The COVID Cruise - tonight on TV

[OzCanuck]

Didn’t see another thread about it. 

 

Tonight on The Nature Of Things on CBC at 9pm EDT is Mike Downie’s documentary about the Diamond Princess. 
 

For those of you who know the reference, Mike is Gord’s brother. 

[koolforkatz]

Just watching it now - very good. I did not know about the Gord Downie connection - thanks.

[Mingus]

Found it online.

https://gem.cbc.ca/media/the-nature-of-things/season-60/episode-4/38e815a-0136aec1346

[Daniel A]

9 hours ago, Mingus said:

Found it online.

https://gem.cbc.ca/media/the-nature-of-things/season-60/episode-4/38e815a-0136aec1346

I just tried to watch it on your link, but I got an error message that the 'GEM Experience is not available outside of Canada."  Shame, I was very interested in seeing it.  🙁

[azbirdmom]

I just finished Gay Courter's book "Quarantine! How I Survived the Diamond Princess Coronavirus Crisis".  Excellent read, especially for those of us who followed along closely at the time here on CC.

[Thrak]

57 minutes ago, Daniel A said:

I just tried to watch it on your link, but I got an error message that the 'GEM Experience is not available outside of Canada."  Shame, I was very interested in seeing it.  🙁

That's where even a free VPN would come in handy. Just tell your computer you are in Canada and it works fine. 😁

 

(The VPN I use isn't free but there are many out there that are free.)

[OzCanuck]

2 hours ago, Daniel A said:

I just tried to watch it on your link, but I got an error message that the 'GEM Experience is not available outside of Canada."  Shame, I was very interested in seeing it.  🙁

apparently available on Comcast - search for The Nature of Things. 

[hobbyfarmer2]

Watched it this afternoon.  Seems the Diamond was under Japanese government control after it docked in Yokohama.  My view is that the Japan administration bears a lot of the responsibility for the debacle mitigated somewhat by the general lack of knowledge surrounding the virus at the time.  Princess apparently employed their std response to a spread of norovirus but that response was not effective against the coronavirus.

[BSR]

I watched it and thought it was very interesting. 

[caribill]

10 hours ago, OzCanuck said:

apparently available on Comcast - search for The Nature of Things. 

 

Where we live in the USA, Comcast only has one episode from this season and it is not this one. They have episode 2.

 

Do you know which episode it is?

[OzCanuck]

5 hours ago, caribill said:

 

Where we live in the USA, Comcast only has one episode from this season and it is not this one. They have episode 2.

 

Do you know which episode it is?

 

Season 60, Episode 4

[CruiseMrB]

On 11/28/2020 at 1:16 PM, Daniel A said:

I just tried to watch it on your link, but I got an error message that the 'GEM Experience is not available outside of Canada."  Shame, I was very interested in seeing it.  🙁

I was able to watch it using a VPN connected to a Canadian server. Very interesting, and seemingly quite Canadian in not blaming someone or screaming or whatever. Well presented.

[TeaBag]

Just watched it.  Thank you for posting the link.

[westcoaster]

Interesting documentary, but I thought it was funny that most of the clips supposedly showing life on board the ship weren't on the Diamond Princess or any Princess ship for that matter.  Lots of clips showing the Oasis Class RCCL ships, etc.

[cruisequeen4ever]

Oh I wish I could see that!