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Well poo poo, Bob Holness died.
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Jan 6, 2012 14:42
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2012 already off to a pretty crappy start 
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Jan 6, 2012 15:50
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Awww, I used to love Blockbusters and was watching it on Challenge just the other day. I always liked how he treated the kids with a bit of respect and had a laugh with them. Edit: not to forget he also played James Bond! (on the radio...) Jawidar fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Jan 6, 2012 |
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Jan 6, 2012 15:55
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And he played saxophone on the song Baker Street, according to that random rumour I heard in school.
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Jan 6, 2012 20:19
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Fishbus posted:I sort of get his schtick though, it's tolerable sometimes, at least when I remember him a couple of years ago before he made loads of appearances on shows. He was quite subtle and not so fourthright in his campness There's a difference between being camp and just acting like kind of an uppity dick. You don't see John Barrowman or Graham Norton getting visibly pissed off over a contest on a TV show (though give Norton a few more years of doing Eurovision and he might crack, I guess).
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Jan 6, 2012 20:38
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Bogmonster posted:And he played saxophone on the song Baker Street, according to that random rumour I heard in school. It's [unfortunately] not actually true, according to wikipedia anyway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Holness#Baker_Street
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Jan 6, 2012 20:43
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Nick Hewer is taking over as presenter on Countdown. That role really is a perfect fit for him. I hope he can still do his thing in The Apprentice as well though 
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Jan 6, 2012 21:41
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I'll have a pee please, Bob
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Jan 6, 2012 22:00
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If I'm honest I thought he was already dead. Still RIP.
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Jan 6, 2012 22:55
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm-6XaHHZW0 Best intro sequence for anything in the history of ever. I've no idea how Bob or the rest of the show managed to follow it, but somehow they did.
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Jan 6, 2012 23:55
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Angels + Legal Drama + ITV = cold, undead corpse wandering about listlessly.
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Jan 7, 2012 00:02
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ChuckDHead posted:There's a difference between being camp and just acting like kind of an uppity dick. You don't see John Barrowman or Graham Norton getting visibly pissed off over a contest on a TV show (though give Norton a few more years of doing Eurovision and he might crack, I guess). I did crack a OH SNAP laugh when he was going on about his channel swim and then when Carr mentioned izzard did something like 40 marathons last year Eddie just shrugged it off as no biggie and said something along the lines of "good for you" to Walliams. Such a modest fellow that Izzard, but drat... burn.
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Jan 7, 2012 01:10
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Bolt, Ratatouille and Wall-e are all currently showing on iPlayer. All pretty great films so get them while they're hot (Except wall-e, that always seems to be showing up on iplayer every few weeks)
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Jan 7, 2012 17:52
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I've just finished watching Public Enemies on iplayer. Not a bad watch although I was enjoying it a lot before the bizarrely feelgood ending in an otherwise unrelentingly grim story. It felt almost like reading a Stephen King slasher that ended "and then they all went round Abigail's house and had cake.
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Jan 7, 2012 19:12
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In case anyone's wondering... never watch Musicians. Edit: Magicians! Jesus. It was so bad it ruined my beautiful mind.
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Jan 7, 2012 20:39
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Anybody watching big brother? Michael Madson just question Natasha Giggs about her affair, it was gloriously awkward.
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Jan 7, 2012 21:46
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Bioalchemist posted:Anybody watching big brother? Michael Madson just question Natasha Giggs about her affair, it was gloriously awkward. it's bizarre that they got Michael Madsen, he's an actual famous person and has acted in critically and commercially successful films. And he's speaking to a woman who is famous for shagging somebody a lot
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Jan 7, 2012 21:57
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Paperhouse posted:it's bizarre that they got Michael Madsen, he's an actual famous person and has acted in critically and commercially successful films. And he's speaking to a woman who is famous for shagging somebody a lot Yeah but for a long time he's been doing straight to dvd films, bad ones. So I can see how they could have gotten him.
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Jan 7, 2012 21:59
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Morose Man posted:I've just finished watching Public Enemies on iplayer. Not a bad watch although I was enjoying it a lot before the bizarrely feelgood ending in an otherwise unrelentingly grim story. It felt almost like reading a Stephen King slasher that ended "and then they all went round Abigail's house and had cake.
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Jan 7, 2012 22:27
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Digital Scumbag posted:Did anyone see Donald Sutherland, Eddie Izzard, and Elijah Wood in "Treasure Island" on Sky? About 3 hours without commercials, and fairly entertaining if only because nothing else was on. Eddie Izzard owns. Also Gene Hunt is as good as captain as he is a DCI. Just started watching second part now and they made the best use of Elijah Wood.
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Jan 8, 2012 02:25
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The Only Connect champion of champions special. The last round was words that begin with three vowels! And they managed to actually get some of them, some people just know too much stuff.
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Jan 8, 2012 17:12
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I actually thought of "aoili" when the topic came up, but forgot by the time the word came up, gah!
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Jan 8, 2012 17:16
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Pablo Bluth posted:They undid a lot of good-work with the last 10 seconds. It'd have worked a lot better if they left it as unrequited love. Well quite. They very nearly made Scum but in the last few seconds it turned out they'd made a forgettable romance drama instead.
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Jan 8, 2012 18:04
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Squalitude posted:In case anyone's wondering... never watch Musicians. Edit: Magicians! Jesus. It was so bad it ruined my beautiful mind. I had it on in the background while building my pc it didn't seem that bad.
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Jan 8, 2012 18:16
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Kraxis posted:The Only Connect champion of champions special. Haha it's quite telling that I get more annoyed at people spoiling Only Connect rounds than actual plot details of shows.
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Jan 8, 2012 19:07
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You can stream live from iPlayer right? I want to watch the new Sherlock tonight and I'm not at home. How do you do it?
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Jan 8, 2012 20:54
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PriorMarcus posted:You can stream live from iPlayer right? http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/bbc_one_london/watchlive
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Jan 8, 2012 21:04
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PriorMarcus posted:You can stream live from iPlayer right? The picture quality isn't that good though.
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Jan 8, 2012 21:06
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tvcatchup.com is the other option.
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Jan 8, 2012 21:11
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Thanks everyone. The picture quality isn't that great, but it's better than nothing.
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Jan 8, 2012 21:18
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Sherlock S2 E2 starts on the BBC in 5 minutes. I know this because it's the first TV programme in about 5 years that I've thought I'll make an effort to watch as soon as it is broadcast rather than using Youtube or iplayer. The Guardian seem to be even more excited than I am: Guardian posted:this three-part series, which continues tonight, and unless you have a terribly good excuse not to watch – supper with an aspiring French actress or, I don't know, for the women, helping George Clooney steal a boat full of shoes and sail to sunny warm – I despair of you.
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Jan 8, 2012 21:27
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Morose Man posted:Sherlock S2 E2 starts on the BBC in 5 minutes. Me too. Right now it's only this and Doctor Who that I absolutely have to watch when it airs rather than just saying "oh, I'll watch it on iPlayer". That said, that's mainly because "I'll watch it on iPlayer" coming from me usually just means "I probably won't ever watch it unless it's on repeats on TV", and this show is way too good for that. Also if anyone else is up too late, C4 has Bill Bailey interviewing Jessica Hynes about comedy.
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Jan 9, 2012 02:06
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I hope I'm not the only one who thinks Simon Pegg and Bill Bailey should team up and write something new for Channel 4?
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Jan 9, 2012 02:10
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SeanBeansShako posted:I hope I'm not the only one who thinks Simon Pegg and Bill Bailey should team up and write something new for Channel 4? Does this mean Simon Pegg and Bill Bailey have teamed up and written something for C4 before?
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Jan 9, 2012 16:56
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I think he just means it would be nice if Channel 4 had something new written for it, especially if done by talented people.
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Jan 9, 2012 18:47
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Morose Man posted:I think he just means it would be nice if Channel 4 had something new written for it, especially if done by talented people. Seriously. It has been so long .Remember when Graham Linehan was serious about the IT Crowd and when Black Books waa going strong? good times. At least 4oD has all the good stuff archived on it.
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Jan 9, 2012 19:45
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Anyone else enjoying The Hotel? (8pm on Sunday, C4) It's one of my favourite things on telly at the moment; not at all demanding, usually pretty amusing, and manages to depict the brash idiocy of one man without being overly malicious.
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Jan 9, 2012 19:46
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The Perfect Element posted:Anyone else enjoying The Hotel? (8pm on Sunday, C4) It's one of my favourite things on telly at the moment; not at all demanding, usually pretty amusing, and manages to depict the brash idiocy of one man without being overly malicious. Hang on a second....
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Jan 9, 2012 19:48
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The Perfect Element posted:Anyone else enjoying The Hotel? (8pm on Sunday, C4) It's one of my favourite things on telly at the moment; not at all demanding, usually pretty amusing, and manages to depict the brash idiocy of one man without being overly malicious. The first series was pretty good. Set in a different hotel but you really came to like some of the characters in the end. Was disapointed when I found out this series was in a different hotel but that first episode was enjoyable. The manager seems useless!
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Jan 9, 2012 21:17
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So netflix was released in the UK today. It looks..... pretty poo poo at the moment.
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