TNG episode getting UK terrestrial premier tonight?

Enkidu · Post by **Enkidu** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:00 pm

OK, those of you lucky enough to be British, and who have resisted the siren call of satellite telly, may have not have seen the TNG episode "The High Ground" which apparently has never been shown by the BBC. I certainly don't remember seeing it. It would appear that it's to be shown tonight during the BBC 2 late, late, late friday night TNG double bill.
It's been a long time since there was fresh Trek on the BBC....

Granitehewer · Post by **Granitehewer** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:02 pm

oooh cheers

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:07 pm

How have they taken so long to show it?

Granitehewer · Post by **Granitehewer** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:11 pm

must have slipped through the net

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:15 pm

The high Ground has a line where Data comments on the successes of terrorist campaigns in the past. Amongst these he lists "the Irish re-unification of 2020" (forget the date).

At the time, this was something of a sore spot in the UK since the folks in the IRA were still busily trying to kill those that didn't agree with them on this point.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:42 pm

The whole premise of the episode was "Provos in space", so it struck too close to home for the Beeb to show it. If an early episode of Enterprise scheduled for November 2001 had depicted a attack similar to 9/11 it would have been pulled too for the same reason.

Enkidu · Post by **Enkidu** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:43 pm

Just watched it on the video. They included the infamous line about terrorism succeeding in reuniting Northern Ireland in 2020.
It was all rather clumsy, IMO. Still, better than the accursed Q episode that formed the second part of the double bill.

Thorin · Post by **Thorin** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:59 pm

I feel asleep after Wossy was on, then slept like a baby for 14 hours!

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:40 pm

I'm sure it was shown over here. Although, I do live in Ireland so maybe we just don't take as much offence to it.
The British networks just overreacted to one line, that's all.

Enkidu · Post by **Enkidu** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:06 pm

According to Memory Alpha, RTE didn't show it. I have no idea if that is true, however, wikis been wikis.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:09 pm

I'm certain I saw it. Maybe not on RTE, but somewhere over here.

Thorin · Post by **Thorin** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:33 pm

I've definitely seen this episode at some point, and I'm in England. I remember that line, at least. The British networks overreact to everything. Political correctness gone mad.

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:38 pm

It was shown on satellite TV - Sky. In fact it has been several times.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:41 pm

That's probably where I saw it then.

Thorin · Post by **Thorin** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:41 pm

I don't have sky, which is the strange thing.