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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread The Adventure of English #152693 12/25/2005 12:10 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory This morning I caught the tail end of a program called "The Adventure of English" broadcast here on The History Channel. (To be more precise, it was the Sunday morning preview of the History Channel's sister network History International.) The show was very interesting, and apparently this morning's broadcast was part six of a series, as the History Channel's schedule lists part 7 to be shown next week at 7:00 AM Eastern time. There is a book by the same name on which I suspect the series is based. I can't seem to find any DVDs of the series at Netflix or Amazon. Anyway, I think the program would appeal to my fellow AWAD readers. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Adventure of English #152694 12/26/2005 12:33 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 I take it that's Melvyn Bragg's series? If so, it's certainly pretty good, and although I haven't looked at the book I've little doubt it will be very interesting. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Adventure of English #152695 12/27/2005 2:38 AM Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 4 NE Mississippi msgirl stranger msgirl stranger Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 4 NE Mississippi Alex, the History Channel, as well as A&E and the Biography Channels usually sell thier series or shows even as the are showing them as a series/show. You may try the web site for them and see if it's listed. Hope that works for you. "I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries." Stephen King Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Adventure of English #152696 12/27/2005 3:04 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Thank you, msgirl, and welcome to our little wing of the grand asylum. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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