Advent 21

Today we highlight the full dramatic possibilities of television. Made on a high budget and with the heroic ambition to honour the generation of Americans who saved Europe from itself, Band of Brothers is the peak of high production tv.

It was churlishly criticised by some observers for 'ignoring' the British contribution to D Day and beyond. Rot. It was an American celebration of American heroes. It is balanced and brilliant and properly moving. Donald Trump should be made to watch it on permanent loop until he understands that his should be the land of the free not the land of the blind.

As an incidental point of interest watch out for David Schwimmer playing against type in an unsympathetic role as a martinet career officer.