Did anyone watch that Chrisis Command Program on BBC2 Today

[johncas]

Did anyone watch that Chrisis Command Program on BBC2 Today the one where the London Underground tunnel callapsed because they took the wrong decision and Waterloo Station was attacked

Although my mum walked in hald way through and thought it was real I do thinck the program looked realistic

[slipdigby]

Did anyone watch that Chrisis

Crisis

....Command Program on BBC2 Today the one where the London Underground tunnel callapsed because they took the wrong decision and Waterloo Station was attacked

Although my mum walked in hald way through and thought it was real I do thinck the program looked realistic

Erm, quite

The three making the decisions were on the whole IMO a right dithering bunch who seemed to have little grasp on the urgency of the situation. Very engrossing though, even if it was only because I was mostly losing my rag at the "ministers".

Slip

[tinsley]

Missed the beginning but thought it was a good concept quite well done..
and I also got 4 out 5 the 'decisions' I saw right. .I hope there aren't too many like that fair hair guy around in the corridors of power!! mind you there are probably loads of them like him in industry and commerce..which could explain a lot..

[LucaZone]

Yep i too can confirm the 3 twats were a waste of space. How many chances were they given to shoot the dam plane down............. if they had done that at the start they could have focused on the LUL.

[johndibben]

I heard part of from another room and I'm not surprised people thought it real.

Irresponsible, useless rubbish that probably only served to frighten people

[LucaZone]

i actually thought it was quite good. Gives a good perspective on the happenings in situations like that

[slipdigby]

Irresponsible, useless rubbish that probably only served to frighten people

Really? Maybe we should ban Thunderbirds, and anything with loud pops in it. Don't want to give the proles anything that might scare em eh

Seriously though, the program wasn't immensely far fetched. If people end up having panic attacks over this sort of thing they really should just stay in bed (and probably die of coronary heart disease instead).

Personally although I had plenty of gripes about the program itself, i'm all for TV that informs and challenges, even if it makes uncomfortable viewing (for whatever reason). The program IMO did not focus on the terrorist threat (Which we are all plainly aware of after all), but placed emphasis on the way in which the three "ministers" behaved as a decision making group, and ultimately how they failed. I'm sure that they could have replaced the events leading up to the plane crashing into the Houses of Parliament with organising a child's 5th birthday party and seen the same heated discussion and group dynamic However the setting in which the decisions were made added a sense of urgency, and a little bit of a "wow" factor to the whole preceedings. Maybe after watching the program people will be less willing to criticise those in power's choice of decisions in times of national crisis. On the other hand.....

Anyway, it was a pretty populist format with not much new or dramatic to reveal, but as a viewer I enjoyed it for what it was. Interesting telly, and a change from "super garden hair house ladder property changing makeover" or "im a useless waste of space, get me a real job"..

Slip

[johncas]

OK the LUL tunnels got flooded you would have flodded BUT

IF THEY had shot the plane down it would of not hit the Houses if parliment and Weakend the LUL tunnels so they would of never flodded it was the plane crashing that caused the tunnels to cave in I was told.

They also had enough time to close the Flood doors but spend to mutch time argueing insted it acting fast which can save lives

[Christopher125]

Hi

The tube tunnel collapse is due to a bomb on the train. Westminster is too far away to affect it.

(Also, I believe that the Northern Line dosen't have any operational flood doors)

Chris

[saddletank]

a change from "super garden hair house ladder property changing makeover" or "im a useless waste of space, get me a real job".

You missed out "super garden hair house ladder property changing makeover auction idol" and "im a useless waste of space, get me a real job leading the country and lying to everyone".

[jjules]

This programme seems to have sparked some strong opinions.

Can I assume correctly that this was either a movie or a cartoon?

[saddletank]

No.

[jjules]

OK. Could someone enlighten me as to what this programme was like, and what the story of it was?

[johndibben]

It was another 'doomsday' type thing which despite what's been said, some people could quite easily feel worse for watching.

Having grown up in the years when vivid films of what was going to happen to us in the, what was portrayed as almost inevitable nuclear holocaust, I can see that it could affect people adversely.

The famous 'War of the Worlds' broadcast in the US is a typical example.

In the wake of suicide bombers on the Moscow Underground, it is a possibility but there's nothing any individual can do and so there's little point in going on about it. To serve it up as a serious programme when it's simply a another sensationalist bit of 'what if' nonsense, is pointless.

To discuss details of it it like an inyellectual discussion about Andy Pandy

We'll be down to that soon if the obvious lack of anything new to discuss continues

[johndibben]

OK. Could someone enlighten me as to what this programme was like, and what the story of it was?

Didn't see this post.

In reply.

London, big disaster, we're all going to die, blah, blah and a group of 'experts' deciding how to cope with it, the end, credits, advert for Eastenders, time to make a cup of tea and find something cheerful