"Battleground, 1978 - Edgehill" Topic

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Sebastian Palmer	22 Oct 2014 2:56 p.m. PST
Hello, ECW folks. I'm writing a series of posts on my blog about the Edward Woodward fronted 1978 telly-wargames show Battleground. Todays post was about the Waterloo episode, but yesterdays was all about the Edgehill programme: Battleground, '78 – Edgehill Prior to this I also posted an intro to the show (on monday), and I'll be posting on the show daily till the weekend, by which time there'll be 6 posts, just as there were 6 episodes of the show, back in '78. My initial announcement thread on TMP was in the 'historical media' section of the message boards here: TMP link Having come back into the hobby after a 20 year brain-f*rt I find I'm almost as fascinated by the history of the hobby as I am the activities it entails in its own right (reading/research, figure collecting/painting, building terrain, etc.). I hope you guys might enjoy the series of posts. Cheers Seb
Ligniere	22 Oct 2014 3:20 p.m. PST
Great series! Thanks for bringing back the memories
Sebastian Palmer	22 Oct 2014 3:52 p.m. PST
Cheers Ligniere. Glad you're enjoying them. I was only 6 when they aired (I don't think we even had TV at that point!) so – as old as the show is – it's all been new to me, in a great 'new-old fashioned way'!
dwight shrute	23 Oct 2014 3:53 a.m. PST
Fascinating , how did u get hold of the stills ?? Are the actual videos available to view anywhere ?
Glenn Harvey	23 Oct 2014 4:24 p.m. PST
Have heard of this series, it never got airtime in Oz. Would be great to get a hold of them to watch, youtube sounds like a great place for them to live.
bgbboogie	24 Oct 2014 8:41 a.m. PST
Edward Woodward did he start the Plymouth war-games club? I was at sea when this was on….shame I missed it.
Sebastian Palmer	29 Oct 2014 5:12 p.m. PST
@ dwight shrute: a friend did a DVD for me.

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