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I bump into this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8iHiQSWdaU
"The Modern Antiquarian" was made as a pilot for a proposed TV series based on the book. Written and presented by Julian himself, it was produced by critically acclaimed Icon Films and directed by John Booth."

Never seen this rare footage before and if my memory serves me well enough The Modern Antiquarian BBC programme was directed by Ian Pye. Anyone got any info about this?

I liked that a lot, thank you. I rather liked his shoes. And I rather liked the idea of him talking to himself, or rather the neolithic people talking to themselves, when he mentioned the stone that was good for dreaming on. I felt exactly the same way at Piggledene. I nearly had a snooze on one there.

Brilliant! Thank you.

Yes, excellent - - - stuff Werner Herzog. It would have been commissioned if Cope had written the commentary and it was voiced by the Welsh lady from Saxondale and the serious one from the Mighty Boosh, in tandem. I sleep beside a stone, all through the winter. It's just comfort like a child leaving the light on.

I remember the programme well. I still have the video and I even burned it onto DVD! Still looks and plays great.
I see someone has uploaded the whole programme onto Youtube in half a dozen bits or so. You can grab them all and make yourself a DVD of the whole thing if you wish.

Download yourself Realplayer here

http://uk.real.com/realplayer/

Or go to Benderconverter here (I prefer this way!)

http://benderconverter.com/

They both let you download the sections from Youtube, save them on your computer and then you can stick them on a DVD if you wish. Or just save them and watch them whenever. Or wait until the Drude (or the Copemeister or El-Coperino if your not into the whole brevity thing) haggles a wee deal from the production company and sticks it out as a DVD himself.

Great programme.

I just watched these again and they still seem as fresh and innovative as they did a decade ago - only it all makes sense now. I had not long moved away from London when I saw the programme first time round so while it was interesting a lot of it went over my head. The Silbury/Avebury/Polisher Stone bits are now engrained in my psyche so I am going to pick the Aberdeenshire visit as the part that fired me up this viewing. I didn't actually know about Dunydeer (the 'sacred' hill) or how the stone circles (all with a recumbent altar-like stone) are spread out around it.

I'll definitely be taking to the long and winding road back up to Scotland before too long.

Daniel wrote:
I bump into this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8iHiQSWdaU
"The Modern Antiquarian" was made as a pilot for a proposed TV series based on the book. Written and presented by Julian himself, it was produced by critically acclaimed Icon Films and directed by John Booth."

Never seen this rare footage before and if my memory serves me well enough The Modern Antiquarian BBC programme was directed by Ian Pye. Anyone got any info about this?

That is class, I have to get back in the field, I have lapsed too long!