0% Villa-BBC drama on Munich air crash.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

This Sunday BBC2 9pm.

From the little I have heard, this should be a well made BBC drama with David Tennant.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12920379

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8467276/A-moving-BBC-drama-reunites-the-Busby-Babes.html

[Rip Van We Go Again]

If Tennant can keep that stupid wide eyed, gurning face to a minimum, it should be good.

[Percy McCarthy]

I shall be watching, Weller's written a new song for it (Devotion).

[Greg N'Ash]

From the trailer i'll be avoiding it. Looks like the usual sentimental guff

[darren woolley]

I'm like watching drama like this it should be a good cheers for letting me know Andy.

[Lucky Eddie]

I feel really bad not wanting to watch this just because it's about 'that' club.

How sad am I? Am I alone?

[Percy McCarthy]

I feel really bad not wanting to watch this just because it's about 'that' club.

How sad am I? Am I alone?

I know what you mean. I try to divorce my feelings about 'that club' from the more sympathetic ones I have about the football-mad working class youngsters who died.

[Deano's Mullet]

I feel really bad not wanting to watch this just because it's about 'that' club.

How sad am I? Am I alone?

You're not alone.

[curiousorange]

More maudlin sentimentality from the Beeb. You don't need a 'respectful' drama to give the people involved the dignity they deserve. I'll be giving it a miss.

[cdbearsfan]

Great. Another Man U propaganda piece on the BBC. Didn't they have a Man U Night a few years back? It's no wonder so many small clubs are going bust when the media encourages everyone to be glory-hunters. Fergie still won't talk to them.

[Billy Walker]

I feel really bad not wanting to watch this just because it's about 'that' club.

How sad am I? Am I alone?

You're not alone.  There's plenty of stories about other clubs that could be retold by the BBC.  How many times do we have to hear about Munich?  I'd love to see a film made about the Villa team that refused to do the Nazi salute.  What about a film about FC Torino and their air disaster?

There's a real fine line between keeping a story in the public eye because it is of genuine public concern/interest, and, in the case of Man Utd, using it as a tool to strengthen the brand.  What about a film about Bradford, Ibrox or Bolton?  It's high time other clubs' histories were given similar exposure and - dare I say it - a similar portion of TV licence money! (Rant over.)

[cdbearsfan]

I wonder if the film will show Duncan Edwards as the dirty bastard that he was? Doubt it.

[TopDeck113]

Fergie still won't talk to them.

I was just about to post that.

It is also a long time since I last heard a song about Munich (having said that, I haven't been to a Liverpool-Man Utd match) - this could raise that unfortunate spectre once again.

[curiousorange]

I feel really bad not wanting to watch this just because it's about 'that' club.

How sad am I? Am I alone?

You're not alone.  There's plenty of stories about other clubs that could be retold by the BBC.  How many times do we have to hear about Munich?  I'd love to see a film made about the Villa team that refused to do the Nazi salute.  What about a film about FC Torino and their air disaster?

There's a real fine line between keeping a story in the public eye because it is of genuine public concern/interest, and, in the case of Man Utd, using it as a tool to strengthen the brand.  What about a film about Bradford, Ibrox or Bolton?  It's high time other clubs' histories were given similar exposure and - dare I say it - a similar portion of TV licence money! (Rant over.)

Jimmy McGovern's Hillsborough was a brilliant example of a football film that told a story that needed to be told. They showed it once, and I don't think I'm wrong in saying it wasn't repeated, and that's because it wasn't a drama for the family to enjoy over and over again. We know what happened at Munich to that group of young lads. All this does is create sentimentality out of an horrific incident.

[cdbearsfan]

"Alive" without the cannibalism. Boring.