[TV] Victoria's empire op BBC

Queen Victoria never visited her Empire. She was the very epicentre of it, so why should she? So, more than a century after her death, Victoria Wood is going to go and have a look for her.

Humorous and grave in equal measures, it is an epic journey that takes viewers on a breathtaking tour of the old Empire, beginning in India and continuing through Hong Kong, Borneo, Ghana, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Australia and Zambia, on the look-out for the residual evidence that we were there.

Victoria talks to people who have first-hand experience of the impact of the Brits or who have anecdotal evidence of our activities abroad. Viewers hear stories of remarkable deeds, listen to long-held grievances and sometimes just experience the places for what they are. This remarkably illuminating journey of a lifetime is told in three one-hour films.

Programme one takes in India, Hong Kong and Borneo and Calcutta is the first stop on Victoria's journey.

She takes a taxi through the city to see the extent of the British residue among the colours and textures of this marvellous place. She chats with Indian resident Toby Sinclair and discovers the intriguing way we learned local languages, and the legacy that will allow India to become an economic super power.
Then it's up to Darjeeling, where British women would avoid the intensity of the Calcutta summers, and where taking tea wasn't the only diversion in the long, often-lonely, summer nights.
The next stop is Hong Kong, where Victoria visits a vet to discuss the Chinese and British polar attitudes towards pets and has her love life analysed by a fortune teller.
Borneo brings Victoria face to face with the descendent of a chief head hunter, a local solidified bird-spit delicacy and a baby orang-utan's first attempts at climbing.

Hik	woensdag 2 januari 2008 @ 14:23
	Tijdens het buishangen gedurende deze kerstperiode zapte ik toevallig in Victoria's empire, een geweldig travel programma van de BBC (God, wat maken die lui toch mooie dingen), waarbij een mij onbekende comedienne de voormalige delen van het Britse rijk af reist. Zij is erg Brits (zowel in humor als bermuda's) en de aflevering geweldig en ontroerend (over het slavenverleden in Ghana en Jamaica). Het hielp natuurlijk dat ik net in Ghana was geweest en dat ik het slavenfort van Elmina óók een hele heftige gebeurtenis vond, maar ook de rest van de reeks (van Nova scotia tot India tot Zambia) moet erg de moeite waard zijn. Omdat ik toch weer vergeet te kijken heb ik 'm gelijk maar besteld (hijs alleen een beetje out of order). Aanrader! Over een andere aflevering: quote: Queen Victoria never visited her Empire. She was the very epicentre of it, so why should she? So, more than a century after her death, Victoria Wood is going to go and have a look for her. Humorous and grave in equal measures, it is an epic journey that takes viewers on a breathtaking tour of the old Empire, beginning in India and continuing through Hong Kong, Borneo, Ghana, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Australia and Zambia, on the look-out for the residual evidence that we were there. Victoria talks to people who have first-hand experience of the impact of the Brits or who have anecdotal evidence of our activities abroad. Viewers hear stories of remarkable deeds, listen to long-held grievances and sometimes just experience the places for what they are. This remarkably illuminating journey of a lifetime is told in three one-hour films. Programme one takes in India, Hong Kong and Borneo and Calcutta is the first stop on Victoria's journey. She takes a taxi through the city to see the extent of the British residue among the colours and textures of this marvellous place. She chats with Indian resident Toby Sinclair and discovers the intriguing way we learned local languages, and the legacy that will allow India to become an economic super power. Then it's up to Darjeeling, where British women would avoid the intensity of the Calcutta summers, and where taking tea wasn't the only diversion in the long, often-lonely, summer nights. The next stop is Hong Kong, where Victoria visits a vet to discuss the Chinese and British polar attitudes towards pets and has her love life analysed by a fortune teller. Borneo brings Victoria face to face with the descendent of a chief head hunter, a local solidified bird-spit delicacy and a baby orang-utan's first attempts at climbing.
DutchTrain	woensdag 2 januari 2008 @ 16:47
	Nog niet gezien. Bijna klaar met kijken naar die andere BBC serie waarin iemand op de motor van Cairo naar Kaapstad rijdt... deze lijkt me ook wel aardig. Dank voor de tip
Hik	donderdag 3 januari 2008 @ 11:48
	Niemand anders die het heeft gezien? Jammer! Ik krijg net een berichtje van de BBC shop dat de DVD is opgestuurd!
UIO_AMS	donderdag 3 januari 2008 @ 12:39
	quote: Op donderdag 3 januari 2008 11:48 schreef Hik het volgende: Niemand anders die het heeft gezien? Jammer! Ik krijg net een berichtje van de BBC shop dat de DVD is opgestuurd! Gezien! Mooi stuk over Ghana, dat van Jamaica heb ik minder op mijn netvlies staan.
Hik	donderdag 3 januari 2008 @ 13:57
	Ik moest halverwege weg, dus van Jamaica heb ik maar een heel klein stukje gezien. Mooie quote uit het Ghana deel (mijn eigen woorden, zij zei het vast veel mooier). [terwijl ze met een taxi door het bomvolle centrum van Accra rijdt] "According to my taxi driver, Ghana ought to be a very rich country, with all the minerals and gold. But it's the politicians ruining it every time and putting the money in their own pockets. Then again, that is pretty much what every taxi driver all over the world claims. But at least this one is not complaining about all the blacks in the streets.."
UIO_AMS	donderdag 3 januari 2008 @ 14:03
	Ja, dat herinner ik me ook nog.