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Altransit wrote:Did anyone see tonight's program, where he reproduced the Steve McQueen motorcycle jump in the Great Escape![]()
Apart from the obvious achievement of getting the job done, all of the background information surrounding both the original escape, and the film version, was quite interesting

ned wrote:Altransit wrote:Did anyone see tonight's program, where he reproduced the Steve McQueen motorcycle jump in the Great Escape![]()
Apart from the obvious achievement of getting the job done, all of the background information surrounding both the original escape, and the film version, was quite interesting
Bollox forgot that was one, I'll be watching that tonight on 4 play or whatever it's called

bambi mk 1 wrote:ned wrote:Altransit wrote:Did anyone see tonight's program, where he reproduced the Steve McQueen motorcycle jump in the Great Escape![]()
Apart from the obvious achievement of getting the job done, all of the background information surrounding both the original escape, and the film version, was quite interesting
Bollox forgot that was one, I'll be watching that tonight on 4 play or whatever it's called
I seen it twice Ned ,last night and when it was being shot![]()
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bambi mk 1 wrote:Ned ,did you not know me and Punto have lots of friends in high places

bambi mk 1 wrote:I seen it twice Ned ,last night and when it was being shot![]()
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Altransit wrote:Did anyone see tonight's program, where he reproduced the Steve McQueen motorcycle jump in the Great Escape![]()
Apart from the obvious achievement of getting the job done, all of the background information surrounding both the original escape, and the film version, was quite interesting

Altransit wrote:bambi mk 1 wrote:I seen it twice Ned ,last night and when it was being shot![]()
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Did you meet John LeytonI had never realised that he was an actor as well as a pop singer

ned wrote:I'm just watching it now on 4 play, the history of the pow camp is a eye opener, didn't know they had sport and theatre and the MI9 bit was interesting, a lot of history that most of us didn't even know about.
bambi mk 1 wrote:I was his stunt double Al![]()
Altransit wrote:bambi mk 1 wrote:I was his stunt double Al![]()
For the singing, or the acting
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Altransit wrote:ned wrote:I'm just watching it now on 4 play, the history of the pow camp is a eye opener, didn't know they had sport and theatre and the MI9 bit was interesting, a lot of history that most of us didn't even know about.
That's what I found, the place sounded almost as good as a sixties holiday camp, they received red cross parcels, and new uniforms (with maps sewn in) quite often.
I'm not sure that I would have bothered to leave, given the likelihood of being captured and shot

ned wrote:That's what I was thinking, why escape, they even got along with the guards, there must be some reason they took the risk of escape.
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