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New Series Poll!

With “The World at War” complete, it’s time to replace it with a new series. My personal preference is to take a break from the heavy war stuff and do something different. Then we’ll circle...

Horrible Histories | S3 Ep. 1

This episode includes an annoying French prankster from the Middle Ages, bizarre Aztec food on Historical MasterChef, what happens when Queen Elizabeth I needs the toilet, & how not to impress ...

Blackadder | Potato | S2 Ep. 3

All England is celebrating the daring exploits of Sir Walter Raleigh, so Edmund is stung into action and announces he will navigate the treacherous waters of the Cape of Good Hope. As usual, he has...

The World at War | Remember | Ep. 26

As peace descends in 1945, the series ends with a sombre reminder of the human cost of the bloodiest conflict in history.

Video link: 2022-02-13 04:18:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Power’s out, so…

Hey guys, so I’m in the middle of a huge ice storm affecting the U.S. at the moment and our power went out this morning. I was gonna have the next Blackadder up today, but I have no way of doing ...

The World at War | Reckoning | Ep. 25

At Yalta, the four armies of occupation agree to supervise Germany's recovery and divide the country into different zones.

Video link: 2022-02-02 02:02:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Horrible Histories | S2 Ep. 12 (a.k.a. 2)

A pirate captain regrets stealing a herd of seasick cows, a Georgian sportsman invents a whole new way of boxing, King Charles II raps about his party lifestyle, and the Georgian army goes to war a...

Blackadder | Bells | S2 Ep. 1 (a.k.a. 2)

The calculating Edmund Blackadder is struck by Cupid's arrow when he takes on a new servant, a girl named Bob.

Video link: 2022-01-20 17:34:09 +0000 UTC View Post

The World at War | The Bomb | Ep. 24

Looking at the Allied scientists' attempts to develop a new, immensely powerful weapon, and debating the moral implications of its use. Narrated by Laurence Olivier.

Video link: 2022-01-19 21:02:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Waterloo (1970) - Movie Night Livestream!

Many of you (including me) have been waiting to watch Waterloo for a while, so we're going to do it on Friday, January 21 @7pm GMT, 2pm EST. Use the link below to join the chat. Remember that you m...

Babymetal

Live at the Tokyo Metropolitan Rock Festival in 2015. This is a patron request from David T - thanks, David! Babymetal is a Japanese female metal band that fuses together multiple genres, and the r...

Horrible Histories | S2 Ep. 11

Barmy Roman emperor Caligula fails to invade Britain and so collects seashells instead, King Henry VIII plays tennis while Anne Boleyn is executed and some naughty Saxon monks throw a funky party.<...

Blackadder | Head | S2 Ep. 2 (a.k.a. 1)

*I forgot to say in my outro how much I loved the slow build-up of how Blackadder was supposed to portray the husband - from his height, then voice, then missing arm - very clever writing. Really e...

The World at War | Pacific | Ep. 23

Ferocious fighting characterises the Allied offensive in the Pacific; the Japanese are fanatical in defence and severe casualties are incurred by the Americans as they embark on a two-pronged attac...

Horrible Histories | S2 Ep. 10

King Charles I sends someone else to get married for him; a new recruit regrets joining the Georgian Army; and Queen Cleopatra reveals her weird beauty secrets. 

Video link: 2022-01-14 01:53:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Dad's Army | Sons of the Sea | S3 Ep. 14

Captain Mainwaring and the men of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard take to the water when they acquire a platoon boat.

Video link: 2022-01-06 23:44:04 +0000 UTC View Post

The World at War | Japan | Ep. 22

Japan had entered the war confident that superior spiritual strength and discipline would prevail. By 1944, they were fighting for survival, crippled by shortages of food, metals and fuel. After ma...

Horrible Histories | S2 Ep. 9

The Stuarts are confused by the newly-discovered drink of tea; a Viking funeral ends in a massive fight; a child evacuated in the Blitz thinks farm animals are monsters; and some cowboys sing about...

Dad's Army | No Spring for Frazer | S3 Ep. 13

Frazer loses a vital part of a gun he was responsible for and thinks it is in the box he keeps his tools in, which happens to be a coffin.

Video link: 2021-12-30 20:49:25 +0000 UTC View Post

The World at War | Nemesis: Germany | Ep. 21

Hitler faces the inevitable and can no longer face living. Interviewees include a man who saw the body and the secretary who wrote the will.

Video link: 2021-12-30 03:56:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Horrible Histories | S2 Ep. 8

Some Vikings attack a monastery but can't remember why, a peasant gets a posh makeover, and Crimewatch BC tries to solve the murder of Julius Caesar. Plus, prepare to be confused by the Egyptian Hi...

Dad's Army | Man Hunt | S3 Ep. 12

More shambolic behaviour from Walmington's Home Guard as Captain Mainwaring and his men enlist the help of a recruit with four feet: a tracker dog provided by Walker. Yet all they track down is a b...

The Muppet Christmas Carol | Movie Night

Thursday, December 23 @7 p.m. GMT, 2 p.m. EST.

The patrons have spoken - it's a Muppet Christmas Carol! Join me for a live movie night. Do not comment on this post if you want to participate ...

The World at War | Genocide | Ep. 20

Auschwitz survivors and Himmler's SS adjutant contribute to this harrowing account of the most chilling and inhuman chapter of WWII.

Video link: 2021-12-22 21:58:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Last Christmas Movie Night Poll

I've narrowed it down to the four below. The winner is what we'll watch tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 23 @7 ...

Christmas Movie Night - Your Ideas?

In our Zulu movie night, I mentioned we'd try to do a Christmas movie night some point before Christmas. What Christmas movie would you like to watch together? Let me know below.

Also, my Chr...

Vaccines: A Measured Response

This is a patron request from Pondga Dobcool, and for reasons I state at the beginning of the video, I'm uploading this to Patreon only for the time-being. Depending on the response, I might upload...

Blackadder Poll

At the conclusion of Dad's Army series 3, we'll be switching over to Blackadder for a little variety be...

Zulu Movie Night!

Zulu won our movie night poll, so we're watching that together today! Starts at 7 p.m. GMT, 2 p.m. EST. Make sure you're signed into your Vimeo account on mobile to participate in the chat.

V...

Dad's Army | Branded | S3 Ep. 11

There's trouble in the ranks of the Home Guard when the bravery of the gentle and well-mannered Private Godfrey is called into question.

Video link: 2021-12-04 03:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post