That Robespierre TV prog, and some radio...

[victoriavandal.livejournal.com]

The 90 minute programme 'Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution' is scheduled for broadcast on BBC2 on Saturday 11 July at 9pm - if there's anyone reading this in Britain who has the ability to record it and put it on youtube, please do - my computer is sadly too crap to handle that sort of thing. From the schedule date, I think the Supersizers Eat the French Revolution Saturday repeat will also be the same evening - so a bit of a theme there, then. In addition, there was a short discussion - that frankly didn't get anywhere - on Robespierre and Danton on BBC Radio 3's Night Waves review programme. Apparently, there's a book on Danton coming out, and the male historian was on discussing it with Ruth Scurr. She comes across as politely dismissive of the male Danton historian's assertions that Danton was 'every bit a male - Robespierre was far from that' (I think the male historian was about to say 'effeminate', then realised using 'feminine' in a pejorative way wasn't a good idea on a prog with a female presnter and a female historian!). The discussion is about 26 minutes into the programme, which is on 'listen again', and lasts 10 mins (if you can get it where you are) on this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ldsvm/Night_Waves_Danton_Peter_RandallPage_Michael_Goldfarb/

Of Terrible Or Not So Terrible Cinematographical Representations of Robespierre and the CSP...

[maelicia.livejournal.com]

To follow victoriavandal's post on Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution!: listened the audio and got the name of the actor playing Robespierre: Stephen Hogan.

After a little googling, I think I found photos...!

May I be the first to say that they didn't put a lot of budget on his wig.


Aw, Committee of Public Safety... I won't say anything. Like, how my only way to identify Couthon is that: he must the one in the wheelchair. Well, that sums up the usual "attribute" and "characteristic" given to Couthon. Now, where is Saint-Just...! Oh, the mysteries...!


I don't know why, but he kinda makes me think of Dennis DeYoung... -_-;