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Russia: A Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby

there's a trailer of it here

It should be avialble on BBC iPlayer. If you can't get it I'm sure somebody clever could burn it onto a DVD.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 03:15:28 PM EST
As it happens, a guy who was one of my students for a while, but has kept in touch, did some of the filming for this series, and sent the message below. I encouraged students to go into news and documentary; it's great to know that some ex-students are doing stuff like this and getting so much satisfaction from it:

Beginning tomorrow night, Sunday May 11th, just after 10pm on BBC2, and running for five weeks is the series I have spent the past year and a half working on, on and off.  It is called Russia: A Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby, and it really is very good.

 Of the five films I shot two, films two and three, and also the end of film one - from Moscow onwards.

 It was an amazing experience - at times more painful than imaginable, but more often revelatory and exhilarating.

 Immodestly, I am proud of my contribution - I was lucky to be working with gifted directors, Hugh and Jamie, an extraordinarily talented executive producer, George, and a very, very special presenter, Jonathan.  All of them made my life hell, which gave me the strength to push beyond my previous limits, and all of them supported me to the hilt and allowed me the space to create images I am proud of.  I thank them for that.  Sincerely.  I wish we could do it all again.

 I hope you enjoy the series.  Unfortunately I shall miss it, as I am off to Liberia and Guinea, followed by Afghanistan.

David Niblock



Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience
by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 04:02:04 PM EST
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I'm mostly not around on the weekends, so I don't understand why that's the time people always choose to address me or promote my diaries...  Uhg.

Well, I know it is wrong to judge something before seeing it, but given the shockingly large amount of crap I've seen about Russia coming from the BBC (Rupert!) I can't say I'm terribly interested.  Unless I suddenly fall ill with food poisoning and need to expedite some vomiting.

Happy Monday Morning.

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

by poemless on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 11:01:16 AM EST
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Ah, please accept my humble apolgies for bothering. I shan't in future.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 11:32:56 AM EST
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Oh, no worries, it's not a bother.  Small frustration, but no bother. :)  

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
by poemless on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 11:41:21 AM EST
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