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Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.2016/19.21 May 2016.
Jutland: WWI’s Greatest Sea Battle
Channel 4: Sat 21 May 2016, 20.00 – 21.00. (Rptd: 4Seven: Sun 22 May 2016, 20.00)
A century ago, events at the battle of Jutland destroyed the reputation of Admiral John Jellicoe. But should the deaths of thousands of British sailors really be blamed on his leadership, which was widely said to have been too cautious? In this documentary, the admiral’s grandson reappraises what happened.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jutland-wwis-greatest-sea-battle
http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/tv-guide/21-05-16/jutland-wwis-greatest-sea-battle
https://digiguide.tv/pick-of-the-day/21+May+2016/documentary-jutland-wwis-greatest-sea-battle/The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses – Richard III
BBC Two: Sat 21 May 2016, 21.00 – 23.10.rd III, with Dame Judi Dench as his mother, Cecily, Duchess of York.
Benedict Cumberbatch takes on one of Shakespeare’s most memorable roles, as the usurping royal who seized the throne, only to lose it again in a time of civil war. “I am determined to prove a villain…”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07d3ks4Shackleton
More4: Sat 21 May 2016, 21.00 – 23.14. 1 of 2 of lavish drama first broadcast in 2002.
Kenneth Branagh stars as Sir Ernest Shackleton in the ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1914.Jutland: The Battle That Won the War
BBC Radio 4: Sun 22 May 2016, 13.30 – 14.00
Lord West offers this week’s second revisionist take on the battle of Jutland. The former first sea lord argues that it was the most important battle of the First World War, crucial to the eventual victory of Britain and her allies. He also outlines how blockading Germany was a key strategy during 1914–18.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07bt7n7
The Documentary: Iraq’s Kurds, From Flight to Freedom
BBC World Service Radio: Sun 22 May 2016, 14.06 – 15.00.
Drawing on material he recorded at the time, BBC Middle East correspondent Jim Muir looks back at events 25 years ago, when thousands of Iraqi Kurds fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03v59pfHistory Hour: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu
BBC World Service Radio: Sun 22 May 2016, 22.05 – 23.00
French forces surrender in Vietnam after the battle of Dien Bien Phu, signaled the end of French colonialism in Indochina. Plus, Marcus Garvey’s Black Nationalism; the filming of Citizen Kane; Maori rights; and the 1968 riots in Paris. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03v2ywmEngland: Made in the Middle
BBC Radio 4: Mon 23 to Fri 27 May 2016, 13.45 – 14.00
Helen Castor presents a five-part weekday series that tells the story of the Midlands. She begins with the role of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia in the creation of England. Subsequent shows cover such subjects as the industrial revolution, radical political ideas and battles fought in the region – a surprising number of which feature in Shakespeare’s plays. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07d34rr/episodes/guideStorm Troupers: The Fight to Forecast the Weather
BBC Four: Mon 23 May 2016, 21.00 – 22.00. 1 / 3
Science journalist Alok Jha charts the history of predicting whether it will be rainy or sunny. He begins with the work of Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy (1805–65), who put barometers around Britain’s ports so that fishermen and other sailors could check whether bad weather was imminent. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cvg9pThe Ideas that made Us.
BBC Radio 4: Tue 24 May 2016, 9.30 – 10.00. 5 / 5: Vitue
In the last of her series Bettany Hughes considers virtue at a club for the English aristocracy, with a former Greek Minister of Finance, and with an aid worker just back from an Ebola zone in Sierra Leone. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04v5pgfSpirits of the Somme
Discovery History: Tues 24 May 2016, 21.00 – 22.00.
Explore the work being carried out by historians and enthusiasts to commemorate and increase the understanding of one of the bloodiest and most tragic battles of the 20th Century. Synopsis – not from Discovery History: http://www.historychannel.com.au/tv-shows/1653/spirits-of-the-sommeVikings
History Channel: Tues 24 May 2016, 22.00 – 23.00. New Series 3.
Ragnar and his wife Lagertha are on a mission to claim the Wessex land promised to them by the kingdom’s ruler, King. “But this is not just another historical drama. The fight scenes are fierce and realistic, the storylines are dark and grizzly and the costumes are sublime, thanks to Emmy-award winning designer Joan Bergin (The Tudors)”. http://www.history.co.uk/shows/vikingsIn Our Time: The Gettysburg Address
BBC Radio 4: Thu 26 May 2016, 9.00 – 9.45
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, ten sentences long, delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg after the Union forces had won an important battle with the Confederates.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07c2w5jPeaky Blinders
BBC Two: Thu 26 May 2016, 21.00 – 22.00. 4 / 6.
Tommy and Tatiana play a personal and dangerous game to acquire information from one another, and Tommy finally comprehends the magnitude of Tatiana’s warped ideals. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07czw04Dan Cruickshank: At Home with the British
BBC Four: Thu 26 May 2016, 21.00 – 22.00. 2 / 3: The Terrace.
Dan Cruickshank explores our love affair with the terrace – the home that more Britons live in than any other. We love it because it has proved brilliantly adaptable, encompassing the Victorian parlour and modern open-plan living with equal ease. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07ckwvxSources: Radio Times / History Extra
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