Program on Turing

[Hill Station Murthy]

Dramatisation in these factual documentaries, or factual content plus dramatisation ergo docu-drama is a recent innovation in my opinion.
or more to the point something that has evolved over the years.

Let me make my point. Factual documentaries would often contain dramatised clips with no dialogue; the narrator would provide the dialogue with the actors invariably dressed in period costume acting out some scenario silently. These types of actors, I seem to recall, are known as mummers and the reason they were so heavily used in past documentaries is that they cost less money.

In these days of swingeing auserity measure perhaps we can all expect to see more mummers in our television documentaries.

[OwlHoot]

Not bad although the inevitable dramatisation did annoy.

I've always thought the only reason he topped himself was a realisation that his creative powers were on the wane (on account of age alone, which is notoriously the case with most mathematicians, but accentuated by the hormone treatment).

Being the unconventional guy he was, he wouldn't have given two hoots about the gay disgrace aspect and probably not much more about any surveillance, real or imagined.

[vetran]

was only half watching it but it seemed more obsessed about his sexuality than his achievements.

[BrilloPad]

C4, 21:00 Monday 21st November 2011.

No doubt available on line by now.

It's a drama documentary, by the way.

Many thanks - looks like its available online.

[BrilloPad]

Not bad although the inevitable dramatisation did annoy.

I went to Bletchley park last Sunday - kids loved it. But I was not aware there was a program on - could someone tell me which channel it was on? Is it possiblefor the kids to watch it online?

[stek]

Who needs tv I've got weather stats to look at

Rain gauges and shovels! Howard Molson's got a Spear and Jackson No.2!

[Cliphead]

Who needs tv I've got weather stats to look at

[TimberWolf]

Talking about over dramatisation, "Bronson" was repeated again yesterday. Couldn't watch it. Way too much carp.

[Waldorf]

I've Sky+ it, so don't spoil it for me

[TimberWolf]

Hope Flowers got a mention, because arguably his creation was the first 'proper' electronic computer. Also, it seems a remarkably 'fortunate' that he ended up at Bletchely, because apparently he was the only person in the world at the time that could have done what he did, allegedly. I mention this because Turin is usually regarded as the father (or mother) of computing.

Tommy Flowers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[sasguru]

Not bad although the inevitable dramatisation did annoy.