One Not To Be Missed, It Would Seem?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4210998/Welcome-Nazi-Britain.html

SS-GB will start on BBC1 later this month.

[Islay]

My husband read this book sometime ago and is looking forward to see how it translates onto tv.

[Sqad]

One to look forward to, thank you for pointing it out.

[Khandro]

Sounds appalling.

[Mamyalynne]

Looks good, thanks.

[Lie-in King]

Ta for the heads-up aog, will set the recorder.

[vulcan42]

Sounds just the thing to prepare you for a Monday morning.

[Ken4155]

Have just finished watching the first series of The Man In The High Castle which is based on the same theme - Germans/Japanese winning the war and taking each taking control of the USA. If SS-GB is half as good, it will be a decent watch.

[trt]

Looking forward to it.

Can you imagine having Merkell in charge of the UK at this present time?

[Khandro]

Sounds like another excuse to do some 'Kraut bashing', a bit of historical porn maybe?
There are at least three generations in Germany who have absolutely no experience of, and have had nothing whatever to do with National Socialism and an older generation who suffered under it as children.
Already one poster has mentioned Angela Merkel I see. Mixing fact and fiction is a dangerous business.

[zebo]

I'm surprised it's taken so long to film this book, it must be 30 years old. I wonder if it was still too sensitive back then?

[anotheoldgit]

Khandro

Don't you think it is a good idea now and again to remind those who have had no experience of such happenings, to be shown what could have happened and might well still happen?

[Khandro]

AOG ; I agree, in fact a German television channel (NTV) last night screened a whole one hour ducumentary on the SS.
But this programme isn't a documentary, it's a work of fiction using facts, which I find a dangerous area. The great George Orwell wrote 1984 depicting a totalitarian state and explored the potential of the idea, but it was a complete work of fiction and did not confuse issues.

[hellywelly4]

That's why I voted out!!!

[Khandro]

AOG; Ref. hellywelly4, post 12:57
See what I mean?