Talk:History Detectives

BBC version
Anyone know if the BBC programme of the same name  (2007-2008) was an officially licensed version? I presume so as the format sounds very similar. We even had our own Tube Alloys programme , akin to the US Manhattan Project episode  :-)137.222.142.27 (talk) 17:23, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Meaning of title
Somehow I doubt "history detective" (as in "a group of history detectives") is an encyclopedic term; then again, I've never seen the show. Are they archaeologists or what? --Scimitar parley 14:55, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Huh? This is the title of the show in question - who cares what your opinion of it is. Yeah, it is pretty clear that you've never seen the programme. Only good thing is that this article hasn't been rewritten in UK English. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.1.168.113 (talk) 03:12, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

There are two appraisers (one with an academic background in archeology, the other I don't know), a historian, and a sociologist.

They are like history experts I'am not really sure sorry. It runs on PBS. --Maoririder 14:59, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Comments about
It's a pretty interesting show. Imagine finding something in garage sale and you believe that it has historical significance but don't know how to proceed. What they do is they try and find out the history of the object and its importance by traveling all over the country, going to archives, trying scientific methods. etc. It's been on for 3 years now. --Dysepsion 01:58, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

It's a unique way to present history, on a personal side. For a regular viewer, like myself, I've noticed once in awhile that they repeat a segment from the previous season, like the recent one on the origins of Mickey Mouse. -Lugnut215 22:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * way to PC, and its obvious there pushing an agenda. there not even close to being objective. which is to bad the concept had great potental Brian in denver (talk) 17:51, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Think this last commentator is on the right track - the stories are getting harder and harder to take as the political views of the presenters and "experts" are becoming more blatent, much more so in the current 2010 season. They also make some blatent mistakes - like mixing up towns in Illinois and Indiana with the same name in a recent story. It really is too bad as the concept is really good and complements Antiques Roadshow in many ways.

Only in the summer?
The article states that this show airs only in the summer. This isn't true everywhere as I can watch it any time of year on almost any day (at least for WGBH Boston). Before I edit this part I wanted to see if what the author meant was that first run (i.e. new) episodes are shown only in the summer but reruns are shown year round. Mantisia 02:19, 9 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I was the one who added this. Go ahead and edit it. I have heard that their are reruns in some areas, outside the summertime. I wish they did in my area, unfortunately not. Lugnut215

Mistakes
History Detectives has been known to make careless mistakes in their commentary that are never corrected. An example of this is Season 4, Episode 5, "U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS", in which the host, Wes Cowan, repeatedly refers to a sakura (cherry) blossom on a Japanese military patch as a "chrysanthemum". -Snen, 17 August 2007.

I don't see why this has been put in the discussion section, it is a well documented fact as listed above. It is unacceptable for a "history" researcher to continuously make a mistake like this, especially when consulting experts in this field, and this should be made aware to the public. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.180.36.76 (talk) 09:50, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

In last nights episode about the WW2 Diary, they kept showing a B-17 Flying Fortress when they were talking about the B24 liberator. Makes you wonder how serious they take there research? HK747 (talk) 14:47, 1 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, they certainly aren't unique in this aspect. You can probably rest assured that just about any media "professional" generally doesn't really know or care what the differences betweeen a B-17 or B-24 are (they're both killing machines after all). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.1.168.113 (talk) 03:18, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Incidental music
Another song frequently sampled for incidental music on the show is Calexico's "Quattro", from the album Feast of Wire. 121a0012 (talk) 04:53, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Ain't been new shows for years
How about changing the last paragraph-sentence in the lede so it's more accurate and up-to-date ?

How 'bout something like:
 * Though not officially cancelled and still being shown on some PBS stations, no new shows have been made since 2014.

Thoughts ? 2600:8800:784:8F00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 20:41, 7 July 2020 (UTC)