i'd love to see any old rugby league,scrumdown etc ,i suppose if we campaigned long and hard we might get some shown on espn classic as we did last year IIRC?
i have quite a few huddersfield games on VHS which im hoping to try and get onto dvd from the 90's always worth watching that 30-0 at keighley in the cup now and again

Think it is/was available on demand on BT Vision or summat along those lines. The differences in that era and the modern game are startling, particularly in terms of an attacking line.

Cheers for that terrific link, Paul!

Not only is there Wakey's triumph in the Yorkshire Cup '92 final against Sheffield on there, but there's also the semi final against Fev! Amazing stuff. My dad had taken me to a few matches before then, but that was the game that really got me hooked on RL. I was only seven and I still remember plenty, but I'm going to have to buy it.

There is another RL documentary to come from the Beeb according to this link... www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/georgeriley/ ... e_way.html

There is another RL documentary to come from the Beeb according to this link... www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/georgeriley/ ... e_way.html

BT does have some CC finals in their catalogue, but their sport section is horrendously organised. There's lots of stuff on there, but its all under the genre of 'football', so its near impossible to find stuff.

I dont want to pay for them from Micron, I already paid for them with my liscence fee.

I'd agree in principle although I'm guessing the wording in the fine print on the TV license may disagree

The BBC should launch a 'classic sport' channel. They must have literally millions of hours of sporting archives that they could show.

Can anyone tell me why most of that documentary was filmed in a derelict building?, or was that to enhance the Northern Stereotype????

BBC rugger boys again

Agreed. Or a BT Vision style catalogue on iPlayer. I would imagine large portions of their entire back-catalogue of broadcasting will be digital now anyway, so I can't see it uploading it onto the net being a massive chore or expense. Literally millions of hours of broadcasting with a sizeable core audience and little work or effort required on their part.

Heck, we could get a sort of club going on here; a bunch of us agree, for example, to watch the 1985 CC Final at 8pm on a Friday during the close season and have a good chat about it on here like what usually happens when there's a match on Sky. The next week it would be the 1986 CC Final. I'm sure there's others as sad as me on here who'd like that concept.

Don't be daft. Was a good, professional documentary. I'm usually one of the first to knock the BBC on its RL coverage, but even I can't complain about that documentary.

I don't know, but when the BBC interviewed the party leaders individually in the run up to the elections they did so in a large empty office. I thought that was poignant, reflecting all the offices and work places across the country that were now empty thanks to the way the country had been run.

What themes did the second doco delve into?

Such a shame at the end. It's quite upsetting when you relate that to people you know who have been affected by it. Very sad that he withered away in the manner he did. And a real nice touch by at Headingley in the applause he received.

I'm all the better for watching that. Respect to him for doing what he did, he came across as a man who was ahead of his time before he got involved in TV type work.

Best thing I've seen on TV for a very long time. There will only be one Mr Rugby League and a true character.

Just watched the Eddie Waring documentary.....was very impressed with it and he was ahead of his time in the way the game was ran...and as for taking the mic...he got more airtime for RL by doing over shows and the way that the 1895 club treat him was disgusting,what a utter bunch of to$$ers.

The other documentary was good as well....starjumps for training but well done to the BBC for 2 superb documentary.