Anyone recall the wargame series "Battleground?"

[Colin_Fraser]

Intoduced by Edward Woodward and covering such battles as Waterloo and Gettysburg in table top wargames style. I remember Woodward's excellent portrayal of the wargaming spy Callan too. The TV series was by Tyne Tees as I remember. Looks like they are all on youtube.

Colin

https://m.youtube.com/watch?index=5...APAly2sNIUdymRCXrz3gImY388My00J&v=1BlMkT6cXvk

 

[Rich Sculpts]

A few of the Callan colour shows are on YouTube (they come and go with take down notices). If anyone is up for watching the film it can be seen on the Daily Motions website Callan #1 - Callan #2 . I remember Battleground very well...

-Rich

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

Streuth! after 5mins of part one, I was ready for bed. However its only 8.25am .. and I have just recently got up. The tension is/was too much.

Regards,

Mark

 

[DEL]

Streuth! after 5mins of part one, I was ready for bed. However its only 8.25am .. and I have just recently got up. The tension is/was too much.

Regards,

Mark

Survived 5 minutes !!!! ........ mention that man in dispatches Gordon. just as soon as you've sorted those Brunswickers out.

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

I understand 'Alea iacta est', and its context. But these guys were way too much. .. Oh! the excitement.

Mark

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Wot? You didn't see all three segments!?!? You won't know who won. I bought Callan season 2 on DVD only to find season one won't be released because the beeb reused to tape masters to save money. Wow!

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

Wot? You didn't see all three segments!?!? You won't know who won. I bought Callan season 2 on DVD only to find season one won't be released because the beeb reused to tape masters to save money. Wow!

! .. Funnily enough I could not watch all 3, as the 'Gripping Tension', would be too much for me to cope with. ....Besides, (Spoiler Alert).. Blücher won it.

Mark

 

[Mat Lambert]

Maybe I'm a sucker for punishment but I'm quite enjoying these and have watched two episodes right through! There is something both charming and simultaneously hilarious about the earnestness of E Woodwards blow by blow commentary - it's quite captivating, I can't stop watching to hear his next gem. Also nice to see film of Peter Gilder who is a bit of a legend I understand. Certainly tv from another time. Okay, now for episode 3...
Cheers
Mat

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Gilder designed the Connoisseur range of 28mm Napoleonics after leaving Hinchliffe I think. He also established the legendary Wargames Holiday Centre, where you and your mates could go for a week and fight large Napoleonic battles with state of the art (at that time) painted figures. I think it is still running under another owner.

Colin

 

[Rich Sculpts]

Gilder designed the Connoisseur range of 28mm Napoleonics after leaving Hinchliffe I think. He also established the legendary Wargames Holiday Centre, where you and your mates could go for a week and fight large Napoleonic battles with state of the art (at that time) painted figures. I think it is still running under another owner.

Colin

Its still alive and well WARGAMES HOLIDAY CENTRE

 

[Nap]

Far too young and innocent to remember these...And we couldn't afford a TV

..off to you tube for at least an exciting 4.5 minutes!

Nap

 

[cinimod]

Hhhmmmmmm........ Seventies big collared, bad haircut war gaming or the election.





I'm just off to get my spandex and big heals...........Dom

Ps wasn't this type of thing redone in the nineties but with a single team against a computer using a sort of computer graphics table thing. It can't remember who hosted it but the wife thought he was a bit 'nice'