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Originally Posted by Moggy
I love the WWI book series as well, they just ooze Derek Robinson!
Strangely enough though, I never got on with the Piece of cake TV series made. It just lacked a certain something (Hurricanes aside) which the book captured brilliantly.
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Funnily enough, it was the serious that led me to the books! I mean the book itself far exceeds the series, but I loved watching the series, and I still have the VHS box-set (which I have since upgraded to DVD). I know that many people couldn't get along with the characters, including certain veterans, and until Paul Richey passed away, there was an ongoing lawsuit with Robinson regarding the event where Hart's props snap (which Richey's lawyer claimed was taken from his book).
Whilst on the subject, Paul Richey's book is another brilliant read too (funnily enough, I was able to pick up the original version qute cheaply, and it's intersting to see how all the names are blanked out because of the war).