The Animated History of Stonehenge

• Tim
  April 2nd, 2008 at 5:22 pm

  I’ve seen the BBC in action. Nothing they broadcast is worth a crap. They will blatantly lie about anything and rely on the fact that the public will not bother to fact check their data or question their methods. The BBC like all news media is not to be rusted…

• Viola
  April 2nd, 2008 at 5:26 pm

  Yeah! I don’t rust them either! … Anyhow, I think this is pretty damn neat. I’ve been to stonehenge and it was 20 below and boring as all hell and they wouldn’t let us past the gate because we were late for the tour… I much prefer this version.

• Yosh
  April 2nd, 2008 at 6:01 pm

  I love love love the BBC because of Planet Earth and their “Life of” series. They do documentaries right. “Power of Art” is also great.

• CheeseDuck
  April 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm

  Damn BBC! Stupid quality televsion!

• xander
  April 2nd, 2008 at 10:15 pm

  Wow that just shows a lot can happen in only 5000 years.

• Christophe
  April 2nd, 2008 at 10:27 pm

  theft????
  “well, constable, I’m just coming back from Stonehenge and I’d like to report indeed a 50 tons stone theft.”

• BizzSnif
  April 3rd, 2008 at 12:33 am

  Snooze. That was pretty boring. Post something about the universe.

• DanO
  April 3rd, 2008 at 5:56 am

  I like the BBC. It’s a lot more informative and a lot less opinionated then all the news in the USA.

• luke
  April 3rd, 2008 at 6:32 am

  Nothing better than watching a rock. What were they thinking.

• JoBo S
  April 3rd, 2008 at 10:26 am

  I wished there was a little more as to WHY it was built. I did like the animation to see what it looked like.

  I agree with Christophe “theft????” That didn’t really make sense to me either but maybe 50 ton stones were currancy or something

• jeffs
  April 3rd, 2008 at 11:17 am

  Tim - This research was not completed by the BBC but by archeaologists.

  To the stone thief theorists, stones would have been broken up first.

  Jobo - The reason there is no why is because nobody knows. We only have theories.

• Daily Panic
  April 3rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm

  “They are stones in a field and they charge you! Outrageous!”
  That is what I remember about Stonehenge, from my visit to England.

• Moodindigo
  April 4th, 2008 at 3:03 am

  The “theft” claim probably refers to the practice of chipping bits off the stones and taking the bits. It was fairly common when the stones were just open to the public. They put the fence up in the 80’s (I think) to stop people doing just that.

  For those who want to get right up to them however, there is a way you can. Since the Pagans made a fuss to the government the stones are open for two nights a year. Simply turn up in the evening on June 20th or December 20th for the Summer or Winter solstice. Then you can watch the dawn of the longest or shortest day over the stones.

  I would recommend the Summer one (Salisbury plain + middle of December = not a lot of fun). It’s a remarkable event, completely free and very well attended (4000+ people). I guarantee you will never forget it.

  One Cartman-esque warning though. You may never completely get the stench of hippy off of you.

• Todd
  April 4th, 2008 at 8:57 pm

  That’s some nice animation and crappy narration.
  ‘…hinting at their symbolic importance’ What the F does that even mean? It burns me every time there’s some garbage filler offered in places where study has not revealed a plausible purpose for something being the way it is. Say ‘we don’t know’ and get the respect of your audience, rather than trying to bamboozle them with non-statements.

• GQ
  April 7th, 2008 at 9:42 am

  “I’ve seen the BBC in action.”

  Wow, you mean you have an actual TELEVISION?!

  DUDE!

  LUCKY!

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