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there was a tv series based on this. I'm not sure if its available on dvd yet.Last night I watched a new Russian/American movie called The Dyatlov Pass Incident, which is based on the real-life and mysterious events of February 1959 of the same name.
The Dyatlov Pass incident refers to the mysterious, bizarre deaths of nine young Russian ski hikers - three men and two women in their early Twenties Igor Alekseievich Dyatlov (Игорь Алексеевич Дятлов), the group's leader, born January 13, 1936; Zinaida Alekseevna Kolmogorova (Зинаида Алексеевна Колмогорова), born January 12, 1937; Ludmila Alexandrovna Dubinina (Людмила Александровна Дубинина), born May 12, 1938; Alexander Sergeievich Kolevatov (Александр Сергеевич Колеватов), born November 16, 1934; Rustem Vladimirovich Slobodin (Рустем Владимирович Слободин), born January 11, 1936; Yuri (Georgiy) Alexeievich Krivonischenko (Юрий (Георгий) Алексеевич Кривонищенко), born February 7, 1935; Yuri Nikolaievich Doroshenko (Юрий Николаевич Дорошенко), born January 29, 1938; Nicolai Vladimirovich Thibeaux-Brignolles (Николай Владимирович Тибо-Бриньоль), born July 5, 1935; Semyon (Alexander) Alexandrovich Zolotariov (Семен (Александр) Александрович Золотарёв), born February 2, 1921; Yuri Yefimovich Yudin (Юрий - in the northern Ural mountains on the night of February 2, 1959. The incident happened on the east shoulder of the mountain Kholat Syakhl (Холат-Сяхыл) (a Mansi name, meaning Dead Mountain due to lack of game, not "Mountain of the Dead" as some suggest). The mountain pass where the incident occurred has since been named Dyatlov Pass (Перевал Дятлова) after the group's leader, Igor Dyatlov (Игорь Дятлов).
On February 26, the searchers found the abandoned and badly damaged tent on Kholat Syakhl. Mikhail Sharavin, the student who found the tent, said “the tent was half torn down and covered with snow. It was empty, and all the group’s belongings and shoes had been left behind.”Investigators said the tent had been cut open from inside. A chain of eight or nine sets of footprints, left by several people who were wearing socks, a single shoe and barefoot, could be followed and led down toward the edge of nearby woods (on the opposite side of the pass, 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north-east), but after 500 metres (1,600 ft) they were covered with snow. At the forest edge, under a large old cedar, the searchers found the remains of a fire, along with the first two bodies, those of Yuri Krivonischenko and Yuri Doroshenko, shoeless and dressed only in their underwear. The branches on the tree were broken up to five meters high, suggesting that a skier had climbed up to look for something, perhaps the camp. Between the cedar and the camp the searchers found three more corpses, Dyatlov, Zina Kolmogorova and Rustem Slobodin, who seemed to have died in poses suggesting that they were attempting to return to the tent.They were found separately at distances of 300, 480 and 630 meters from the tree.
Searching for the remaining four travelers took more than two months. They were finally found on May 4 under four meters of snow in a ravine 75 meters farther into the woods from the cedar tree. These four were better dressed than the others, and there were signs that those who had died first had apparently relinquished their clothes to the others. Zolotaryov was wearing Dubinina’s faux fur coat and hat, while Dubinina’s foot was wrapped in a piece of Krivonishenko’s wool pants.
The lack of eyewitnesses has inspired much speculation. Soviet investigators simply determined that "a compelling natural force" had caused the deaths.Access to the area was barred for skiers and other adventurers for three years after the incident.The chronology of the incident remains unclear because of the lack of survivors.
Investigators at the time determined that the hikers tore open their tent from within with knives (the tent door were still buttoned close), departing barefoot into heavy snow and a temperature of −22 °F. Although the corpses showed no signs of struggle, two victims had fractured skulls, two had broken ribs, and one was missing her tongue.
A legal inquest started immediately after finding the first five bodies. A medical examination found no injuries which might have led to their deaths, and it was concluded that they had all died of hypothermia. Slobodin had a small crack in his skull, but it was not thought to be a fatal wound.
An examination of the four bodies which were found in May changed the picture. Three of them had fatal injuries: the body of Thibeaux-Brignolles had major skull damage, and both Dubinina and Zolotarev had major chest fractures. According to Dr. Boris Vozrozhdenny, the force required to cause such damage would have been extremely high. He compared it to the force of a car crash. Notably, the bodies had no external wounds, as if they were crippled by a high level of pressure. Dubinina was found to be missing her tongue.There had initially been some speculation that the indigenous Mansi people might have attacked and murdered the group for encroaching upon their lands, but investigation indicated that the nature of their deaths did not support this thesis; the hikers' footprints alone were visible, and they showed no sign of hand-to-hand struggle
What what is that so terrified them, causing them to slash their way out of the tents and run in freezing temperatures in bare feet? Theories range from an avalanche although the area isn't known for avalanches) to aliens (strange orange lights were seen in the seen in the week leading up to the incident) and even that the nine were attacked by a yeti.
In fact, those nine deaths were not the only deaths in the area. Nine people of the local Mansi tribe also died in mysterious circumstances some time before, and nine people were killed in a plane crash. All the incidents involved nine deaths.
Now onto the movie. The movie, a found-footage movie iof the genre started in 1999 by The Blair Witch Project, is about five young American friends - four of whom are actually played by British actors - who aim to go in the footsteps of the original doomed skiers with the help of a couple of guides. The students even get to meet the one survivor of the original expedition in a mental hospital (in the real-life incident one young man pulled out of the expedition near its start), but – surprise, surprise – pay no heed to the grim warnings.
With the snowy mountainous locations adding to the sense of tension, a mysterious bunker is found at Dyatalov Pass and some tasty creature action is added to the already chilling horror brew.
The ending of the movie is the director's theory of what may have happened to those kids on 2nd February 1959.
MOVIE PICTURES
REAL LIFE PICTURES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
What killed the nine young hikers in the vast Russian wilderness in February 1959? The Soviet military? Aliens? Were they attacked by a yeti? A centuries-old horror legend in the Urals speaks of a fearsome zolotaya baba — a ‘golden woman’ — lurking in the area.
Eerie: The tent as the rescuers found it on February 26, 1959, which had been cut open from inside. What were they running from?
Read more: Dyatlov Pass Indicent: what slaughtered nine hikers on Siberia's Death Mountain in 1959? | Mail Online
Siberia | A Reality Show in Tunguska, Russia Turns Thriller | NBC
there was a documentary that I saw on this.
Ancient Aliens Season 03 Episode 10 - Aliens and Evil Places - YouTube
Three new British dramas on PBS this year. George Gently. William and Mary. Silk. I love British drama and these series are really well done. My favorite is George Gently. Oops, I forgot one Dalziel and Pascoe - read all the novels and liking the series just as much.
I'm currently watching England VS Ireland in a cricket One Day International.
We've just beaten Australia in the Ashes - which is returning in November - and now we're playing a nation much closer to home.
England are well on top despite fielding a bit of a second string side.
Ireland scored 269-7 after their alloted 50 overs with Porterfield scoring 112, leaving England needing 270 in 50 overs to win.
England are currently 223-4 after 40 overs, with Eoin Morgan (below) on 108. Funnily enough he's Irish - playing against his countrymen - despite playing for England.
Ireland
William Porterfield (C), Paul Stirling, Ed Joyce, Niall O'Brien, Gary Wilson (W), Kevin O'Brien, John Mooney, David Johnston, George Dockrell, Tim Murtagh, Max Sorensen
England
Michael Carberry, Luke Wright, James Taylor, Gary Ballance, Eoin Morgan (C), Ravinder Bopara, Joseph Buttler (W), Ben Stokes, James Tredwell, Steven Finn, William Rankin
238-4 now. 32 more needed
One-day international, Dublin
England 274-4 beat Ireland 269-7 by six wickets
Nurdling: Ireland's batsmen managed to rebuild after losing wickets against England in their ODI
Centuries from Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara took England to a six-wicket win over Ireland in the one-day international in Dublin.
Chasing 270 to win England slipped to 48-4 as Tim Murtagh (3-33) ran through the top order.
But captain Morgan (124) combined with Bopara (101) for an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 226 to see England home with 42 balls remaining.
Skipper William Porterfield earlier made 112 as Ireland posted 269-7.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/23849316
We've just beaten Australia in the Ashes - which is returning in November - and now we're playing a nation much closer to home.
England are well on top despite fielding a bit of a second string side.
Ireland scored 269-7 after their alloted 50 overs with Porterfield scoring 112, leaving England needing 270 in 50 overs to win.
England are currently 223-4 after 40 overs, with Eoin Morgan (below) on 108. Funnily enough he's Irish - playing against his countrymen - despite playing for England.
Ireland
William Porterfield (C), Paul Stirling, Ed Joyce, Niall O'Brien, Gary Wilson (W), Kevin O'Brien, John Mooney, David Johnston, George Dockrell, Tim Murtagh, Max Sorensen
England
Michael Carberry, Luke Wright, James Taylor, Gary Ballance, Eoin Morgan (C), Ravinder Bopara, Joseph Buttler (W), Ben Stokes, James Tredwell, Steven Finn, William Rankin
238-4 now. 32 more needed
One-day international, Dublin
England 274-4 beat Ireland 269-7 by six wickets
Nurdling: Ireland's batsmen managed to rebuild after losing wickets against England in their ODI
Centuries from Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara took England to a six-wicket win over Ireland in the one-day international in Dublin.
Chasing 270 to win England slipped to 48-4 as Tim Murtagh (3-33) ran through the top order.
But captain Morgan (124) combined with Bopara (101) for an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 226 to see England home with 42 balls remaining.
Skipper William Porterfield earlier made 112 as Ireland posted 269-7.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/23849316
Christian Zionism: The Tragedy and The Turning, Part I (Full Documentary)
Christian Zionism: The Tragedy and The Turning, Part I (Full Documentary) on Vimeo
Excellent video which dispels the myth about "Christian Zionism" which is antithetical to everything taught in the Bible.
Christian Zionism: The Tragedy and The Turning, Part I (Full Documentary) on Vimeo
Excellent video which dispels the myth about "Christian Zionism" which is antithetical to everything taught in the Bible.
As the early, cold, dark autumnal nights start creeping in, I like watching a late night ghost story movie.
Tonight I'm watching a very British ghost movie - "The Awakening" (2011).
In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. A ghost-debunker comes to a boys' school to disprove the existence of ghosts, only to find her own beliefs challenged.
Haunted by the death of her fiancé, Florence spends her time debunking supernatural claims, using methodical and rational explanations to disprove the notion that the dead can still haunt us. She feels compelled to accept a request to go to Rookwood, a boarding school in the countryside where a boy has recently been found dead and rumours about a ghostly boy haunting the school are causing panic amongst pupils and parents alike.
Florence sets to work immediately, laying traps, gathering scientific evidence, uncovering secrets and seemingly unravelling the mystery. However, as Florence is about to leave, she has a chilling spectral encounter which defies all of her rational beliefs and sets her on a journey toward a heartbreaking climax...
The Awakening - Movie Trailer - YouTube
Tonight I'm watching a very British ghost movie - "The Awakening" (2011).
In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. A ghost-debunker comes to a boys' school to disprove the existence of ghosts, only to find her own beliefs challenged.
Haunted by the death of her fiancé, Florence spends her time debunking supernatural claims, using methodical and rational explanations to disprove the notion that the dead can still haunt us. She feels compelled to accept a request to go to Rookwood, a boarding school in the countryside where a boy has recently been found dead and rumours about a ghostly boy haunting the school are causing panic amongst pupils and parents alike.
Florence sets to work immediately, laying traps, gathering scientific evidence, uncovering secrets and seemingly unravelling the mystery. However, as Florence is about to leave, she has a chilling spectral encounter which defies all of her rational beliefs and sets her on a journey toward a heartbreaking climax...
The Awakening - Movie Trailer - YouTube
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It's fascinating how the movie indicted the police who were such a bunch of liars and betrayers of the public good.
By contrast, the police at the Bradford disaster were heroic:
Bradford City Fire: Football Focus tribute - YouTube
In the States, the Hillsborough tragedy was not covered by the media as was Bradford. I've been on several chat rooms discussing soccer with other fans and several Brits were shocked to discover that many Yanks never heard of Hillsborough despite the fact that it was a bigger tragedy than Bradford.
I've watched the new British WWI drama "The Wipers Times".
The drama is based on a true story.
When Captain Fred Roberts took shelter in a derelict building on the Western Front in 1916, he discovered a printing press under a tarpaulin.
For the next two years, Roberts and his men of the 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters produced a satirical newspaper from the World War I trenches, under shell bombardment, sniper fire and gas attack.
In 1916 a group of British soldiers - the 12th Sherwood Foresters - discovered a printing press in a derelict building in which they were sheltering in Ypres. The Wipers Times was born
General Mitford, played by Michael Palin (above) in The Wipers Times - he is a slightly loopy but shrewd general back at HQ
Battlefields: Going over the top in The Wipers Times
They called the new trench magazine The Wipers Times because the 12th Sherwood Foresters were stationed in the front line at Ypres, but the British couldn't pronounce the word Ypres and called the place "Wipers" instead.
The paper consisted of poems, reflections, wry in-jokes and lampoons of the military situation the Division was in. In general the paper maintained a humorously ironic style that today can be recognised in satirical magazines such as Private Eye and The Onion.
The Wipers Times is written by Ian Hislop (the editor of Private Eye and a permanent team captain on BBC topical quiz show Have I Got News For You) and Nick Newman (a former writer for Private Eye).
Hislop and Newman have uncovered a forgotten legend of the Front, one that reveals the war in a fresh light. Despite the hardship and the dangers, Fred and Jack — played by Ben Chaplin (no relation to fellow British actor Charlie) and Julian Rhind-Tutt, both excellent — were actually having fun.
Globetrotting former Python, Michael Palin, plays a slightly loopy but shrewd general back at HQ. When one of his adjutants demanded to know if anything could be more calculated to stir up a mutiny than this irreverent rag, Palin replied sharply: ‘Yes. Banning it!’
The script indulges Hislop's fondness for orotund language. Roberts (he who discovered the printing press) had the languid turn of phrase of a character from P. G. Wodehouse: ‘Fritz’s love tokens seem to be arriving with greater frequency,’ he remarked as the shells exploded.
Hislop also couldn’t resist a poke or two at the Daily Mail. The story began and ended with an interview in the Deputy Features Editor’s office at the Daily Mail, around 1920: Fred Roberts wanted a job.
The Wipers Times also poked fun at the Mail’s veteran war correspondent, William Beach Thomas. The satirical reporters imagined him filing his dispatches from the safety of a French wine bar.
In fact, Beach Thomas, who was later knighted for his courage, was bitterly frustrated by the obstacles placed by officialdom as he tried to report the truth and support British troops — always the Mail's first priority. His reports had to be approved by the censor, C. E. Montague, who happened to be a former leader writer at the Guardian.
Humour changes quickly, and jokes that were hilarious 100 years ago might seem laboured or corny now, but this drama delivered the laughs, acting out the best gags on a music hall stage.
It was a shame to cram so much great material into a one-off. And it’s a worse shame that, if Ian Hislop can write like this, he so often prefers to waste his talent on repetitive panel games.
If Ian Hislop can write something as good as The Wipers Times, why does he waste his time on Have I Got News For You?
Read more: Ian Hislop's 'The Wipers Times' war drama is a blast: Christopher Stevens reviews last night's TV | Mail Online
It doesn't surprise me. We get some American news channels here late at night and they hardly feature any news about the world outside America. The Hillsborough Tragedy would barely have registered on American news networks.
The drama is based on a true story.
When Captain Fred Roberts took shelter in a derelict building on the Western Front in 1916, he discovered a printing press under a tarpaulin.
For the next two years, Roberts and his men of the 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters produced a satirical newspaper from the World War I trenches, under shell bombardment, sniper fire and gas attack.
In 1916 a group of British soldiers - the 12th Sherwood Foresters - discovered a printing press in a derelict building in which they were sheltering in Ypres. The Wipers Times was born
General Mitford, played by Michael Palin (above) in The Wipers Times - he is a slightly loopy but shrewd general back at HQ
Battlefields: Going over the top in The Wipers Times
They called the new trench magazine The Wipers Times because the 12th Sherwood Foresters were stationed in the front line at Ypres, but the British couldn't pronounce the word Ypres and called the place "Wipers" instead.
The paper consisted of poems, reflections, wry in-jokes and lampoons of the military situation the Division was in. In general the paper maintained a humorously ironic style that today can be recognised in satirical magazines such as Private Eye and The Onion.
The Wipers Times is written by Ian Hislop (the editor of Private Eye and a permanent team captain on BBC topical quiz show Have I Got News For You) and Nick Newman (a former writer for Private Eye).
Hislop and Newman have uncovered a forgotten legend of the Front, one that reveals the war in a fresh light. Despite the hardship and the dangers, Fred and Jack — played by Ben Chaplin (no relation to fellow British actor Charlie) and Julian Rhind-Tutt, both excellent — were actually having fun.
Globetrotting former Python, Michael Palin, plays a slightly loopy but shrewd general back at HQ. When one of his adjutants demanded to know if anything could be more calculated to stir up a mutiny than this irreverent rag, Palin replied sharply: ‘Yes. Banning it!’
The script indulges Hislop's fondness for orotund language. Roberts (he who discovered the printing press) had the languid turn of phrase of a character from P. G. Wodehouse: ‘Fritz’s love tokens seem to be arriving with greater frequency,’ he remarked as the shells exploded.
Hislop also couldn’t resist a poke or two at the Daily Mail. The story began and ended with an interview in the Deputy Features Editor’s office at the Daily Mail, around 1920: Fred Roberts wanted a job.
The Wipers Times also poked fun at the Mail’s veteran war correspondent, William Beach Thomas. The satirical reporters imagined him filing his dispatches from the safety of a French wine bar.
In fact, Beach Thomas, who was later knighted for his courage, was bitterly frustrated by the obstacles placed by officialdom as he tried to report the truth and support British troops — always the Mail's first priority. His reports had to be approved by the censor, C. E. Montague, who happened to be a former leader writer at the Guardian.
Humour changes quickly, and jokes that were hilarious 100 years ago might seem laboured or corny now, but this drama delivered the laughs, acting out the best gags on a music hall stage.
It was a shame to cram so much great material into a one-off. And it’s a worse shame that, if Ian Hislop can write like this, he so often prefers to waste his talent on repetitive panel games.
If Ian Hislop can write something as good as The Wipers Times, why does he waste his time on Have I Got News For You?
Read more: Ian Hislop's 'The Wipers Times' war drama is a blast: Christopher Stevens reviews last night's TV | Mail Online
It doesn't surprise me. We get some American news channels here late at night and they hardly feature any news about the world outside America. The Hillsborough Tragedy would barely have registered on American news networks.
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Saw this last night. The Other Son (2012) - IMDb
Not many chick-flicks can hammer you as a guy, but this one will.
Not many chick-flicks can hammer you as a guy, but this one will.
I've bought new British movie Hammer of the Gods (2013) on DVD.
A bloody-knuckled fightfest, back-dropped by the rugged, fog-drenched British countryside, this defies its small budget to be a little epic set in Viking Britain.
Set in Viking Britain in 871 AD, Hammer of the Gods is a visceral, intense tale set in a world whose only language is violence. A young Viking warrior, Steinar (Charlie Bewley), is sent by his father the king on a quest to find his estranged brother, who was banished from the kingdom many years before. Steinar's epic journey across terrifyingly hostile territory gradually sees him emerge as the man his father wants him to be - the ruthless and unforgiving successor to his throne.
Movie Trailers - Hammer of the Gods - Trailer - YouTube
A bloody-knuckled fightfest, back-dropped by the rugged, fog-drenched British countryside, this defies its small budget to be a little epic set in Viking Britain.
Set in Viking Britain in 871 AD, Hammer of the Gods is a visceral, intense tale set in a world whose only language is violence. A young Viking warrior, Steinar (Charlie Bewley), is sent by his father the king on a quest to find his estranged brother, who was banished from the kingdom many years before. Steinar's epic journey across terrifyingly hostile territory gradually sees him emerge as the man his father wants him to be - the ruthless and unforgiving successor to his throne.
Movie Trailers - Hammer of the Gods - Trailer - YouTube
Last night I watched new British movie uwantme2killhim? (2013).
The movie is a true story, based on bizarre events which occurred in 2003.
A 16-year-old North London schoolboy named Mark (Jamie Blackley) befriends a young woman, aged about 20, named Rachel (played by Ray Winstone's daughter Jaime) in an internet chatroom.
The two talk often to each other by Instant Messaging, and eventually Mark becomes besotted by her, to the point where he feels he would do anything for her.
Mark sympathises with Rachel's tales of domestic abuse at the hands of her boyfriend Kevin (Mingus Johnston), who is a former gangster. Rachel cannot reveal her address to Mark because she is on a witness protection scheme.
One day, Rachel tells Mark online that she wants him to look after her little brother John (Toby Regbo), who is in Mark's class at school. John is being bullied because he is a little weird, but Mark vows to look after John. Eventually the two become friends.
Eventually Mark becomes worried about Rachel and is afraid that Kevin is going to harm her, especially when one day Kevin sends him Instant Messages using Rachel's address in which he threatens to kill him and Rachel if they ever speak to each other again.
Then Mark is utterly devasted when John tells her that his sister Rachel is dead, and tells him that she fell from the block of flats that she lives in. The two believe that she was murdered by her former gangster boyfriend Kevin and, despite his huge size and his links with the criminal underworld, they decide to get revenge on him.
But, just as the two friends set out to punish Kevin for murdering Rachel, Mark is suddenly contacted online by a female MI5 agent. The MI5 agent tells Mark that the MI5 have been watching him and she tells him to leave Kevin alone - because he is actually somebody working for MI5 who is gathering information on Rachel and John's family!
Not only that, but the female MI5 agent instructs Mark to KILL John. For some reason, the MI5 are intent on eliminating what seems to be an ordinary schoolboy, and she orders Mark to carry out the deed.
This bizarre but true story is a brilliant pschological thriller which will leave you scratching your head and guessing until the very end.....
Based on actual bizarre events which occurred in 2003, uwantme2killhim? sees a North London schoolboy, Mark (above right), contacted by MI5 online, who instruct him to kill his schoolfriend John (above left)
The movie is a true story, based on bizarre events which occurred in 2003.
A 16-year-old North London schoolboy named Mark (Jamie Blackley) befriends a young woman, aged about 20, named Rachel (played by Ray Winstone's daughter Jaime) in an internet chatroom.
The two talk often to each other by Instant Messaging, and eventually Mark becomes besotted by her, to the point where he feels he would do anything for her.
Mark sympathises with Rachel's tales of domestic abuse at the hands of her boyfriend Kevin (Mingus Johnston), who is a former gangster. Rachel cannot reveal her address to Mark because she is on a witness protection scheme.
One day, Rachel tells Mark online that she wants him to look after her little brother John (Toby Regbo), who is in Mark's class at school. John is being bullied because he is a little weird, but Mark vows to look after John. Eventually the two become friends.
Eventually Mark becomes worried about Rachel and is afraid that Kevin is going to harm her, especially when one day Kevin sends him Instant Messages using Rachel's address in which he threatens to kill him and Rachel if they ever speak to each other again.
Then Mark is utterly devasted when John tells her that his sister Rachel is dead, and tells him that she fell from the block of flats that she lives in. The two believe that she was murdered by her former gangster boyfriend Kevin and, despite his huge size and his links with the criminal underworld, they decide to get revenge on him.
But, just as the two friends set out to punish Kevin for murdering Rachel, Mark is suddenly contacted online by a female MI5 agent. The MI5 agent tells Mark that the MI5 have been watching him and she tells him to leave Kevin alone - because he is actually somebody working for MI5 who is gathering information on Rachel and John's family!
Not only that, but the female MI5 agent instructs Mark to KILL John. For some reason, the MI5 are intent on eliminating what seems to be an ordinary schoolboy, and she orders Mark to carry out the deed.
This bizarre but true story is a brilliant pschological thriller which will leave you scratching your head and guessing until the very end.....
Based on actual bizarre events which occurred in 2003, uwantme2killhim? sees a North London schoolboy, Mark (above right), contacted by MI5 online, who instruct him to kill his schoolfriend John (above left)
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The BBC has always been the best in the world at making science and natural history documentaries.
One of its latest brilliant science documentaries is Science Britannica, hosted by the youthful-looking University of Manchester physicist and former pop star Professor Brian Cox.
The 45-year-old is a household name in Britain after hosting several other BBC science documentaries, including Wonders of the Solar System (2010) and its sequel Wonders of the Universe (2011). He even appeared in a 2012 episode of Doctor Who - The Power of Three - as himself.
Cox - who used to be the keyboard player in pop band D-Ream, famous for their 1993 hit Things Can Only Get Better which the Labour Party used as their theme song during the 1997 General Election campaign which they won in a landslide - has got many people in Britain who were never that interested in science before becoming hooked on the subject due to his knack of explaining complicated things in an easy-to-understand way in his friendly Northern accent. He also has many female fans because of his good looks.
In his latest BBC documentary, Science Britannica, Cox looks at Britain's formidable contribution to science.
Britons Sir Isaac Newton (discoverer of gravity), Isambard Kingdom Brunel (history's greatest engineer) and Sir Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web) all changed the world through their discoveries and inventions
The British Isles are home to just one percent of the world's population and yet our small collection of rocks poking out of the north Atlantic has thrown up world beaters in virtually every field of human endeavour.
Nowhere is this more obvious than in science and engineering. Edward Jenner came up with vaccines, Sir Frank Whittle ushered in the jet age and Sir Tim Berners-Lee laid the foundations of the world wide web. Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, George Stephenson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel… the list is gloriously long.
What is it about Britain that allowed so many great minds to emerge and flourish?
In this three-part documentary, Professor Cox goes on a journey to find out.
The first episode aired last Thursday night at 9pm, with the second episode being aired tonight.
In the first episode, Frankenstein's Monsters, Professor Cox grapples with science's darker side, asking why, when science has done so much for us, it often gets such a bad press. Starting with the original Frankenstein - the grisly 19th century tale of George Foster's hanging and subsequent 'electrocution', Brian confronts the idea that science can go 'too far'. From the nuclear bomb to genetic modification, British science has always been at the cutting edge of discovery, but are British scientists f eckless meddlers, or misunderstood visionaries whose gifts to humanity are corrupted by the unscrupulous?
In episode two tonight, Method and Madness, Professor Brian Cox guides viewers through 350 years of British science to reveal what science really is, who the people are who practise it, and how it is inextricably linked to the past, present and future of each and every one of us.
This time, Professor Cox celebrates Britain's pivotal role in creating modern science. From performing Isaac Newton's iconic light experiment to meeting a wartime code breaker and making hydrogen explosions, Professor Cox leads the way through 300 years of British history. Along the way, he introduces the obsessive, eccentric, visionary characters who dragged science into the modern world by developing a powerful new way to investigate nature. He reveals what science really is, explores the mindset of those who practise it, and shows how science runs through the past, present and future of everyone.
Finally, episode three, which will be aired next week, Clear Blue Skies. British science has a long track record of accidental discoveries improving our lot. Wondering why the sky is blue helped British scientists crack bacterial infection, whilst looking for a way to make quinine helped make our world a much more colourful place, as it led to the discovery of the first synthetic organic dye. But is this the best way to carry on?
Professor Brian Cox ends his homage to British Science by looking at how discoveries are made, asking whether it is better to let the scientists do their own thing, and hope for happy accidents, or to only back scientific winners at the risk of missing the occasional gems.
You can watch the whole of episode one of Science Britannica:
Science Britannica Frankenstein's Monsters Episode 1 BBC documentary 2013 what science really is ? - YouTube
BBC Two - Science Britannica, Clear Blue Skies
An article by Professor Brian Cox: The wonder of British science BBC Science - Brian Cox: The wonder of British science
One of its latest brilliant science documentaries is Science Britannica, hosted by the youthful-looking University of Manchester physicist and former pop star Professor Brian Cox.
The 45-year-old is a household name in Britain after hosting several other BBC science documentaries, including Wonders of the Solar System (2010) and its sequel Wonders of the Universe (2011). He even appeared in a 2012 episode of Doctor Who - The Power of Three - as himself.
Cox - who used to be the keyboard player in pop band D-Ream, famous for their 1993 hit Things Can Only Get Better which the Labour Party used as their theme song during the 1997 General Election campaign which they won in a landslide - has got many people in Britain who were never that interested in science before becoming hooked on the subject due to his knack of explaining complicated things in an easy-to-understand way in his friendly Northern accent. He also has many female fans because of his good looks.
In his latest BBC documentary, Science Britannica, Cox looks at Britain's formidable contribution to science.
Britons Sir Isaac Newton (discoverer of gravity), Isambard Kingdom Brunel (history's greatest engineer) and Sir Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web) all changed the world through their discoveries and inventions
The British Isles are home to just one percent of the world's population and yet our small collection of rocks poking out of the north Atlantic has thrown up world beaters in virtually every field of human endeavour.
Nowhere is this more obvious than in science and engineering. Edward Jenner came up with vaccines, Sir Frank Whittle ushered in the jet age and Sir Tim Berners-Lee laid the foundations of the world wide web. Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, George Stephenson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel… the list is gloriously long.
What is it about Britain that allowed so many great minds to emerge and flourish?
In this three-part documentary, Professor Cox goes on a journey to find out.
The first episode aired last Thursday night at 9pm, with the second episode being aired tonight.
In the first episode, Frankenstein's Monsters, Professor Cox grapples with science's darker side, asking why, when science has done so much for us, it often gets such a bad press. Starting with the original Frankenstein - the grisly 19th century tale of George Foster's hanging and subsequent 'electrocution', Brian confronts the idea that science can go 'too far'. From the nuclear bomb to genetic modification, British science has always been at the cutting edge of discovery, but are British scientists f eckless meddlers, or misunderstood visionaries whose gifts to humanity are corrupted by the unscrupulous?
In episode two tonight, Method and Madness, Professor Brian Cox guides viewers through 350 years of British science to reveal what science really is, who the people are who practise it, and how it is inextricably linked to the past, present and future of each and every one of us.
This time, Professor Cox celebrates Britain's pivotal role in creating modern science. From performing Isaac Newton's iconic light experiment to meeting a wartime code breaker and making hydrogen explosions, Professor Cox leads the way through 300 years of British history. Along the way, he introduces the obsessive, eccentric, visionary characters who dragged science into the modern world by developing a powerful new way to investigate nature. He reveals what science really is, explores the mindset of those who practise it, and shows how science runs through the past, present and future of everyone.
Finally, episode three, which will be aired next week, Clear Blue Skies. British science has a long track record of accidental discoveries improving our lot. Wondering why the sky is blue helped British scientists crack bacterial infection, whilst looking for a way to make quinine helped make our world a much more colourful place, as it led to the discovery of the first synthetic organic dye. But is this the best way to carry on?
Professor Brian Cox ends his homage to British Science by looking at how discoveries are made, asking whether it is better to let the scientists do their own thing, and hope for happy accidents, or to only back scientific winners at the risk of missing the occasional gems.
You can watch the whole of episode one of Science Britannica:
Science Britannica Frankenstein's Monsters Episode 1 BBC documentary 2013 what science really is ? - YouTube
BBC Two - Science Britannica, Clear Blue Skies
An article by Professor Brian Cox: The wonder of British science BBC Science - Brian Cox: The wonder of British science
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Anyone here watches Duck Dynasty?
I seem to have taken a picture of one of the fellers at the festival in Tottenham this summer,
They must be into bluegrass too :lol:
I seem to have taken a picture of one of the fellers at the festival in Tottenham this summer,
They must be into bluegrass too :lol: