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[ghost of miles]

20 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Thought that series was a bit patchy - nowhere near as good as World At War. Having said that - I bought the book.

I can't really render any final comparison to TWAW after having watched only five episodes of Cold War, but I have found myself wishing that the episodes could have emulated World At War's 52-minute length.  Cold War episodes are 46 minutes--a shorter length, I'm sure, to accommodate CNN's 1998 allowances for commercial breaks.  Two fewer episodes overall than World At War as well. 

[sidewinder]

Yep, the episode lengths were set at the time per the requirements of US commercial stations (CNN?) as distinct from UK terrestrial stations. I don't think that helped.

Edited January 29, 2016 by sidewinder