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Was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom on BBC 2 a lot

“Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. It must have been on BBC 2 a lot.”
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Confidence: High Checked on June 6, 2026

Summary

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 film that received critical coverage and awards, but none of the current sources mention it being broadcast frequently on BBC 2. Therefore, the claim that it “must have been on BBC 2 a lot” is unsupported.

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theguardian.com
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom at 40: Spielberg’s hit-and-miss relic | Indiana Jones | The Guardian

    And while there’s a generous array of other outstanding set pieces to come, The Temple of Doom has to do the ugly business of moving the story forward through characters and cultures colliding, and through the sort of mythological nonsense that brought Nazis and religious artefacts together in the original. This is where The Temple of Doom got itself into trouble 40 years ago and still hasn’t quite recovered, despite ample evidence that Spielberg, still hot off Raiders and ET the Extra-Terrestrial, was at the peak of his powers.

en.wikipedia.org
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Wikipedia

    Temple of Doom was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score and won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. A third film, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, followed in 1989. In 1935, American archeologist Indiana Jones survives a murder attempt in China from Shanghai Triad crime boss Lao Che, who hired him to retrieve the remains of Nurhaci.

tvtropes.org
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Film) - TV Tropes

    Along with the first Gremlins film, Temple of Doom is largely responsible for the creation of the PG-13 rating. The film has led to two video game adaptations. One by Atari Games for the arcade in 1985 and another for the NES in 1988.

  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Headscratchers - TV Tropes

    Why did Indy scoff at the suggestion of magic at the start of Raiders of the Lost Ark when he has clear evidence of its existence in this movie? I've always thought that Indy's skepticism of magic and the occult is a facade, something he adopts so that people won't think him a flake. (He does the same thing early in Last Crusade, which takes place after both Raiders and Temple.)

independentpicturehouse.org
melmagazine.com
  • Everything Wrong With ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,’ According to Archaeologists

    Unsurprisingly, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom gets a lot wrong about India. In fact, the movie is so jumbled and confused that I needed an international team of archaeological experts just to make sense of how wrong it is. So, when they found a little time off from treasure-digging, booby-trap-dodging and outrunning giant boulders, here’s what the archaeologists had to say.

imdb.com
biography.com
  • 5 Things You May Not Know About 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'

    Here are facts about the 1984 blockbuster starring Harrison Ford as the titular character. By Robert CashillUpdated: Feb 18, 2021 9:54 AM EST ... The summer of 1984 produced several enduring movies, among them Ghostbusters, Gremlins and Purple Rain. But none was more highly anticipated than Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom starring Harrison Ford, the prequel to 1981’s box office champ, Raiders of the Lost Ark. “If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones,” read the poster, and audiences were calling his name in droves when the second collaboration between director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas opened on May 23.

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