Game of War
| Game of War | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Angela Rippon |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 3 August – 17 August 1997 |
Game of War was a 1997 Channel 4 television series presented by Angela Rippon. In each episode, military officers and historians played a wargame[1] based on, in particular, Strategos.[2] The wargames analyst was Iain Dickie.[3][4] The umpires were Paddy Griffith and Arthur Harman.[5]
Episodes
[edit]- 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).[6][7][8]
- Episode 2 was broadcast on Sunday 10 August 1997. The wargame was the Battle of Naseby.[9] The wargame was played by Thomas Boyd-Carpenter and Julian Thompson.[10]
- Episode 3 was broadcast on Sunday 17 August 1997.[11] The wargame was the Battle of Waterloo. The wargame was played by Anthony Farrar-Hockley[5] and John Kiszely.[12]
Reception
[edit]Rees called the series "gimmicky".[13] Dunkley complained that the wargames were played with something that resembled the layout for a Hornby Dublo model railway set.[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- David Stubbs. "Game of War" in "A mug's game". The Guardian. 29 August 2009.
- Max Davidson. The Observer. 3 August 1997. Newspapers.com
- The Guardian. "The Week" supplement. 2 August 1997. Newspapers.com
- The Guardian. 4 August 1997. Newspapers.com
- ^ Caffrey. On Wargaming: How Wargames Have Shaped History and how They May Shape the Future. Naval War College Press. p 168.
- ^ Arthur Harman. "Better Balaclava". Miniature Wargames. (Warners Group Publications plc). January 2024. p 44 at p 48. See also p 49.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Robert Nott. "Fast Knights". Military Illustrated. (Publishing News Ltd, ISSN 0268-8328). Number 121: June 1998. p 31.
- ^ 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, "I fear the Greeks baring breasts", The Independent Long Weekend, print 9 August 1997, p 27; and Gerard Gilbert, "Today's Television", The Independent, 1 August 1997.
- ^ Thomas Sutcliffe. "Last Night". The Independent. 11 August 1997.
- ^ Long Eaton Advertiser. (Derbyshire, England). 7 August 1997. p 8.
- ^ David Aaronovitch. "Television: Bliss was it in that Dawn to be alive". The Independent. 16 August 1997.
- ^ Long Eaton Advertiser. (Derbyshire, England). 14 August 1997. p 8.
- ^ Jasper Rees. "He is the very model of a modern TV historian". The Independent. 3 December 1997.
- ^ Christopher Dunkley. "The midsummer blues" in "Television". The Financial Times. 20 August 1997. p 7.
External links
[edit]- Game of War at IMDb