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SeanBeansShako posted:Not seen his closeted frustrated character in The Smoking Room? Re: Robert Webb -- haven't seen that one, admittedly! I hardly ever get time for the telly box during the semester for the programmes I go out of my way to watch, let alone new (to me) stuff  This thread has been extremely helpful for me to compile lists of things to see when I'm off school (or too ill to work, like I am now with a headful of cold, huzzah).
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Inside No 9's been pretty good so far, all told. Seems to me that the first episode was too black but not enough comedy, whereas the second was more the other way around... mostly. It works well, though, because both maintained interest and I'm looking forward to next weeks too.
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Feb 14, 2014 21:17
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Robert Webb is a pretty good character actor. I have no doubt he'll be a good Bertie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deJ9lpNBZUA
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Feb 15, 2014 20:48
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My new favourite BBC 3 show is a dating show where a guy goes on a blind date but everyone wears facial prosthetics and it is terrible. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03wcmdc/Sexy_Beasts_Episode_2/
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Feb 15, 2014 21:57
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justcola posted:My new favourite BBC 3 show is a dating show where a guy goes on a blind date but everyone wears facial prosthetics and it is terrible. "In this episode, Alex the demon seeks to find love with Belinda the tentacled-monster" Oh, so it is an anime.
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Feb 15, 2014 22:00
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I watched a full episode of that, due to having nothing better to watch. I genuinely feel I could have spent that half hour better by doing literally nothing. If I had closed my eyes and sat in silence it would have been more entertaining.
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Feb 15, 2014 22:33
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My evening has so far been spent watching University Challenge, watching highlights of University Challenge on youtube then Sexy Beasts. I remember there was a time when I was spoilt for choice, nowadays I just frown at iplayer and wonder what was on BBC 4 the night before that isn't music related. I started watching the last Weekly Wipe but it was a clip show, so I may as well have just watched that I guess? I think it'd be a better format if it was released monthly than weekly, but then again...whatever.
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Feb 15, 2014 22:39
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Ddraig posted:Robert Webb is a pretty good character actor. I have no doubt he'll be a good Bertie. drat straight. http://youtu.be/vy5ky2QFVLk?t=16m8s Jonnty fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Feb 16, 2014 |
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Feb 16, 2014 00:10
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Emma Laslett of Only Connect team The Lasletts was on a monster Mastermind the other day, with thundering scores across the board. I mention her as it shows that Tintower shamefully doesn't watch MM.
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Feb 16, 2014 00:15
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This is going to sound awful and is very un-pc but one of the funniest shows on tv at the moment is http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-undateables/4od . Yes I know its wrong, its laughing at the mentally impaired. But the loving torrets people just make me & and girlfriend laugh like gently caress. There was one who said 'thundercats' as one of his ticks, and another who would just say 'friend of the family' everytime he saw a black person. Again, yes I know its wrong. And its sometimes sweet, some of em do get together. (but i would be lying if i didnt just admit im basically laughing in an immature schoolboy way at it, sorry )
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Feb 16, 2014 01:58
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Mr. Squishy posted:Emma Laslett of Only Connect team The Lasletts was on a monster Mastermind the other day, with thundering scores across the board. I mention her as it shows that Tintower shamefully doesn't watch MM. All of the Lasletts rock hard. I was so sad they didn't win Only connect. But the other team were cool too.
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Feb 16, 2014 12:55
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no that i've really anything against Webb, but quite glad i saw it when Stephen Mangan was in the role
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Seaside Loafer posted:This is going to sound awful and is very un-pc but one of the funniest shows on tv at the moment is http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-undateables/4od .
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Feb 16, 2014 13:19
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Seaside Loafer posted:There was one who said 'thundercats' as one of his ticks
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Feb 16, 2014 13:48
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justcola posted:My evening has so far been spent watching University Challenge, watching highlights of University Challenge on youtube then Sexy Beasts. I remember there was a time when I was spoilt for choice, nowadays I just frown at iplayer and wonder what was on BBC 4 the night before that isn't music related. If you havent got rid of it yet Weekly wipes worth a watch, theres a few new bits including a new Limmy (and probably the best one of his from the run) Brooker touched on why theres not a longer run and why theres a complilation on twitter quote:"We do 5 regular eps then a comp ep because that's what we're commissioned to do.
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Feb 16, 2014 14:21
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Paperhouse posted:I don't feel bad about laughing watching this show, it's genuinely funny and I don't feel like I'm being mean, I think you're supposed to laugh You, Seaside and the entirety of Channel 4 are all terrible people.
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Feb 16, 2014 17:46
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I'll always have a fondness for the Undateables purely for the "Shes in loving London" moment with Richard.
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Feb 16, 2014 18:05
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Gorn Myson posted:I'll always have a fondness for the Undateables purely for the "Shes in loving London" moment with Richard. Please explain.
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Feb 16, 2014 18:13
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Charlie Brooker via Taff posted:Essentially there's nothing stopping a UK Daily Show Well, except our news culture is completely different. American news is driven by TV, so they have the Daily Show and Colbert. British news is driven by newspapers, so we have Private Eye.
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Feb 16, 2014 19:19
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Rarity posted:Please explain. On my phone so can't embed as it never see to work... http://youtu.be/_EVBhtoTWhA
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Feb 16, 2014 19:37
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Trin Tragula posted:Well, except our news culture is completely different. American news is driven by TV, so they have the Daily Show and Colbert. British news is driven by newspapers, so we have Private Eye. The main difference is, i think that in the us the daily show for all its faults manages to go beyond laughing at politician said silly thing to get at the deeper issue, where as in the uk it'd just be politician said silly thing lol and move on, plus we tend to be far more averse to the sincerity that is present in the states.
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Feb 16, 2014 20:00
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We only have to look at 10 O'Clock Live as to why we should all be glad there isn't a UK version of TDS. To be honest, whenever anything happens in this country that's worth talking about, TDS covers it anyway so its not as if we're really missing out. Unless they commission a new series of The Friday (or Saturday) Night Armistice, which still holds up absolutely phenomenally to this day.
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Feb 16, 2014 20:49
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Is anyone watching the BAFTAs? Tinie Tempah just high fived Prince William...
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Feb 16, 2014 22:11
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Blaminator posted:Is anyone watching the BAFTAs? Tinie Tempah just high fived Prince William... Just caught the last twenty minutes or so. Best line (Stephen Fry introducing the two people who will present the fellowship award to Helen Mirren): quote:For one of these it is the closest he will get to The King and I; for the other, it is the closest he has ever been... To an iron. Please welcome prince will.I.am, and Jeremy Irons. 
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Feb 17, 2014 00:01
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Gorn Myson posted:I'll always have a fondness for the Undateables purely for the "Shes in loving London" moment with Richard. was that the guy with really, really bad aspergers? and a mum who was kinda hot for her age as well
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Feb 17, 2014 02:03
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10 O'Clock Live has the potential to be good, if it weren't for a couple of things: 1. Jimmy Carr 2. The fact that it's live.
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Feb 17, 2014 13:39
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Yeah, every debate on it just descends into shouting... which is pretty accurate to real life, but not the best TV.
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Feb 17, 2014 15:18
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3. Constant cutting to the audience. They should be heard but not seen.
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Feb 17, 2014 20:13
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The last episode of Graham Norton was amazing. Bill Murray, Matt Damon, and Hugh Bonneville absolutely brought the house down.
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Has anyone watched that Johnathan Creek's Ski Lodge or whatever programme, where the thick one from QI who bit a man's ear off chats about something presumably related to the Sochi olympics, like some kind of bipedal Adam Hill. Is he in any way likable?EL BROMANCE posted:We only have to look at 10 O'Clock Live as to why we should all be glad there isn't a UK version of TDS. To be honest, whenever anything happens in this country that's worth talking about, TDS covers it anyway so its not as if we're really missing out. You should probably become better informed. Pablo Bluth posted:3. Constant cutting to the audience. They should be heard but not seen. 4. *gestures expansively to indicate entire show* e: oh, and adverts tell me that Channel 4's Mad Fat Teenage Diary is back, which is good news for the people here who insisted that it was, in fact, good. Mr. Squishy fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Feb 17, 2014 |
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Feb 17, 2014 21:05
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Après Ski is absolutely awful and Alan Davies cannot present at all. It is autocue-tastic. Shame really, because I think he's great. Just not a presenter. edit: mad fat diary IS good
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Feb 17, 2014 21:22
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Hmm there's a show about Amanda Knox on BBC3 tonight. I'd like to watch it, but it's the same time as BSG on Pick, and I suspect that will only be marginally more fictional.
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Feb 17, 2014 21:47
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Just remembered Inside No. 9 exists and caught the second episode. God drat, this show is great. One of the best things on British screens in a long while.
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Feb 17, 2014 23:31
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Moone Boy was excellent tonight. Padrig was quality as usual. I'm a bit disappointed we wont be able to watch Big Fat Diary till tomorrow.
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Feb 17, 2014 23:47
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Good news about Uncle, it's been recommissioned (and I just found out that the BBC commissioned Heavy Entertainment too).quote:The comedy series, written and directed by Oliver Refson and starring Nick Helm, has been swiftly recommissioned after favourable feedback from viewers, positive press reviews and good ratings. lets go swimming fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Feb 17, 2014 |
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Feb 17, 2014 23:50
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thehustler posted:Après Ski is absolutely awful and Alan Davies cannot present at all. My instincts are still razor-sharp, good to know. Tonight on BBC4 some guy risked his meatus in the search for candiru, making him my telly hero of the week. It also brought us the impossibly stark border between the Reo Negro and the Amazon. 
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Feb 17, 2014 23:58
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Mr. Squishy posted:My instincts are still razor-sharp, good to know. Thanks for this, watched a few of these a few years back and forgot to download the rest!
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onoflalks posted:Good news about Uncle, it's been recommissioned (and I just found out that the BBC commissioned Heavy Entertainment too). This is great news. And combining thread favourites, Nick Helm has also been booked as a guest on RHLSTP.
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Feb 18, 2014 15:04
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Mr. Squishy posted:You should probably become better informed. Haha, I'm uninformed because I think a comedy TV show is garbage?
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EL BROMANCE posted:Haha, I'm uninformed because I think a comedy TV show is garbage? I think he meant you shouldnt get your total UK news information from a 2-minute TDS segment once a fortnight.
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