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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3446389, member: 93416&quot;]Sounds like you guys were spared the BBC&#039;s &quot;Bonekickers&quot; – if that counts?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/nov/24/bonekickers-axed-bbc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/nov/24/bonekickers-axed-bbc" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/nov/24/bonekickers-axed-bbc</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree it was &quot;mind-boggingly dreadful&quot; - but can add a bit of background (I take all this from memory)</p><p><br /></p><p>I was contacted before it started by a research assistant for the outfit who wanted to buy a replica of a coin of &quot;King Mamluq of Egypt&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So, having pointed out the Mamluqs were a dynasty, not a guy, I added that I could supply a real example - for GBP 3 plus postage.</p><p><br /></p><p>I expected to have my hand snatched off – but no - I was asked for a scan. Duly sent, but I got back no reply at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>So about a year later I saw the first episode advertised in the Radio Times, and tuned in. Got to see an attractive young female in a trench excitedly holding up a coin of a (medieval Islamic) “King Mamluq” - followed by a close up of the item – which seemed to be a Sasanid drachm of Khusru II.</p><p><br /></p><p>I stuck with it a bit longer, and they dug up more coins. As best as I could tell, it seemed that “King Mamluq” also struck some (fake) Black Sea Greek issues…………..</p><p><br /></p><p>Lord Reath set up the BBC to offer “All that is best in every department of human knowledge, endeavour and achievement.”</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Reith,_1st_Baron_Reith" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Reith,_1st_Baron_Reith" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Reith,_1st_Baron_Reith</a></p><p><br /></p><p>What went wrong?</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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