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Royalty Magazine was launched in 1981 for the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.    
Royalty now covers news about Royals from Europe, Africa, The Middle East, and Asia.

Originally posted by Nick1986 No, it's from Channel 4. Very old repeats of the show are sometimes shown on the History Channel (usually late at night, after all the dreck about Jewish Nazi Martians, Fat Redneck Truckers, and Foul Mouthed Lumberjacks)

Oh. Still wouldn't let me view it. I'm in the wrong country.

"The uploader has not made this video available in your country." That's what it says. That's what many of them say. Well, those from BBC and S4C anyway. Is it from BBC?

Thanks for the effort. Hazel

Originally posted by hazel Originally posted by TheAlaniDragonRising Originally posted by hazel Some day computers and television will be totally combined. They are working on it. I can get BBC radio on the computer - IF I can remember to add six hours. :-) I think that time can't come quick enough. Not that it will make me watch more shows unless the standard of shows improves considerably. I do tend to listen to the odd radio station on-line.  Standards improve??????????????

Hahahahahahah!!! exactly, hazel, don't hold your breath.

Originally posted by hazel Some day computers and television will be totally combined. They are working on it. I can get BBC radio on the computer - IF I can remember to add six hours. :-)

I think that time can't come quick enough. Not that it will make me watch more shows unless the standard of shows improves considerably. I do tend to listen to the odd radio station on-line. 

Originally posted by hazel I was never watching the idiot box much before they switched us to digital - meaning forcing us to buy cable. I just didn't feel it was worth some $80 a month to watch the news when I can get it on radio, in newsletters, etc. There are some good programs on cable. However, friends who have it tell me they are quite repetitious. Do you get a lot of repetition of programs there?

I doubt there are many places where repartition doesn't occur, especially these days due to economic circumstances. There are times when such repartition comes in handy, but I must admit there are times when it can be a pain. What I do is pick and choose and leave the rest to those who are interested. Alternatively many good shows can be viewed through on-line services for those who want to catch up on shows already shown, so I guess in that way it isn't that necessaries to have a television set to watch them.   

Originally posted by hazel Originally posted by TheAlaniDragonRising Originally posted by hazel I'll have to admit to a bit of ignorance there. Who is Tony Robinson? Perhaps someone connected with Young Archaeologists Club, of which I also know nothing. Hello again, hazel, Tony Robinson, is an actor and comedian, but also important in this case as presenter of a very popular archaeological show in Britain called Time Team. Ah, thank you. I am afraid we do not get the British shows.   Well, first, I do not shelter a television set in my home but that's neither here nor there. We do not generally hear from BBC. They tell me it has something to do with copyrights. This is something I really do not understand because many friends in Britain tell me they watch our shows. How that works is beyond me.

Oh that's a real shame about not being able in your area. I know that there are British shows showing in America, but I'm ignorant of the intricacies of American television so I can't comment further, and would have to hope someone more enlightened would be able to shed more light on the situation. However as you do not shelter a television then maybe such information might be immaterial. 

Originally posted by hazel I'll have to admit to a bit of ignorance there. Who is Tony Robinson? Perhaps someone connected with Young Archaeologists Club, of which I also know nothing.

Hello again, hazel, Tony Robinson, is an actor and comedian, but also important in this case as presenter of a very popular archaeological show in Britain called Time Team.

Do you have any kids Hazel? A good way of getting them interested in history is getting them to join the Young Archaeologists' Club. I've still got my badge somewhere but never met Tony Robinson
http://www.yac-uk.org/

Originally posted by TheAlaniDragonRising Originally posted by hazel Originally posted by TheAlaniDragonRising Originally posted by hazel Thank you. I'll take another look at American Heritage on my next trip to B&N. I do get History Today and it is "the greatest". Despite being British (or, maybe because?) it does do American stories which I enjoy. I just wanted to find a similar one done in America. Nothing wrong with being patriotic, is there? :-) Go for it, Hazel, there's nothing wrong with being patriotic, as long as it doesn't end in fanaticism.   Oh, I agree there. No emotional,shouting, "holier than thour", flag-waving fanatacism. What started this? I sit here looking at my magazines and am amazed at how many of them come from Britain. Now, I like my British cousins very much and I am proud of what they produce but I keep asking how this happens. Surely we do as well. But, I go through the racks and I don't find anything similar. Who knows where the fault lies? Not I. I just keep hoping. It has been noted that we in Britain live somewhat in the past in some regards, and I guess those who might have run an empire have such tendencies. Only the other day the question was asked in regards to the large number of historical dramas. I don't think there's too much wrong in dipping a toe in such tendencies, as long as you don't plunge both feet in at the expense of looking to the present and the future.

I'll get scolded now for going off-topic but, if you like to read, there is a ponderous book out called "Postwar" by Tony Judt. It is the story of Europe after WW II, how the many nations coped and/or didn't cope. There is a section in it telling how BBC worked to help restore pride in British culture when everything seemed to be going down the tube. We sometimes get a taste of what BBC provides on NPR radio but not enough, I fear. Anyway, please don't lose that. It's what make Britain special.