There was an article that appeared, I think in the Daily Telegraph, about an ex-Army officer who is the military advisor on 'Downton Abbey'. On the Canadian Soldiers forum there has been some discussion about 'Bomb Girls', and someone called Dean who was an advisor. He implies that giving advice does not necessarily mean that the producers will take it.
The two programmes differ (I have not watched the second series of 'Downton Abbey' yet and gave up on 'Bomb Girls' after the first episode because it was so bad) in their attention to detail and getting it right.
In just about every war film and the like there are inaccuracies of some sort, and we could start a separate section on that. It's too bad the producers of these programmes don't take the time to research this aspect properly. After all, other aspects, such as domestic (for want of a better word) costumes seem well-researched. Why not the military? Perhaps it's because with the Army, at least, whether it be Canadian, British or whatever, there are so many variations and permutations of uniforms and badges that the producers end up going for something more generic because who's going to know? The average viewer isn't going to know - or care. However, we're all so finely tuned to this sort of thing that it rankles when they get it wrong.
OK, enough said.
David
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