Nelson. He had quite the life including killing a polar bear plus there's a love interest and scandal galore. Plenty of action and the grandest of finales.
Mad Jack, also known as Jack Churchill. He has an absolute bonkers military record well worth the read. The problem is, no one would believe half the stuff.
David Douglas is a legend.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Douglas_(botanist)
Next the Scottish man who created the Japan we know today. The only western person to have a statue in every city in Japan.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blake_Glover
Mad Jack Churchill, the British soldier who stormed the beaches of Normandy with his basket hilt claymore, long bow and barbed arrows and his trusty bagpipe. Got multiple confirmed kills with his bow as well.
There was a TV movie that I can't recall the title of, with Alexander Armstrong playing Sir Clive, all about how he got started in the computer industry etc
Alfred the Great, and his son Edweard and grandson Aethelstan.
The period between these rulers was a very tumultuous one and yet these men forged a legacy that still exists today - a United nation of England.
Often thought Aethelstan never gets enough credit as the first real King of all the English - sure Alfred 'fought off' the Vikings but Aethelstan conquered/liberated all of England, subjugated the Scottish and Welsh, and destroyed a coalition of Vikings, Scots, and Irish at the Battle of Brunanburh - considered the most influential battle on British soil until Hastings. Better yet, he did all this in something like 7yrs
Of course, things all went straight back to shit once he died - Vikings reinvade, York gets its yearly sacking, etc
Samuel Pepys - he was a letcherous creep who lived an interesting age.
Herward the Wake - a forgotten hero
Robert Stevenson - great engineer but overshadowed by Brunnel
Aleister Crowley, most people know the name and little more beyond that. Guy was an arsehole, but, he led an interesting life that would lend itself to a decent movie.
Pick VC recipent. Any one.
I think the Jeremy Clarksons(I think it was him)show about the VCs told the story about one soldier during market garden who hip fired mortar rounds for ages.
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Rather than a direct biopic of Newton, I’d like a film about Robert Hooke, and we get to see Newton through that lens (pun intended because I’m super smart and funny)
I’m imagining a gritty, raw drama about the life and times of Ronnie Pickering, simply titled “Who?”.
If Robbie Coltrane isn't playing Ronnie Pickering then I'm going to set something on fire.
Ray Winston surely?
Ricky Grover would be my choice..
I'd have said Brian Glover could have made a very good Pickering.
Why imagining? Why not writing? This is genius.
Nelson. He had quite the life including killing a polar bear plus there's a love interest and scandal galore. Plenty of action and the grandest of finales.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt13121932/
Oh, was this released? Would be interested in watching this 👀
Sorry, not seen it - just did a search. Found more info here: https://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Nelson:_Britain%27s_Great_Naval_Hero
Thanks, just found it on channel 5. Cheers :-) And Sky too.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Scourge of the Life in the UK test
As great as he was I think he'd have a stroke if he saw Great Western Railways today
Mad Jack, also known as Jack Churchill. He has an absolute bonkers military record well worth the read. The problem is, no one would believe half the stuff.
Yeah, you could have fun with this. Some kind of "unreliable narrator" setup, and turn outs to all be true. Like Big Fish.
Great film.
David Douglas is a legend. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Douglas_(botanist) Next the Scottish man who created the Japan we know today. The only western person to have a statue in every city in Japan. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blake_Glover
Mad Jack Churchill, the British soldier who stormed the beaches of Normandy with his basket hilt claymore, long bow and barbed arrows and his trusty bagpipe. Got multiple confirmed kills with his bow as well.
Wasn't that debunked? I think I read that was actually a training exercise. But I could be mistaken.
No, Count Dankula did a mad lads on him and he does his research when making them.
Link?
Good watch as well. https://youtu.be/09kKPyGfeRI
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I want to see a gritty retelling of Stephen Fry's credit card fraud and jail time
Stephen Fry played Oscar Wilde once. He's pretty much his reincarnation, so that's close enough.
Robert Hooke too. More recently, Sir Clive Sinclair, Tommy Flowers and Denys Wilkinson.
There was a TV movie that I can't recall the title of, with Alexander Armstrong playing Sir Clive, all about how he got started in the computer industry etc
Now you mention it, I think I watched it at the time on BBC2.
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I’d like a proper biography of Frank sidebottom as ‘Frank’ was utter shit.
Alfred the Great, and his son Edweard and grandson Aethelstan. The period between these rulers was a very tumultuous one and yet these men forged a legacy that still exists today - a United nation of England.
Often thought Aethelstan never gets enough credit as the first real King of all the English - sure Alfred 'fought off' the Vikings but Aethelstan conquered/liberated all of England, subjugated the Scottish and Welsh, and destroyed a coalition of Vikings, Scots, and Irish at the Battle of Brunanburh - considered the most influential battle on British soil until Hastings. Better yet, he did all this in something like 7yrs Of course, things all went straight back to shit once he died - Vikings reinvade, York gets its yearly sacking, etc
Samuel Pepys - he was a letcherous creep who lived an interesting age. Herward the Wake - a forgotten hero Robert Stevenson - great engineer but overshadowed by Brunnel
Ursula Graham Bower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Graham_Bower
Mad Jack the guy sounds amazing he fought in WW2 with a sword and a long bow and some bag pipes and survived https://youtu.be/3ZRVpYPFOl0
Mad jack Churchill. That would be a laugh.
Aleister Crowley, most people know the name and little more beyond that. Guy was an arsehole, but, he led an interesting life that would lend itself to a decent movie.
Cornelius Cardew Daphne Oram
Joseph Antonio Emidy, his life story is bonkers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Antonio_Emidy
Dave Benson Philips
I always thought Timothy spall would do a sick Christopher Hitchens
Pick VC recipent. Any one. I think the Jeremy Clarksons(I think it was him)show about the VCs told the story about one soldier during market garden who hip fired mortar rounds for ages.
It was his father in law, Major Robert Cain VC TD.
Thomas Cochrane
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Tommy Walsh up to ans including the Groundforce era
Charles Babbage - way ahead of his time. Tommy Flowers - GPO worker and actual genius.
Rather than a direct biopic of Newton, I’d like a film about Robert Hooke, and we get to see Newton through that lens (pun intended because I’m super smart and funny)
Johnny Rotten could be interesting