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The Reference Desk => History and Tall Tales => Topic started by: Tolstoi on February 20, 2022, 11:55:02 AM
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I stumbled across these two videos while trying to find information about Paddy Griffith. I had never heard of this program before now. There were only three episodes made in 1997, of which I can only find two episodes. The episodes were about the battles of Balaklava, Naseby and Waterloo. From what I can tell, they were broadcast in that order. I can only find the episodes of Naseby and Waterloo. I don't find them as entertaining as the Tyne Tees Battleground series with Mr. Woodward. The real treat is getting to see Paddy Griffith in action.
Episode 2 - Battle of Naseby
Episode 3 - Battle of Waterloo
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Cool! 8)
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Very pleasing show nowadays with that slight nostalgic touch.
It was considered a bust and if I recall right it was just 3 episodes aired. We find it entertaining now but apparently back when they were made public it did not fill neither the gamer nor the non gamer audiences - one of the big issues with the gamers community was "wtf is that dude doing with the big dice, he's just making stuff up". In truth that format is a quick reflection of Griffith's quick tacspiel games but the TV show does not make justice.
Time Commanders was more popular because it brought "normal" people into the stage.