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Recommend a TV Documentary (Discussion Allowed)

Elmo · 2010-09-08 10:18:49

Happened across 2 on RTÉ last night which to me were much more interesting than Freefall which was over hyped. Treasure from the Bog which explores a manuscript from 800AD, found in a bog and its restoration. Historical/Archeological http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1079974 Blind Man Walking which charts Mark Pollack's race to…

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Happened across 2 on RTÉ last night which to me were much more interesting than Freefall which was over hyped.

Treasure from the Bog which explores a manuscript from 800AD, found in a bog and its restoration. Historical/Archeological http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1079974

Blind Man Walking which charts Mark Pollack's race to the North Pole and to hopefully become the first Blind man to do so. Biographical/Exploration http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1079891

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#2 08-09-2010 3:14pm

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Dunno if you`ve seen thread thread in the documentaries forum. Some great recomendations

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#3 08-09-2010 3:23pm

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Elmo wrote: »

Blind Man Walking which charts Mark Pollack's race to the North Pole and to hopefully become the first Blind man to do so. Biographical/Exploration http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1079891

That was excellent, a real inspirational character.
I was gutted when I read about his terrible accident after he came home, poor guy.

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#4 08-09-2010 3:34pm

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Tree man | Half Man Half Tree - Was on Tv tree appropriately enough a few weeks ago..

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#5 08-09-2010 3:58pm

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very interesting documentary that was on BBC a few months ago is Wonders of the Solar System. i think it's available on dvd now but not sure.

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#6 08-09-2010 4:08pm

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It is on DVD, got an e-mail from Amazon about it today.

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#7 09-09-2010 8:04pm

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JonathanAnon wrote: »

Tree man | Half Man Half Tree - Was on Tv tree appropriately enough a few weeks ago..

lol.

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#8 09-09-2010 8:41pm

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JonathanAnon wrote: »

Tree man | Half Man Half Tree - Was on Tv tree appropriately enough a few weeks ago..

days that shook the world- a great bbc series

the bbc world war 2 collection of 14 great documentaries

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