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Irisi posted:I'll bet it's not the thing they're saying, but the tone of voice, or the expression they have whilst they're saying it. The problem is in that situation it's the relative saying it. So any non-verbal put-offs would just be against the guys family member. All they know is that the dude enjoys a bath occasionally. I don't begrudge the girls for being picky but sometimes they go beyond that and turn their lights off if the guy isn't 100% their ideal guy. 99.9% isn't enough. It makes for amusing, if cringe worthy, viewing.
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Did anyone listen to the first Adam and Edith show? How badly did it pale against ...and Joe?
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Nov 18, 2012 22:25
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A version with lots of men would probably just be depressing. "I don't really like cooking or cleaning to be honest" *half the lights go out*
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Nov 18, 2012 22:27
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Xachariah posted:I know someone who was on it, she was basically told to go on a date with someone soon because she had been on too long and wasn't getting enough face time. So she had to go for the next guy regardless of whether she really wanted to. Well, not too bad, you get a free holiday right? Whoever said they think Lois is a plant I reckon you're right, they give her a lot of screen time, and then I realised I'd heard her voice before... she's Boycie. Take me out is the only thing I watch on ITV, I don't know why I just can't look away.
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Nov 18, 2012 22:36
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Pablo Bluth posted:Did anyone listen to the first Adam and Edith show? How badly did it pale against ...and Joe?
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Nov 18, 2012 22:43
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Pablo Bluth posted:Did anyone listen to the first Adam and Edith show? How badly did it pale against ...and Joe? I want to listen to it, but at the same time I don't want to sour the memory of one of my all time favourite things. Change frightens me,
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Nov 18, 2012 22:44
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Xachariah posted:The problem is in that situation it's the relative saying it. So any non-verbal put-offs would just be against the guys family member. All they know is that the dude enjoys a bath occasionally. Ah right. That's just weird then. Yet strangely hilarious, like so much of Take Me Out. Also, this Secret of Crickley Hall thing on BBC1 just now is a bit rubbish, I'm disappointed. I like a good ghost story, but not even Suranne Jones can liven this up.
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Nov 18, 2012 22:57
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Jonnty posted:A version with lots of men would probably just be depressing. "I don't really like cooking or cleaning to be honest" *half the lights go out* surprised they've not done a gay episode yet Crankit posted:Well, not too bad, you get a free holiday right?
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Nov 18, 2012 23:34
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Cerv posted:the holidays look poo poo though. whose idea of a date is rock climbing or a workout on the beach? then awkward dinner in a restaurant with no other customers so early it's still light out. Honestly I was joking, the time you spend... wherever must be 2 days and most of the time will probably have a camera and soundman faffing and saying "OK guys we're gonna reshoot that" in addition to the fact some of the contestants must have to travel for each recording. Can Xachariah ask the friend who was on it breakdown fo everything, a bit like that one guy did for the Crystal Maze or something?
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Nov 19, 2012 00:11
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Crankit posted:Honestly I was joking, the time you spend... wherever must be 2 days and most of the time will probably have a camera and soundman faffing and saying "OK guys we're gonna reshoot that" in addition to the fact some of the contestants must have to travel for each recording. Ehhhh, I haven't really talked to her in about 6-8 years to be honest. I just heard the details from my mum who is still in regular contact with her mum. It would be a li'l weird to ask for details out of the blue for a forum. Sorry.
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Crankit posted:Honestly I was joking, the time you spend... wherever The number of times they plug it, how can you forget?
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Crankit posted:in addition to the fact some of the contestants must have to travel for each recording. I wouldn't have thought so, they probably just film a shitload of episodes at once like they do with Countdown.
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From what I heard, they send out a batch of contestants out to wherever and film for 1 day, giving them all a chance to drink and take other contestants back to their hotel rooms for the rest of the time they are there.
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I'm always interested in hearing about people who've been on television. I applied to Come Dine With Me the other week and had a phone interview where I was asked how competitive I was, what I felt about vegetarians and if I had any strange hobbies. I didn't really want to do the show though and only applied when I was drunk, but still, I could have had strangers in my house and been made fun of for the glory of the great british programme discussion.
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Nov 19, 2012 08:28
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justcola posted:I'm always interested in hearing about people who've been on television. I applied to Come Dine With Me the other week and had a phone interview where I was asked how competitive I was, what I felt about vegetarians and if I had any strange hobbies. I didn't really want to do the show though and only applied when I was drunk, but still, I could have had strangers in my house and been made fun of for the glory of the great british programme discussion. There is only one way to make fun of Come Dine With Me as a contestant. Vote everyone else a 1, giving the only reason is that you need the grand. Its been on for years now, and no one has thought that if you score-poo poo the others you will win.
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happyhippy posted:Its been on for years now, and no one has thought that if you score-poo poo the others you will win. Actually, several people have thought of that, and in one week, some person scored everyone else 3 or 4, roughly citing your logic. They didn't take any action throughout the week, but the producers confronted her behind the scenes and told them to re-score them honestly, else have their plan exposed to others. I don't see what that would have achieved, except that you wouldn't be in the the company of the other contestants when they found out you're a dick.
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Irisi posted:Also, this Secret of Crickley Hall thing on BBC1 just now is a bit rubbish, I'm disappointed. I like a good ghost story, but not even Suranne Jones can liven this up. Started watching that because the premise/previews reminded me a lot of the sorts of parallel-in-time ghostie stories I read as a kid (plus, David Warner!) and I was hoping to channel my inner 8-year-old, but it was a bit blah. We ended up switching back over to a Thick of It dvd.
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Regarding ITV moneymaking:Wikipedia posted:Overall, the regional companies made a profit within the first few years of their existence; the largest regions especially so. Roy Thomson, the Canadian founding chairman of Scottish Television, famously described the ownership of an ITV franchise as "a licence to print money". Not sure if that's the same these days, but it's certainly not unprofitable. Consolidation has helped, obviously. ITV aren't even responsible for pressing play on programmes and adverts and getting them to the transmitters anymore. That's all outsourced. Which leads to hilarious moments like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRV7sOZ3X3s
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Didn't they catch poo poo for pulling a simmliar stunt with a world cup match?
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ConanThe3rd posted:Didn't they catch poo poo for pulling a simmliar stunt with a world cup match? Yeah, they cut away for Gerard's goal against the USA in 2010. The Everton one was seen as a genuine mistake though, I think. It was extra time, so I think it was just an ad break that was scheduled for if the game had ended after 90mins, but they forgot to pull it, which is understandable, if a little incompetent. The England one however, the goal was after 4mins, which is just sloppy.
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I was watching some Derren Brown thing over the weekend, and on the profile shots of him I thought he looked like Lenin. Any other TV guys that look like leaders from history?
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justcola posted:I applied to Come Dine With Me the other week and had a phone interview where I was asked how competitive I was, what I felt about vegetarians and if I had any strange hobbies. Ugh, I hate it when they engineer a vegetarian/vegan vs anti-vegetarian/vegan argument. Nothing more tedious in this world.
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Al2001 posted:Ugh, I hate it when they engineer a vegetarian/vegan vs anti-vegetarian/vegan argument. Nothing more tedious in this world. Fair enough any reasonable person would say. Probably would have noticed on the first glass. Hardly worth mentioning. But you'd think she'd secretly served urine from the strop one of the guys throws. Sorry, not favourite. I want this man to die of an umpleasant manner.
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So you wish to be on a Channel 4 daytime Come Dine With Me type show. Please select your personality from the following list: [] Gobby when drunk on a daily basis [] Northern [] Snobby [] Far too much makeup [] Generally emotionally unstable
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Giedroyc posted:So you wish to be on a Channel 4 daytime Come Dine With Me type show. Please select your personality from the following list: I used to be quite good friends with one of the guys on the current series. He definitely falls under that last option.
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Mickolution posted:Yeah, they cut away for Gerard's goal against the USA in 2010. The Everton one was seen as a genuine mistake though, I think. It was extra time, so I think it was just an ad break that was scheduled for if the game had ended after 90mins, but they forgot to pull it, which is understandable, if a little incompetent. The England one however, the goal was after 4mins, which is just sloppy. it's times like that that I wish the BBC & Sky would just stump up for the FA Cup rights and dish the Football League and League to ITV and ESPN. I will give Sky all the poo poo in the world for making every game seem like its the most important in the world (with all due respect to fans of both teams, Fulham vs Sunderland does not fit in any remote definition of Super Sunday), but their production values are second to none. The BBC on the other hand has a collection of supremely talented radio commentators on Five Live who really should make the move to TV. John Murray, Connor Macnamara (also does golf and rugby), Darren Fletcher (also does NFL commentary) & Simon Brotherton (last seen doing cycling and baseball) all should be getting the TV breaks. Even dear old John Motson is good on the radio.
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:I will give Sky all the poo poo in the world for making every game seem like its the most important in the world (with all due respect to fans of both teams, Fulham vs Sunderland does not fit in any remote definition of Super Sunday) The ridiculous football adverts are the best thing about Sky.
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My favourite part of Come Dine with Me is the announcer guy. Especially when he gives up on subtlety and just starts insulting the contestants. Or whatever you call them. Is contestants even the right word?
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McDragon posted:My favourite part of Come Dine with Me is the announcer guy. Especially when he gives up on subtlety and just starts insulting the contestants. Or whatever you call them. Is contestants even the right word? Dave Lamb is incredible, he's fantastic in this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsPl8mB0vQA I'd tell you when he starts losing it instead of linking you to the whole episode but I can't because this bastard video won't load for me. It's when she's cooking then bursts into song though.
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onoflalks posted:Dave Lamb is incredible, he's fantastic in this Oh yeah, that's his name, I remember now. Hadn't seen that before, that was great, thanks. I think the bit around 7:52 is what you meant?
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McDragon posted:Oh yeah, that's his name, I remember now. Hadn't seen that before, that was great, thanks. I think the bit around 7:52 is what you meant? I think it is, when he's shrieking at her? TV gold.
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A friend of a friend was on Come Dine With Me and complained that he spent a grand doing his house up before filming and didn't win anyway. Apparently you get £100 to spend on food though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHydOz3x-5I (He's the one wearing the glasses) Watched the Why Poverty? film on BBC1 with my mum tonight. The film itself is quite powerful and thought provoking, though not really something you'd watch with your mum.
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I wasn't sure where else to post this, but "Sara Lund  "Some day, the world will stop being so horrible to you.
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Indeterminacy posted:I wasn't sure where else to post this, but "Sara Lund I love Sarah Lund and her splendid range of knitted Nordic jumpers. And I hope by the time The Killing III ends she has managed to reconcile with her son, or find a partner who isn't homicidal/dead by the end of the series. Or even just manages to unpack some of the boxes in her flat. Also, I'm learning about Scandinavian politics (Statsminister! Coalition government!), though I still have the deepest suspicions regarding the Danish language. The spoken word bears no relation to the word as written, I think perhaps it's just a joke the Danes are having at the rest of the worlds' expense and in private they all speak nice sensible French or something.
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Irisi posted:I love Sarah Lund and her splendid range of knitted Nordic jumpers. And I hope by the time The Killing III ends she has managed to reconcile with her son, or find a partner who isn't homicidal/dead by the end of the series. Or even just manages to unpack some of the boxes in her flat. I tried to learn Swedish last year due to the film Kopps and the Wallander series, and it's pretty similar, where are the hard consonants?  Then I watched the Bridge and my mum started watching the Killing and Borgen, Danish is a mental mix of Swedish and German and it makes me head hurt. It sounds like choking on Lego half the time.
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Irisi posted:... though I still have the deepest suspicions regarding the Danish language. The spoken word bears no relation to the word as written, I think perhaps it's just a joke the Danes are having at the rest of the worlds' expense and in private they all speak nice sensible French or something.
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marktheando posted:The ridiculous football adverts are the best thing about Sky. I'm just gonna post this like it's cool and edgy and you've never seen it before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF_uOgyBK1c
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Jonnty posted:I'm just gonna post this like it's cool and edgy and you've never seen it before. The real funny thing about this sketch is that it is low key and restrained compared to the real adverts. Cricket not football but- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWaOI2WTuGY
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Ms Boods posted:Started watching that because the premise/previews reminded me a lot of the sorts of parallel-in-time ghostie stories I read as a kid (plus, David Warner!) and I was hoping to channel my inner 8-year-old, but it was a bit blah. We ended up switching back over to a Thick of It dvd. Yeah, pretty dull, I don't like the author's work but I thought I'd try the adaptation and wasn't disappointed. That is to say, it wasn't very good. However I am enjoying playing "spot the Game of Thrones actor" whenever I watch new British telly. Crickley Hall had Arya in it and another one Maester Luwin will be in the next episode, and poor fat Sam was in Merlin on Saturday. I might watch Secret State for some Tywin/Stannis action as well.
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onoflalks posted:Dave Lamb is incredible, he's fantastic in this My husband's mate does the sound editing for Come Dine With Me, apparently the very best of Dave Lamb gets cut out for being too rude. I dream of hearing the unedited commentary. Oh hey - totally changing subject. I would love to see a technical challenge on Masterchef in which the contestant has to produce a plate of food without an arty farty smear on the side.
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