Jeremy Paxman: 'Our empire was an amazing thing'

[Christel]

5th and last episode this evening, 21.00 on BBC1.

[Dougan]

Was a good final episode, and as educational as the others.... I didn't realise the Mau mau uprising was so recent :?

The whole thing has been fascinating; and I agree with Paxman that the empire shouldn't be forgotton or denied - after all it's a major and important part of Britains' history...

[Christel]

I am pretty sure that some Mau Mau are suing the UK, read the headline somewhere recently.

Excellent ending to a brilliant series, I thought episode 3 and 4 lacked something but it really was very interesting, highly educational and gosh I have more questions now than I did before I started watching Empire :lol:

Empire ought to be compulsory viewing in schools. If you ask me

[rox]

I am pretty sure that some Mau Mau are suing the UK, read the headline somewhere recently.

Next time you're in the NRA front office take a look at the photos at the far end of the long counter. One of them is the Kenya team of 1965 (if memory serves) captained by David Drummond. Drummond developed the 'pseudo-gang' techniques and actually infiltrated the Mau Mau in the Aberdare forest. He captained the Kenya and East Africa Bisley teams several times, and was a winner of the McQueen. His story is the subject of the book 'Bwana Drum'. My uncle shot in his team the year after that photo, and I think they set a record for the Junior Kolapore.

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[Christel]

I am pretty sure that some Mau Mau are suing the UK, read the headline somewhere recently.

Next time you're in the NRA front office take a look at the photos at the far end of the long counter. One of them is the Kenya team of 1965 (if memory serves) captained by David Drummond. Drummond developed the 'pseudo-gang' techniques and actually infiltrated the Mau Mau in the Aberdare forest. He captained the Kenya and East Africa Bisley teams several times, and was a winner of the McQueen. His story is the subject of the book 'Bwana Drum'. My uncle shot in his team the year after that photo, and I think they set a record for the Junior Kolapore.

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Rox, thanks for that info. The history at Bisley is amazing!