9th July 2008, 11:11 AM
Viewing it purely as a piece of drama, it was fairly dreadful, both in the acting and writing stakes,I thought.
The thing is, I'm not sure it would have made much difference exactly who the archaeological consultant for the programme was, or exactly what their area of specialisation was. My (admittedly limited)experience of people involved in TV productions is that even they do bring in a professional to advise them, they will completely ignore anything that doesn't fit into how they think the viewing public will percieve the programme.
Actualy, a comment from a friend who watched it with me and is a former nurse, was "well, at least you know how we used to feel about Casualty and ER"
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The Archaeological advisor was.... Mark Horton! oh yes... .. perhaps it has been a while since he was on a a real (non TV) site? after all, he seemed to view most archaeology while strapped comfortably into a helicopter
The thing is, I'm not sure it would have made much difference exactly who the archaeological consultant for the programme was, or exactly what their area of specialisation was. My (admittedly limited)experience of people involved in TV productions is that even they do bring in a professional to advise them, they will completely ignore anything that doesn't fit into how they think the viewing public will percieve the programme.
Actualy, a comment from a friend who watched it with me and is a former nurse, was "well, at least you know how we used to feel about Casualty and ER"