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Title: Das Auto. Interesting motoring programme.
Post by: albitz on 03 August 2013, 12:42:47

Das Auto. BBC2 Sunday night 9pm,after TG. Traces the history of the German car industry.
It was made by Dominic Sandbrook,who wrote an interesting article on the subject in The Wail today.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-2383876/Seventy-years-bloody-collapse-Third-Reich-Germany-commands-raw-power-time-1941.html

Title: Re: Das Auto. Interesting motoring programme.
Post by: PhilRich on 03 August 2013, 15:55:13

Interesting, but I prefered 'Das Boot' myself ;D ;)

Title: Re: Das Auto. Interesting motoring programme.
Post by: zirk on 03 August 2013, 15:59:43

Quote from: PhilRich on 03 August 2013, 15:55:13

Interesting, but I prefered 'Das Boot' myself ;D ;)

About 4 hours of it, IIRC.

Title: Re: Das Auto. Interesting motoring programme.
Post by: Olympia5776 on 03 August 2013, 16:59:01

Good man Albs , thanks for the heads up on that . :y

Title: Re: Das Auto. Interesting motoring programme.
Post by: Olympia5776 on 04 August 2013, 22:09:23

Oh , what a thoroughly depressing programme . :'(
Dominic Sandbrook must be the worst presenter I have ever had to listen to .

Title: Re: Das Auto. Interesting motoring programme.
Post by: henryd on 04 August 2013, 22:12:04

Quote from: Olympia5776 on 04 August 2013, 22:09:23

Oh , what a thoroughly depressing programme . :'(
Dominic Sandbrook must be the worst presenter I have ever had to listen to .

Bugger, I was looking forward to that after recording it :-\

Title: Re: Das Auto. Interesting motoring programme.
Post by: Mr.OmegaMan on 04 August 2013, 22:27:27

An enjoyable watch, Straight after the last Top Gear of this series as well  :y

Title: Re: Das Auto. Interesting motoring programme.
Post by: Mr.OmegaMan on 04 August 2013, 22:29:14

Quote from: Olympia5776 on 04 August 2013, 22:09:23

Oh , what a thoroughly depressing programme . :'(
Dominic Sandbrook must be the worst presenter I have ever had to listen to .

+1

Title: Re: Das Auto. Interesting motoring programme.
Post by: Varche on 04 August 2013, 23:55:04

Quite a lot of interesting stuff on the programme.

I went to the Opel factory (Russelheim?) 45 years ago. Very different from now. I always remember Rekords(I think they were) being driven off the production line with screaming engines and tyre smoke as they launched off the rolling road.  They were doing 50 within two seconds of having been started for the first time. After that I thought anyone running in their cars was wasting their time. My brother did that job for a while at a Volvo factory. It was the same there. You had to or you couldn't keep up.

Title: Re: Das Auto. Interesting motoring programme.
Post by: pscocoa on 05 August 2013, 08:34:55

Quote from: Mr.OmegaMan on 04 August 2013, 22:29:14

Quote from: Olympia5776 on 04 August 2013, 22:09:23

Oh , what a thoroughly depressing programme . :'(
Dominic Sandbrook must be the worst presenter I have ever had to listen to .

+1

+2

Title: Re: Das Auto. Interesting motoring programme.
Post by: chrisgixer on 05 August 2013, 13:43:39

Quote from: pscocoa on 05 August 2013, 08:34:55

Quote from: Mr.OmegaMan on 04 August 2013, 22:29:14

Quote from: Olympia5776 on 04 August 2013, 22:09:23

Oh , what a thoroughly depressing programme . :'(
Dominic Sandbrook must be the worst presenter I have ever had to listen to .

+1

+2

Another one born of the Daily Fail, no doubt. ::)