Post by kingbort on Nov 21, 2020 20:32:13 GMT
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Crisis Command — Could You Run the Country? was a BBC2 role-playing interactive drama documentary which was based on realistic scenarios and dramatised situations that Britain could face one day. All episodes were first aired in 2004.
The programme gave three people the chance to run the country during a potential disaster. The crises included terror attacks on London, flood, plague and hostage taking. Viewers were able to make decisions interactively at the same time as the studio players. The programmes were filmed in real time and edited down to one-hour programmes. Each scenario was played once on BBC2, and then redone with a different set of "Ministers" on BBC4 immediately afterwards.
They receive advice from military, police and communication experts, but the final decisions are down to them alone. Presented by Gavin Hewitt, Crisis Command — Could You Run The Country? was a test of confidence and the ability to prioritise and keep calm in a tense and rapidly evolving situation.
It examined the dilemmas ministers face when dealing with crisis, and the hard decisions necessary to make to save lives.
Against the clock, the participants were able to call upon three advisors: military advisor Lord Tim Garden, communications adviser Amanda Platell and emergency services advisor Charles Shoebridge.
Now to this day only one episode exists on Youtube, Which is the Hijack pilot which can be found here www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjkSeuD-8yA the Hostage video did exist on Youtube at one point but was removed by the uploader.
The Hostage, Plague and Flood episodes are currently not online and I haven't found any evidence of anyone knowing where they are or if they have them. The BBC4 episodes with a different set of Ministers have never made an appearance too. I did watch all these episodes when younger (not the BBC4 ones) and did enjoy them, especially shouting at the Ministers when they did stupid things which you can see plenty of in the Hijack episode. So I'd like the final two episodes to be found so I could watch them again. If anyone has these episodes or knows anything about them or where to go, it would be lush!
Crisis Command — Could You Run the Country? was a BBC2 role-playing interactive drama documentary which was based on realistic scenarios and dramatised situations that Britain could face one day. All episodes were first aired in 2004.
The programme gave three people the chance to run the country during a potential disaster. The crises included terror attacks on London, flood, plague and hostage taking. Viewers were able to make decisions interactively at the same time as the studio players. The programmes were filmed in real time and edited down to one-hour programmes. Each scenario was played once on BBC2, and then redone with a different set of "Ministers" on BBC4 immediately afterwards.
They receive advice from military, police and communication experts, but the final decisions are down to them alone. Presented by Gavin Hewitt, Crisis Command — Could You Run The Country? was a test of confidence and the ability to prioritise and keep calm in a tense and rapidly evolving situation.
It examined the dilemmas ministers face when dealing with crisis, and the hard decisions necessary to make to save lives.
Against the clock, the participants were able to call upon three advisors: military advisor Lord Tim Garden, communications adviser Amanda Platell and emergency services advisor Charles Shoebridge.
Now to this day only one episode exists on Youtube, Which is the Hijack pilot which can be found here www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjkSeuD-8yA the Hostage video did exist on Youtube at one point but was removed by the uploader.
The Hostage, Plague and Flood episodes are currently not online and I haven't found any evidence of anyone knowing where they are or if they have them. The BBC4 episodes with a different set of Ministers have never made an appearance too. I did watch all these episodes when younger (not the BBC4 ones) and did enjoy them, especially shouting at the Ministers when they did stupid things which you can see plenty of in the Hijack episode. So I'd like the final two episodes to be found so I could watch them again. If anyone has these episodes or knows anything about them or where to go, it would be lush!
