Wednesday, January 31, 2007

The History Channel

This is a TV channel not available in Singapore but I've had the chance to thoroughly enjoy it in the short time I spent here in Bahrain. I've had the honour of being sent here for a 3-month work attachment in case you are wondering why I'm here.

It's a great channel with emphasis on many historical stuff, even sports history. But the ones I truly enjoyed were "Conflict" and "Decisive Battles"

"Conflict" covers a particular battle or campaign and goes pretty in depth but yet suitable for layman and amateurs like me. It gives a very good broad overview of the selected topic. I've enjoyed their coverage of "Berlin War" and "Hunt for Bismarck".

"Decisive Battles" covers its namesake that happens in the Ancient World. If you enjoyed the fighting scenes in movies such as Gladiator or Alexander and enjoyed playing computer games that featured large scale troop movements, this is the show for you. The producers used computer animation to recreate the battle scenes and goes pretty in depth into the stages of the battle. I truly enjoyed it that I went to rent the discs that was available at the Video shop.

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