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stickyfngrdboy posted:I don't think they wrote it, no. It's worth a watch, but it isn't very funny. "state-sponsored satire" in the words of Craig Murray (former ambassador to Uzbekistan, shafted by the UK gov for refusing to turn a blind eye to our glourious allies there.
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It's written by the guy who wrote Rev, with a lot of asking around the FO for anecdotes. Apparently they told him that the UK would scupper a trade deal due to human rights concerns.
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Mr. Squishy posted:It's written by the guy who wrote Rev, with a lot of asking around the FO for anecdotes. Apparently they told him that the UK would scupper a trade deal due to human rights concerns. POD seemed pretty angry with the Ambassador for that. I took the joke as "aahaha wouldn't it be nice if the govt weren't complete monsters" Next week has The Fucker in, so whatever doubts I have, I'll be watching.
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It did seem very kid-gloves. I was hoping for some satire in my satire. I didn't find anything in it particularly objectionable, though. And will probably watch next week as well, because that fellow is in it.
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Oct 24, 2013 17:43
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Is The Fucker in character or is it the guy who plays The Fucker? This is important. He coming to your town.
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Oct 24, 2013 17:59
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The show is scarily accurate at points. My father was a diplomat, the Skype conversation was basically me and my parents about ten years ago (but without Skype, obviously).
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Oct 24, 2013 21:13
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Just finished watching Ambassadors, I think that was the first time that I have ever found Mitchell and Webb funny. Really liked it, kinda found it like a reverse Thick Of It. Were the characters are fairly competent but the situation is so hosed.
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Oct 24, 2013 21:45
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Prism Mirror Lens posted:Uhhh loving hell, I thought you must be exaggerating but I just read the episode guide on wikipedia: This was far far funnier than the spoiler gives it credit for
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Oct 24, 2013 22:31
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The old Misfits thread died. Anybody want to make a new one?
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LeeDless posted:The old Misfits thread died. Anybody want to make a new one? I'll post in it if someone makes it, as long as people dont spend the whole season debating if Rudy is a lovely Nathan rip off
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Taff posted:I'll post in it if someone makes it, as long as people dont spend the whole season debating if Rudy is a lovely Nathan rip off I still like the show and if episode 1 was anything to go by I'm sure there'll be lots to discuss, so I'll echo that sentiment. Also the Rudys are awesome and I will not hear otherwise 
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David Frost's documentary on satire is back on iPlayer for a couple more days. I found it really interesting as well as funny, and it's still weird seeing young David Frost looking very much like young Steve Coogan, as well as the embarrassingly bad things politicians would say 50 years ago (and would not be forced to apologize for)
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Oct 25, 2013 00:46
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I found the last episode of 'Educating Yorkshire' very touching, especially the ending. It just goes to show Channel 4 can put out some great TV, ofcourse they then followed it up with a thrilling documentary about drunks in a minicab office.
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BizarroAzrael posted:David Frost's documentary on satire is back on iPlayer for a couple more days. I found it really interesting as well as funny, and it's still weird seeing young David Frost looking very much like young Steve Coogan, as well as the embarrassingly bad things politicians would say 50 years ago (and would not be forced to apologize for) Is that the thing narrated by Stephen Fry or is this something else? Because that documentary about him was pretty decent. Edit: Got it, http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00srhgn/Frost_on_Satire/
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Oct 25, 2013 14:42
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Oct 25, 2013 15:05
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Ohh yeah, I happened on that a couple of years ago, it's great.
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the_cow_fan posted:I found the last episode of 'Educating Yorkshire' very touching, especially the ending. It just goes to show Channel 4 can put out some great TV, Yeah that last episode was brilliant, but the whole series has been great. All three head teachers are amazing at what they do. the_cow_fan posted:ofcourse they then followed it up with a thrilling documentary about drunks in a minicab office. Last week they followed Educating Yorkshire with some documentary about life in a nightclub toilet. I imagine it was as bad as it sounds.
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stickyfngrdboy posted:I imagine it was as bad as it sounds. It was awesome. Freshen up your pu-na-ni! The one about the minicab office was somewhat marred by my burning hatred for the taxi controller woman. But then, I hate pretty much every taxi controller ever, so I guess that's not the show's fault.
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Oct 25, 2013 18:36
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Alternative ending to Great British Bake Off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0pGTRq-vKM
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the_cow_fan posted:I found the last episode of 'Educating Yorkshire' very touching, especially the ending. It just goes to show Channel 4 can put out some great TV, ofcourse they then followed it up with a thrilling documentary about drunks in a minicab office. I quite liked the bouncers show they had on a couple of weeks ago, it was a bit more than "look drunk people on telly" which must have have been pitched at meetings relentlessly the past year it seems.
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Oct 25, 2013 23:00
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Did anyone see Naomi Campbell on Jonathan Ross tonight? I found her quite unlikeable, but then again, between the blood diamonds and assault,I didn't expect much.
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Oct 26, 2013 23:19
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No. gently caress no. loving gently caress no. "The Revolution Will Be Televised" has been renewed. The most self-important, masturbatory, pseudo-intellectual dross that's ever been created for television is coming back. It's the televisual equipment of a vegan fresher in a Che Guevara shirt. I think I dislike it more than poo poo like Badults, because it genuinely seems to think it's doing good, when all it is is pointing out "Most people are interested in things beyond politics AND THIS IS SOMEHOW A TERRIBLE THING".
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Oct 27, 2013 13:32
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That's the one with the concept nicked from that Oz show where they dress up and go ask Vince Cable to sign their dick or whatever? It's this generation's Brass Eye imho.
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Mr. Squishy posted:That's the one with the concept nicked from that Oz show where they dress up and go ask Vince Cable to sign their dick or whatever? It's this generation's Brass Eye if you took all the wit, intelligence, satire and relevance of Brass Eye away, and replaced it with reactionary shite. One of the segments they're advertising is interviewing people from the fashion media and suddenly ask them about politics, with the intention of laughing at how uninformed they are when they don't have a prepared answer at a fashion show when someone asks them if they're in favour of military action in Iran.
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Oct 27, 2013 13:43
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The BBC aren't going to renew I Love my Country and That Puppet Game Show, hooray but...VogeGandire posted:"The Revolution Will Be Televised" has been renewed. ...this is loving terrible.
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Oct 27, 2013 13:43
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I enjoyed the hell out of That Puppet Game show.
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Oct 27, 2013 14:18
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Clearly the BBC doesn't give a gently caress about quality anymore. At least it was just one awful program coming back.
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Oct 27, 2013 16:22
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The government are trying to cut the TV license again, they've got to start thinking about where the cheap time-fillers will come from!
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Mr. Squishy posted:That's the one with the concept nicked from that Oz show where they dress up and go ask Vince Cable to sign their dick or whatever? Spent about 20 seconds thinking: "So it's a brutal prison drama where they ask Vince Cable to sign their dick???"
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goatface posted:The government are trying to cut the TV license again, they've got to start thinking about where the cheap time-fillers will come from! What's fun is that the particular tory who's having a go at BBC's openness is Grant Shapps, who's occasionally internet-huckster "Michael Green." Al2001 posted:Spent about 20 seconds thinking: "So it's a brutal prison drama where they ask Vince Cable to sign their dick???" It was bugging me so I tracked it down to "The Chasers." Though whether that holds up or not I don't know as I've never watched either prog.
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Can anyone recall the name of this programme? It was on Friday night on BBC2 about 20 years ago, usually after Doctor Who (7pm-ish, I think). It was about a taxi company that killed obnoxious customers - a pair of louts who threw up in the back seat were drowned in a car wash, for example. Ring any bells?
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Did anyone else watch "No sex please, we're Japanese" - even for the badly researched crap about Japan that usually gets put out that was poor. I remain convinced that the last good program about Japan that the BBC put out was the one where they interviewed me while I was dressed up as a schoolgirl...
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Oct 29, 2013 00:29
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Oct 29, 2013 02:41
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They did a pretty interesting one about the plight of the unemployed Japanese youth a few years ago to be fair.
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Captain Mediocre posted:Well that kind of demands a youtube link at least.
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I'm gonna come right out and say it, I love Ripper Street and was really pleased to see it back on last night. It's silly, idiotic fantasy and I think it's great. I'm a fan of period drama, however I've reached a point where I'm burnt out of endless adaptations of Austin and I ditched Downton halfway though the second series because it turned to poo poo. What I love the most about Ripper Street are the costumes, in particular for characters who are villainous and rather grubby but aspire to be somewhat well dressed. A favourite of mine from the last series was Joseph Gilgun who skeeved up the screen wonderfully as Carmicheal. With me, the skeevier the better!  On the same note, I really loved The Mill when it was on C4 a while back. I was also a little surprised at how good it was since C4 doesn't usually go in for period drama. What impressed me the most were that actors were so average looking and not made up to be super pretty but rather haggard and worn. Everything about The Mill was so dreary and cold and tired looking that it felt real. You get so used to those perfectly pretty Little Dorrit types who are poverty stricken but look as fresh as a spring morning and it drives me crazy.  I think what I'm driving at is down with drama series about dull as gently caress upper classes navigating the pitfalls of polite society and more drama about crazy yank scientist coppers blowing poo poo up and factory strikes thanks.
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Dr Scoofles posted:I think what I'm driving at is down with drama series about dull as gently caress upper classes navigating the pitfalls of polite society Pretty much loving agree with this part. BBC did Garrow's Law a few years ago and I found it a million times more entertaining.
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SeanBeansShako posted:Pretty much loving agree with this part. BBC did Garrow's Law a few years ago and I found it a million times more entertaining. You should check out The Crimson Petal and the White. Insane, grimy, off-kilter 4-part BBC drama from a couple of years ago about a Victorian prostitutes' journey from the slums to seeming respectability in an upper-middle class home. Features spontanous human combustion, corrupt doctors, possibly insane wives, Chris O'Dowd from the IT crowd as a sexually predatory bastard and an unrecognisable Gillian Anderson as a raddled old brothel madam. It's as mad as a box of frogs and I loved it.
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