British members: Who watched "Days that Shook the World"?

The series wasn't shown here, but I can get a good deal on all 16 DVDs (in German, for €69), and think it would be great to use them in school. Did you find the series interesting? I'm presuming it was well-done, going by previous BBC documentaries. What do you think?

I've watched a few, i think it's on the Discovery Channel?!, in fact their still being shown now, but yes the ones i saw were very good Tricia!

Originally Posted by rosiemac

I've watched a few, i think it's on the Discovery Channel?!, in fact their still being shown now, but yes the ones i saw were very good Tricia!

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That's a relief. I checked the Web site again, and the offer expires today, so I ordered them. At the very least, I can deduct the expense for income tax purposes! I thought a lot of the topics covered (Lockerbie, MLK's and Kennedy's assassinations, Hiroshima, Watergate) would give the kids some background on stuff that happened long before they were born.

They'll be excellent for them Tricia!

The series sounds great!! Tell us what you think Tricia.

I went into school today and told my one class that I'd ordered them, and five of the students had, too! That's one-third of the class. We were talking about assassinations yesterday, and some of them also went home and looked for more details on JFK's and MLK's, and found the same Web site I did. A well-known German newspaper (Die Welt) is offering them. I guess I won't be showing the DVDs to that class. What we're wondering is if the DVDs have the original English, too. I hope so.
I bought the first season of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" on DVD last summer, and that also has French and Spanish, so I'm keeping the set at work as a "filler" in case a teacher is out/late and we don't get a substitute in time. One class has seen 3 45-minute episodes - two in English, and one in French, in the past two weeks, and another class watched an episode in Spanish yesterday, because public transport is the pits right now - it's so cold that a lot of trains have delays of one to two hours, or aren't running at all. People can't unlock or start their cars, either. I figure with 22 SVU episodes, and 32 "Days" reports, we'll have a lot to offer those who do make it in on time, and then have "nothing to do" while waiting for their classmates or teachers.