There's been some good ones of late. The revival in interest of that amazing story from the 70', A Lion called Christian, all the more interesting to me because I've had the original book since it came out in 1972. Nan brought this back for us from London, after one of her trips. I've always loved this tale of two Aussies in London, buying a lion from Harrods and eventually returning this 5th generation in captivity lion to the wild. Its reappearance on youtube had me spellbound, particularly as I hadn't seen any of the reunion footage. Then a program on tellie the other night retold the story in its entirety. I checked out the Born Free website and found that they seem to be involved with lots of rescue work. Good stuff.
Loving Who do you think you are? at the moment. So many good stories - particularly enjoyed the Colin Jackson episode. He was so enthusiastic and interested in all the history he learned and the people he encountered. The show is inspiring me to pick up again with family history research. Scotland, Devon, London and Ireland, among other spots, here I come (one day!)
And to stories fictional ... I watched an episode of Star Trek Enterprise the other day that was done really well. Carbon Creek has T'Pol telling the story of the Vulcans first encounter with humans in the 50's. Is it a family story or is it perhaps T'Pol's own story? As she says at the end, well, you asked for a story ... a great episode from the Star Trek franchise that works the best for me.
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