The Secrets of Scott's Hut

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Movie
Original title The Secrets of Scott's Hut
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 2011
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Tim Green
production Tim Green
Luned Tonderai

The Secrets of Scott's Hut is a British documentary produced by BBC Two and first broadcast in 2011.

TV journalist Ben Fogle traveled to Antarctica to report from there on Robert Falcon Scott's hut , which was built there in 1911 during his Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole .

content

Ben Fogle goes to the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, where Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition built a wooden hut at Cape Evans in 1911 . There, Fogle shows the efforts of a restoration team that lavishly restored and documented the hut and thousands of contemporary objects left behind on the expedition. Using old photos and records of the expedition and the remains in the hut, Fogle tries to understand the daily life of the expedition members.

The film also deals with Robert Falcon Scott's expedition and the tragically ended trip to the South Pole. Scott himself and the different portrayals of his personality over the decades are also touched upon. In addition, passages from old reports are recited. Scott is spoken by Kenneth Branagh , Tryggve Gran by Matthew Gravelle .

Fogle also visits the hut that was built by Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition in 1908 for wintering and shows the differences to Scott's hut. The location of an emergency shelter made of stones, in which several expedition members sought shelter during a snow storm, is also shown.

Charisma

The film first aired on BBC Two on April 17, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. There it was seen by 2.17 million viewers, making it the station's most watched program that day.

In addition, it was temporarily available as a stream via the BBC's online service ( BBC iPlayer ) .

reception

Rachel Cookes' film received negative reviews from the British magazine New Statesman . She described that she was bored with the film and criticized the fact that the film was repetitive, wandering aimlessly and, strangely, remained pointless. She also criticized Fogle's skills as a moderator.

David Butcher of the Radio Times, on the other hand, describes Fogle's retelling of Scott's tragic story as gripping and unspent through his use of the "amazing" objects in the hut, the diary excerpts and the "moving" photographs by expedition photographer Herbert Ponting .

In a review for The Arts Desk, Adam Sweeting was impressed by the “abundance of fascinating fragments of information” that Fogle's journey brought to light, but also criticized the fact that the film did not quite manage to fill its 90 minutes in a convincing way. He is also critical of Fogle's portrayal of Scott's motives and his attempts to "put Scott back on a pedestal".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Weekly Top 30 Programs. (No longer available online.) In: www.barb.co.uk. Broadcasters' Audience Research Board , archived from the original on May 11, 2011 ; Retrieved May 23, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.barb.co.uk
  2. ↑ Rachel Cooke: The Secrets of Scott's Hut. In: www.newstatesman.com. April 27, 2011, accessed December 20, 2012 .
  3. ↑ David Butcher: The Secrets of Scott's Hut. In: Radio Times . Retrieved December 20, 2012 .
  4. ^ Adam Sweeting: The Secrets of Scott's Hut, BBC Two. In: www.theartsdesk.com. April 17, 2011, accessed December 20, 2012 .

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