Game of War
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Game of War was a 1997 Channel 4 television series presented by Angela Rippon. In each episode, military officers and historians played a wargameCaffrey. On Wargaming: How Wargames Have Shaped History and how They May Shape the Future. Naval War College Press. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=F_z-MFe22UEC&pg=PA168#v=onepage&q&f=false p 168]. based on, in particular, Strategos.Arthur Harman. "Better Balaclava". Miniature Wargames. (Warners Group Publications plc). January 2024. p 44 at p 48. See also p 49. The wargames analyst was Iain Dickie.Robert Nott. "Fast Knights". Military Illustrated. (Publishing News Ltd, ISSN 0268-8328). Number 116: January 1998. p 12.See the end credits of episodes 2 and 3 The umpires were Paddy Griffith and Arthur Harman.Robert Nott. "Fast Knights". Military Illustrated. (Publishing News Ltd, ISSN 0268-8328). Number 121: June 1998. p 31.
Episodes
- Episode 1 was broadcast on Sunday 3 August 1997. The wargame was the Battle of Balaclava. The wargame was played by Richard Swinburn and Major General Anthony George Clifford Jones (1923-1999).Matthew Bond. "Engaging enough, if you know the rules". The Times. 4 August 1997. p 43.Biography in A & C Black's "Who Was Who"For other reviews of this episode, see Jasper Rees, [https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/i-fear-the-greeks-baring-breasts-1244589.html "I fear the Greeks baring breasts"], The Independent Long Weekend, print 9 August 1997, p 27; and Gerard Gilbert, [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/today-s-television-5387837.html "Today's Television"], The Independent, 1 August 1997.
- Episode 2 was broadcast on Sunday 10 August 1997. The wargame was the Battle of Naseby.Thomas Sutcliffe. [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/last-night-5555113.html "Last Night"]. The Independent. 11 August 1997. The wargame was played by Thomas Boyd-Carpenter and Julian Thompson.Long Eaton Advertiser. (Derbyshire, England). 7 August 1997. [https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002508/19970807/008/0008 p 8].
- Episode 3 was broadcast on Sunday 17 August 1997.David Aaronovitch. [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/television-bliss-was-it-in-that-dawn-to-be-alive-1245951.html "Television: Bliss was it in that Dawn to be alive"]. The Independent. 16 August 1997. The wargame was the Battle of Waterloo. The wargame was played by Anthony Farrar-Hockley and John Kiszely.Long Eaton Advertiser. (Derbyshire, England). 14 August 1997. [https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002508/19970814/008/0008 p 8].
Reception
Rees called the series "gimmicky".Jasper Rees. [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/he-is-the-very-model-of-a-modern-tv-historian-1286499.html "He is the very model of a modern TV historian"]. The Independent. 3 December 1997. Dunkley complained that the wargames were played with something that resembled the layout for a Hornby Dublo model railway set.Christopher Dunkley. "The midsummer blues" in "Television". The Financial Times. 20 August 1997. p 7.
See also
References
- David Stubbs. "Game of War" in [https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/aug/29/the-cube-british-gameshows "A mug's game"]. The Guardian. 29 August 2009.
- Max Davidson. The Observer. 3 August 1997. [https://theguardian.newspapers.com/image/258401202/ Newspapers.com]
- The Guardian. "The Week" supplement. 2 August 1997. [https://theguardian.newspapers.com/image/260765010/ Newspapers.com]
- The Guardian. 4 August 1997. [https://theguardian.newspapers.com/image/260767652/ Newspapers.com]
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=3540820|title=Game of War}}
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