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Mary Beard 'cut' from US version of Civilisations

• krona 8y ago
  I wish the entire series was just Simon Schama. Even though I disagree with his politics, at least he knows how to string a narrative together. Beard talks like she's reading a Wikipedia article, and the US editors noticed.
  • dogma1138 8y ago
    What exactly do you find objectionable with his political views? He’s an school British Labour Party liberal with the full meaning of that word behind him.
  • DrScump 8y ago
    His miniseries "The Story of the Jews" was fascinating.
• Cenk 8y ago
  > The BBC and PBS versions were made by the same production company, but the two broadcasters were each responsible for their final chosen edits.
• mkempe 8y ago
  PBS often edit UK-produced shows, or change the voice over, for their US audience. Whenever I've had the opportunity to compare the two versions, the British one has been vastly better -- less pompous, more intellectual, less fear-mongering, more curiosity-enhancing; also, including moments of silence. Further, unfortunately, PBS tend to cut material to fit within a shorter time-frame, e.g. a 60-minutes long drama or documentary will have lost about 5 minutes.
• calibas 8y ago
  Sounds like they didn't want to be too offensive towards Christians and risk even more conservative backlash. For a little context, the Republicans are currently trying to kill PBS.
  • r00fus 8y ago
    Haven't they always been gunning for PBS?