At 8pm today (Wednesday) BBC 4 is showing a documentary about the
winter of 1962-3. I think it may have been shown on BBC 2 a year or two
back, and if so it's well worth watching (or watching again if you saw
it the first time and are a snow enthusiast). Sorry for the late
warning; I meant to post about it before this.
--
John Hall "Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always
pays off now." Anon

On 02/12/2020 18:26, John Hall wrote:
At 8pm today (Wednesday) BBC 4 is showing a documentary about the
winter of 1962-3. I think it may have been shown on BBC 2 a year or two
back, and if so it's well worth watching (or watching again if you saw
it the first time and are a snow enthusiast). Sorry for the late
warning; I meant to post about it before this.

I did spot this, and recorded it.

--

Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

In message , Vidcapper
writes
On 02/12/2020 18:26, John Hall wrote:
At 8pm today (Wednesday) BBC 4 is showing a documentary about the
winter of 1962-3. I think it may have been shown on BBC 2 a year or two
back, and if so it's well worth watching (or watching again if you saw
it the first time and are a snow enthusiast). Sorry for the late
warning; I meant to post about it before this.

I did spot this, and recorded it.


If anyone missed it, I imagine it will be on iPlayer. About 45 minutes
of the hour is taken up by a "Tonight" documentary made towards the end
of that winter, which is excellent and makes it well worth putting up
with the footage of Chris Packham that tops and tails it. A lot of the
film footage is stunning, and one wonders how the film crews even
managed to get to some of those locations given the atrocious
conditions. (And somehow snow seems to look even snowier in black and
white.)
--
John Hall "Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always
pays off now." Anon

On 03/12/2020 09:28, John Hall wrote:

On 02/12/2020 18:26, John Hall wrote:
At 8pm today (Wednesday) BBC 4 is showing a documentary about the
winter of 1962-3.
If anyone missed it, I imagine it will be on iPlayer. About 45 minutes
of the hour is taken up by a "Tonight" documentary made towards the end
of that winter, which is excellent and makes it well worth putting up
with the footage of Chris Packham that tops and tails it.

Thanks for that - I'd seen Packham's name associated with the programme
so had abandoned the idea of watching it. I'll put it back on the list.

A lot of the footage is stunning, and one wonders how the film crews even
managed to get to some of those locations given the atrocious
conditions. (And somehow snow seems to look even snowier in black and
white.)

--
Spike

On 03/12/2020 09:28, John Hall wrote:
In message , Vidcapper
writes
On 02/12/2020 18:26, John Hall wrote:
At 8pm today (Wednesday) BBC 4 is showing a documentary about the
winter of 1962-3. I think it may have been shown on BBC 2 a year or two
back, and if so it's well worth watching (or watching again if you saw
it the first time and are a snow enthusiast). Sorry for the late
warning; I meant to post about it before this.

I did spot this, and recorded it.


If anyone missed it, I imagine it will be on iPlayer. About 45 minutes
of the hour is taken up by a "Tonight" documentary made towards the end
of that winter, which is excellent and makes it well worth putting up
with the footage of Chris Packham that tops and tails it. A lot of the
film footage is stunning, and one wonders how the film crews even
managed to get to some of those locations given the atrocious
conditions. (And somehow snow seems to look even snowier in black and
white.)

Early mention of the "El Nino" half-way round the planet weather effect.
Clip of the iconic doorstep milk bottles with 2/3 inch stems of
protruding frozen and expanded milk. Were they using one of those
theatre turn-the handle , rubbed cloth , "wind" sound effects machines.
I did prefer Cliff Michelmore's other piece, the spaghetti harvest in Italy




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Global sea level rise to 2100 from curve-fitted existing altimetry data
http://diverse.4mg.com/slr.htm

In message , N_Cook
writes
Early mention of the "El Nino" half-way round the planet weather
effect.

Yes, I noticed that.

Clip of the iconic doorstep milk bottles with 2/3 inch stems of
protruding frozen and expanded milk. Were they using one of those
theatre turn-the handle , rubbed cloth , "wind" sound effects machines.
I did prefer Cliff Michelmore's other piece, the spaghetti harvest in Italy

Wasn't that Richard Dimbleby on Panorama?
--
John Hall "Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always
pays off now." Anon

On 03/12/2020 21:32, John Hall wrote:
In message , N_Cook writes
Early mention of the "El Nino" half-way round the planet weather effect.

Yes, I noticed that.

Clip of the iconic doorstep milk bottles with 2/3 inch stems of
protruding frozen and expanded milk. Were they using one of those
theatre turn-the handle , rubbed cloth , "wind" sound effects machines.
I did prefer Cliff Michelmore's other piece, the spaghetti harvest in
Italy

Wasn't that Richard Dimbleby on Panorama?

Probably, he was the more serious presenter, so the more impressive.
In that 1963 piece, I see where Ronnie Barker got his "fork handles"
word play from, in relation to electricity
supply resilience and the billing for it.

--
Global sea level rise to 2100 from curve-fitted existing altimetry data
http://diverse.4mg.com/slr.htm