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  Posted by irene (U2450323) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011

  Is there anybody else out there who is completely miffed at the above TV channel. It now doesnothing but show repeats - not once, not twice, but again and again. It is so disappointing. Bah!!!

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  Posted by shivfan (U2435266) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011

  I can count on one hand the number of interesting history programmes I've seen on Discovery....

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  Posted by Priscilla (U14315550) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011

  The problem is the Discovery lot have far too many channels. The Arts section did also until a weed out because many were undersubscribed through adverts. We can only hope tha the same will happen to the Discovey channel with the current tightening of belts.
  
  The best History progs have been Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ones in the main - and we saw those first time round. I agree that that the loop replay is awful.
  
  To be honest I rarely look into the site now.
  
  Regards, P.

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  Posted by islanddawn (U7379884) on Friday, 4th November 2011

  I gave Discovery up as a hopeless loss years ago, far too many annoying US shows that only concentrate on boring superficialities. Or possibly the Discovery Channel we get here in Greece is different from the UK version?
  
  Not sure if this topic is on the correct board though......

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  Posted by shivfan (U2435266) on Monday, 19th December 2011

  I find that a lot of history programmes on both Discovery and National Geographic channels tend to be superficial and fail to look at both sides of the story....
  
  1) National Geographic did a feature on Elizabeth I, where one argument they were seriously pursuing was whether the Virgin Queen was in actual fact a man!
  
  2) They did a programme on the Knights of the Templar, which was decidedly one-sided. It built up the Templar Knights as being heroic defenders of the Faith, and how they were betrayed by evil King Philip IV of France. It glossed over the atrocities committed by the Knights in the Middle East. As I said above, any credible historical programme needs to look properly at both sides of the story.
  
  3) Now, I'm watching a programme on Moses, which seems to take verbatim the Bible as a historical text, without questioning its authenticity.
  
  I find a distinctly pro-Christian approach to history at both channels, which I think clouds the ability of these programmes to truly assess historical events with the limitation of bias which is necessary for a balanced historical programme. In contrast, it does seem to me that quite a few programmes on these channels serve a greater purpose of religious proselytising than historical analysis.

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  Posted by PaulRyckier (U1753522) on Monday, 19th December 2011

  shifvan,
  
  yes I agree on the Geographical. Good perhaps in science or nature programmes but in history they seems to be impregnated by the Bible belt.
  
  Kind regards and with esteem,
  
  Paul.

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