Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: ~misfit~ Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport.f1 Subject: Re: Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story - BBC Two Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:17:46 +1300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 05:17:49 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4e60f4f7a942ed6e5a914bb7a5fa085c"; logging-data="2403874"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX189iFp37u3HtQhP4DGK8zuC9XVenSl21z0=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:wFNgn3djPzF3BUtT3G4+K7Mc+K0= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2993 On 20/11/2024 1:59 am, Carl Keehn wrote: > On 11/18/2024 5:32 PM, ~misfit~ wrote: >> On 19/11/2024 3:57 am, Mark wrote: >>> Ar wrote: >>>> Last night (Sunday) was the first episode of this on BBC Two: >>>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0024qc2/brawn-the-impossible- formula-1-story >>>> >>>> I am guessing it's brand new, the BBC website doesn't show any previous >>>> transmission dates. It's a four part documentary. >>>> >>>> It's hosted by / and some interviews by US film actor Keanu Reeves, but >>>> it's done very well, no stupid questions (so far), and he does not >>>> present it like a fan boy, but not like a stiff interviewer either. >>>> >>>> As a documentary, it's very interesting to see the Brawn GP story, even >>>> if you didn't support the team at the time (I didn't). >>>> >>>> It's worth a watch if you can catch it, >>> >>> I think it's the first time on broadcast channels. It was made by >>> Disney+ last year, so I guess they're starting to sell their original >>> content on. >> >> Yep. I've known about it for a while now but haven't watched it as I figured 'just another US F1 >> propaganda thing' using Reeves' face and voice to get viewers. I might re-visit that decision, >> it's rated well on IMDB ('though IMDB ratings are largely US-centric). > www.imdb.com/title/tt22297946/> >> >> Cheers, > I did watch the first episode.  So far it's very well done and entertaining.  I played a game of > "Spot the Star", it was wild to see a very young Lewis Hamilton and Bernie Ecclestone was still > very present on the grid.  A number of Mercedes technical people made an appearance. Thanks for that. I will check it out then. Cheers, -- Shaun. "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification in the DSM" David Melville.