ted Turner anyway) "Cold War" is also very good, although that's increasingly harder to get hold of.
'The Relief of Belsen' 
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