Just occasionally, the BBC is prone to hiding superb pieces of work on the News Channel in 30-minute slots that I fear few people ever watch.
Jeremy Paxman had one of those this weekend. His Our World documentary, meeting three veterans of the wars Britain is still fighting, was one of those. Paxman often gets criticised for the way he goes after politicians, making it easy to forget he’s actually a gifted interviewer.
But here he meets a paratrooper, a TA member now back in civilian life, and a soldier who sacrificed his sight to save six of his friends. He uncovers real insight about life on the front line and the difficulties of adjusting to a civilian life when many members of the public neither understand nor genuinely care about what has been done in their name.
Fortunately, the brilliant BBC iPlayer means everyone has another chance to see the programme. At the moment it’s available until Saturday evening.
