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.

The Challenge Cup final shown really put an end to the argument for bringing back contested scrums. Messy would be putting it nicely.

But other than that a really good set of programs.

I cant seem to get the other documentary on iplayer....really wanna see it now

That was Rugby League Porn last night, as much as we criticise the Beeb you can't fault them for this, dedicating a channel to the Greatest Game, nice one.

Waring was the 60s/70s version of Stevo.

In 20 years time they'll probably make a similar programme about Stevo. Highlighting his early days as a very good player, his ambition and foresight in moving to aus, his transition from player to journalist, his return to GB in the 90's to pioneer a bold new approach to RL broadcasting (contrasting it to the beeb's amateurish coverage featuring Waring and French), the way he single handedly saved the game in 1995 by pushing through the switch to summer rugby. He'll be portayed as being almost universally popular apart from with a few petty, small minded purists.

They might also say...

"Stevo also single-handily saved the monologue through his habit of being asked a question by Eddie Hemmings in front of one camera, and then staring into a totally different camera to answer, interspersed with ludicrously-overblown montages of Matt King and Kevin Sinfield".

One thing was VERY obvious from the Eddie waring documentary

He could see where the game could go and how it could be developed.

The people running the clubs and the RL council couldn't , wouldn't, didn't.

Has anything REALLY changed?