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Old 12-01-2009, 16:22   #1 (permalink)

 
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Has anyone else been watching BBC's fine series of documentaries on the history of Scotland?

I've caught a couple now and they are thoroughly engaging and informative.
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Old 12-01-2009, 16:26   #2 (permalink)

 
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Watched the whole lot and thought it was great but it stopped too early. It basically ended with the union of the crowns and I was hoping to see stuff about the covenanters, the jacobite rebellions, glencoe and the scottish enlightenment.

Guess Neil Oliver's hoping for a second series.
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I watched one of them. It was really good. Fingers crossed they've got more in the pipeline!
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I don't mind this programme and it has been good when I've seen it but I really can't stand Neil Oliver. He ruins it for me
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I don't mind this programme and it has been good when I've seen it but I really can't stand Neil Oliver. He ruins it for me
It took me a while to warm to him too, I must admit. But I find him clear, concise and passionate, yet dry and somewhat unbiased. Which is a good thing.
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Old 12-01-2009, 17:12   #6 (permalink)

 
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I'm not enamoured of Neil Oliver either, but the series is OK.... I would've liked more about the Picts.
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A second series has already been commissioned

It's been pretty entertaining though a bit of a rough guide to scottish history. Maybe we'll get more in depth stuff off the back of it.
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Yeah i watched them all aswell and as much as Neil Oliver comes across as being arrogant for some reason i actually quite enjoy his programmes.....Coast is another i quite enjoy......He is passionate and pretty accurate on factual scottishhistory not fashionable popular scottish myths.......I dont believe he's 100% unbiased like as he is 100% scottish making a programme regarding the scots V the engurlish........

Im not sure what it is about Neil Oliver that makes him so unpopular could it be his smugness? lol
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I don't think I'll ever warm to him. I never really liked him on Coast either. I don't even know what it is about him that I don't like...but it's something
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