'The Boat That Rocked'

dvmedia

Really good film losely based on Radio Caroline. (Analoguesat, this is a 'must view' for you!!)

8/10 - Would have given it a 10 but there was no central plot.. and the plots seemed flimsy - but given the subject matter I don't mind much

rolfw

Will definitely watch this, as being a child of the late fifties and sixties, I remember all of the music involved and was a fan of most of the Caroline DJs. Before Caroline all we had was Radio Luxembourg fading in and out in the evening.

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Analoguesat

Ding Ding!



hate going to the cinema so am waiting for it to come out on DVD.

Radio Caroline provided a lot of the props for the set off Ross Revenge. Lots of info and pics:

_http://www.rossrevenge.co.uk/boatthatrocked/boatthatrocked.htm

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Channel Hopper

I knew the 'extra-terrestrials' behind this one.

Southern and the Alien
Although TV piracy involving a home-made transmitter does occur, these only reach a very small section of the population, running into the hundreds, possibly thousands. The most famous and best-documented TV piracy incidents involve the hijacking of existing broadcasters’ transmitters, so that many more people can be reached.

An early example occurred in the UK, at 5:12 pm on November 26, 1977, at a time when public interest in UFOs and aliens was running high. During the news, being read by Ivor Mills, a voice, accompanied by what one witness termed a ‘bopping sound’, interrupted the broadcast (the picture remained of the newsreader) and introduced itself as “Vrillon, representative of the Ashtar Galactic Command.” The broadcast lasted five-and-a-half minutes, during which time the voice announced that “for many years you have seen us as lights in your skies… we speak to you now in peace”, warned against the use of nuclear weapons and stated that humanity had “but a short time to learn to live together in peace and goodwill,” before it destroyed itself.

It was apparently transmitted over the entire Southern Television ITV region using the VHF transmitters (the UK used both UHF and VHF transmitters at the time, radiating the same programmes). It is thought that the pirate transmitter was aimed at a receiver high up the VHF distribution chain, and a signal sent that overpowered the ‘official’ signal from the television station.

The transmission also apparently occurred at a time when the IBA’s monitoring facility was being moved from one location to another, which may have resulted in the broadcast going initially unnoticed, the fact that it was in sound only, leaving the vision untouched, making it even more difficult to spot.

UFO pundits on talk-shows during the following week assured listeners that the broadcast was “almost certainly genuine”, as it contained names, concepts and phrases that occurred frequently in alleged ‘contactee’ experiences.

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"

rolfw

Yes, same here, I only tend to watch special effects films at the cinema and even then it has to be in the daytime when the kids are at school.

They have apparently got the atmosphere right, so will be interesting to watch.

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compufunk

I thought I was the only cranky fart that didn't like to go to Cinema. When I go, there is always someone near me who either talks through the whole movie, or eats their popcorn or sweets very loudly. Very irritating

Looking forward to seeing this film on DVD

EDIT: I forgot to mention the person who sits behind you and puts their knees / feet up on the back of your chair, then keep moving them about through the film. Great fun

Topper

You are definitely in good company on this board.

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dvmedia

It should be understood that I don't go to the cinema regularly.. but this was actually SO worth it

Amazing acting from Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Chris 'O Dowd & Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd!) and Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz star and one of my favorite actors, Nick Frost!!!!

Obviously being born in '89 makes me slightly.. er.. not Radio Caroline era - but a cracking film never-the-less.. amazing to see how it was once-upon-a-time.

The government is portrayed in a very funny way

dvmedia

Trailers guys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb0LX...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnQc3lO4JDs

PaulR

Must say that I'm looking forward to seeing the film.

There were, of course, TWO Radio Carolines. One somewhere in the North Sea and the other just off the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. It was the second one that influenced me and, although I didn't listen under the bedclothes - I was much more brazen than that at home, I can distinctly remember taking a transistor radio into school and listening to it during break and lunch times.

PaulR As I get older I find myself thinking about the hereafter - I go into a room and then wonder what I'm here after.

pgh13

Course, the North ship closed down at 7:00pm so I had a 40" frame aerial to help pull in the South ship

Analoguesat

I used to listen to caroline a bit during the mid 1980's. The signal wasnt brilliant in the Midlands, but Laser 558 put a HUGE signal into the Stafford area My car radio was almost always tuned into Laser, and I still fondly remember the "Eurosiege85" updates from Charliew Wolf and the 558 gang.

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Analoguesat

When Caroline came back on in 1983ish I spent a couple of hours scaning one end of the medium wave band to the other looking for them - for you youngsters on the forum the newspapers didnt publish frequencies and this was long before the internet made information so easy to get to.

Of course I started at the wrong end of the band

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PaulR

Not frequencies back then - wavelength!

PaulR As I get older I find myself thinking about the hereafter - I go into a room and then wonder what I'm here after.