Really looking forward to this – have read in a couple of places that this is going to be good. Fingers crossed!

Channel 4 – 9pm.

Ta for reminder need to set the Sky+

It does look good.
Looking forward to it.

I’m in.

Video set as there’s no way Mrs RBIT will watch anything with subtitles (hence whole second series of The Bridge waiting to be watched). She did manage reasonably well with subtitles Serbo-Croat in the Last Panthers mind you.

I’ve been looking forward to this since I saw the advert for the first time about a month ago.

Been having German lessons since September, they’ll not be any use though unless there is a scene in a bar or hotel where the lad is chatting someone up by asking them personal questions (as that’s about as far as I’ve got).

Set to record, just about to start the latest series of homeland too, I can only binge watch series these days

Video set

UK ’83?

Clashes with War & Peace… which one is best?

Trailer for this looks excellent. Is on series record!

Lots of 80’s sunth pop too

Lots of 80’s sunth pop too

Is that the German equivalent of Synth Pop? 😆

No, New Zealand equivalent…

We’re having to watch a Michael McIntyre DVD because my wife doesn’t do subtitles, so I’ll be watching it on a slight delay.

1983 (year that is) is just too recent to me so I am not watching that but might do later on …

I prefer BBC1 period drama (think that’s what they are called) ‘War & Peace’.

I think it might have something to do with the rise of Leon Trotsky … lefties “godfather” … 😆 edit: … or not …

Grrr its got that bastid from Unser Mutter Unser Vater in!

And another! Son of the General Edal

I keep putting my hands over my eyes!

I’m watching.

Just finished reading team Yankee and a whole load of other “what if” cold war books, so this is well timed!

No, New Zealand equivalent…

That could get lost in STW but, yes, very good missus! 🙂

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That was so, so good. That lunchtime scene was super tense!

Will be going back for more of that!

Oddly, I spent a fair amount of time in West Germany around then, and owing to my Grandfather’s job at the time, went to a few BBQs/garden parties at high ranking German officer’s houses, and that location looked utterly perfect.

Not very conducive to an early night. I’m full of excitement now!

We’re having to watch a Michael McIntyre DVD

WHAT on earth have you done to deserve that ???? 🙄

Just finished reading team Yankee and a whole load of other “what if” cold war books, so this is well timed!

Team Yankee – that takes me back! That along with red storm rising and Chieftains…

Have you tried Andy Farmans ‘Armageddons song’ series yet? Harvey Black’s ‘effect’ series being very good too.

Anyone identify the tune at the first ad break?

There’s a playlist – might be in here:

Needed a double bill! Likewise flash, my Great Uncle was Chairman of Bayer and we used to Summer at their house sometimes. My cousins and I would play ‘army’ most days and due to them being German we decided on Russians as the common enemy. Anyway, one hot evening my Aunt & Uncle were hosting a party just like the one in the episode. In the heat of stick Tommy gun battle I forgot our compromise and flew round the the corner to a packed terrace of German industrialists screaming ‘Kill the German Bastards!’ (insert fake machine gun noise), realised my error, kept running to the treehouse and stayed there till they all left.

Anyone identify the tune at the first ad break?

Peter Schilling, major Tom?

Read all the armageddon’s. Good books for night shifts but kinda got carried away with some of the story lines. Just ordered a hard back of ww3 1983 that team Yankee is based around looking forward to it!

‘Kill all the…’.

Didn’t Russia account for 4 out of 5 of all German soldiers killed?

I’m going with the Chinese lady is American and the US Generals insistance that he knows the new first Lieutenant is a plant/test as the General spotted tampering with his briefcase. The ‘hello, remember X and X etc’ were to confirm western fears.

Abit like the boathouse at the Regiment?

Chinese girl a plant by the East to shore up his cover.

The American arrival is a separate thread.

Possibly.

As last week, what was the music with the intro, something about falling, kamikaze etc. Any clues? It’s driving me mad !!

It’s getting better..

DrJ,
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As last week, what was the music with the intro, something about falling, kamikaze etc. Any clues? It’s driving me mad !!

Its been used in a mountain bike film, I know that much. 3 Minute Gaps?

Peter Schilling, Major Tom. Bought this, back in the day..

Am I the only one finding this show rather silly? I’m happy to suspend disbelief for the sake of a plot line/ setting, but some of the stuff in this (the tree, the phone call, the handing on of the disk) are so far fetched that the show has lost credibility. I’m aware that there’s some German ‘humour’ in it, but even so….

[video]https://youtu.be/N1Hs2AQwDgA[/video]

I definitely think his old comrade was a test to confirm he’s not legit. Chinese girl mmmmmmmmmmmm not sure where she fits in, too obvious for Red China. British maybe?Brilliant series so far though.

I want to see more 80s Opel cars.

I was going along the same lines as Flashy for the Chinese girl. Although maybe his steak and room number thing gave him away as being from the East.

Vinny – I kind of agree, but from some of the things I’ve read and watched, some pretty ridiculous things were used/carried out in the name of espionage. Identifying which is and isn’t real could be quite tricky.

Thanks. For some reason I was convinced it was something else. But it wasn’t 🙂