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The new culture sec said that his idea of public service broadcasting was documentaries nobody will watch, so BBC4 should be good.
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May 11, 2015 16:57
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Mr. Squishy posted:The new culture sec said that his idea of public service broadcasting was documentaries nobody will watch, so BBC4 should be good. Well in the past he has said he opposes the license fee, so they won't have any money to make documentaries nobody will watch, unless they have adverts.
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May 11, 2015 18:21
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there's one on bbc4 about Hitler and his charisma. it's a good watch.
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May 11, 2015 18:53
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Speaking of hidden gems on BBC3, I've been binging through Ideal and it's a pretty good show. Cancelled as usual, though.
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May 12, 2015 21:48
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Ideal is one of that brace of shows that gave people hope for BBC3.
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May 12, 2015 21:55
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:Yes, there's quite a lot of shite. But it produces a good deal of hidden gems too. It's funny watching that Banished on BBC1, knowing that the main character got his break in possibly the lowest budget sitcom ever made by the BBC, using a single set and a cast of half a dozen people. Only if you completely discount The History Boys and everything else in between.
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May 12, 2015 22:16
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Black Mirror might be moving to Netflix. I can't really see the U.S. spinoff happening if that happens, but Netflix is supposedly really aggressive about getting it, so maybe they'll burn the American version.
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May 12, 2015 22:42
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Ddraig posted:Speaking of hidden gems on BBC3, I've been binging through Ideal and it's a pretty good show. Cancelled as usual, though. It is bloody brilliant and I am saddened that it might never get that TV Movie conclusion to the series Graham Duff wanted a few years ago. Everyone involved with it is doing alright these days at least. Have fun looking for the source of all that music, the bloody CD with the soundtrack is out of print and costs an arm and leg 2nd hand.
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May 13, 2015 00:25
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Anybody watch that new quiz show Decimate? They had a guy on there today who guessed that Michael Gove earned the nickname Milk Snatcher for banning free school milk.
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May 15, 2015 21:00
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Gove Gove Milk Foe-ve.
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May 15, 2015 21:24
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cloudchamber posted:Anybody watch that new quiz show Decimate? They had a guy on there today who guessed that Michael Gove earned the nickname Milk Snatcher for banning free school milk. I'm assuming they start with 10 people, and if they fail to reach an appointed target, one of them is publicly executed.
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May 16, 2015 12:29
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Julio Cruz posted:I'm assuming they start with 10 people, and if they fail to reach an appointed target, one of them is publicly executed. By the other 9, if we're playing by the rules. 
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May 16, 2015 13:11
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Who is Robert Peston and why does he put unnecessary emphasis in strange places like he's presenting a fake news segment on Charlie Brooker's weekly wipe?
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May 16, 2015 15:34
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The BBC economics guy? He's a weird one, and sometimes an actual idiot.
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May 16, 2015 15:37
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And has had voice coaching to help with his speech impediment. Story time! Once had him ISDN in for an interview session at the university I worked at. We were feeding him into the lecture theatre and the guys on stage could talk back to him. He came in one minute before the event was due to start and we could hear him down the line from Broadcasting House complain to his assistant that he'd been in the pub from 5pm and had had a few pints and had struggled to get back in time. He then said "with my voice people think I'm pissed anyway". Sent his audio to the room after that and he got through the hour like he was sober as a judge. Great booking and very entertaining.
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May 16, 2015 16:33
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Republican Vampire posted:Black Mirror might be moving to Netflix. I can't really see the U.S. spinoff happening if that happens, but Netflix is supposedly really aggressive about getting it, so maybe they'll burn the American version. I didn't think the US one was a thing, just that Robert Downey Jr's production company bought the rights to 'The Entire History Of You'. Netflix are making some great buys though, and will definitely give the show a bigger budget that C4 do.
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May 16, 2015 17:03
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DrVenkman posted:I didn't think the US one was a thing, just that Robert Downey Jr's production company bought the rights to 'The Entire History Of You'. Netflix are making some great buys though, and will definitely give the show a bigger budget that C4 do. The US remake was separate, Endemol was shopping it around, with Netflix and HBO being the most interested parties.
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May 16, 2015 18:05
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Black mirror is on us Netflix and is really popular, why would anyone want to remake it
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May 16, 2015 18:17
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stickyfngrdboy posted:Black mirror is on us Netflix and is really popular, why would anyone want to remake it Because America is a deeply insular nation and you're lucky if 10% of them would consider watching something foreign, even if it's contemporary and in English. Or at least that's the commercial premise their media conglomerates operate on.
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May 16, 2015 18:38
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GimpChimp posted:Because America is a deeply insular nation and you're lucky if 10% of them would consider watching something foreign, even if it's contemporary and in English. Or at least that's the commercial premise their media conglomerates operate on. This is true, but you'd think the huge nerd success of Doctor Who would have loosened them up.
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May 16, 2015 21:39
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GimpChimp posted:Because America is a deeply insular nation and you're lucky if 10% of them would consider watching something foreign, even if it's contemporary and in English. Or at least that's the commercial premise their media conglomerates operate on. There's a bit more to it than that. Whoever winds up running it will also own the American version, which means they get all the money that isn't paid out to the production company. Endemol will also get more money off of an existing piece of IP rather than having to develop new ones. I doubt that they'd straight-up remake episodes, because that would be doubly redundant on an anthology show.
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May 16, 2015 22:39
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Americans are a getting a little more savvy with British TV now that Netflix has been picking up a lot of it. I keep seeing my Facebook feed fill up with the bigger American media websites talking up things like Peep Show, Toast of London, Happy Vally and Inside No 9 after Netflix made them available there. The Black Mirror thing confuses me because I don't see any point in remaking an anthology show, or even aggressively pursuing it unless you just really want Brooker.
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May 16, 2015 22:49
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A Netflix funded 12 episode run, with Brooker at the helm but with a worldwide outlook would be a fun thing to see. I definitely don't seen Netflix remaking any of the episodes, just additional ones.
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May 16, 2015 23:33
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I'd rather take it without him. I'm over my complete boredom of seeing him completely oversubscribed and used in a 'thinking mans Jimmy Carr' sense, but I've never thought his fictional writing was up to scratch. Especially for someone who professionally picks apart television.
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May 16, 2015 23:49
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Gorn Myson posted:Americans are a getting a little more savvy with British TV now that Netflix has been picking up a lot of it. I keep seeing my Facebook feed fill up with the bigger American media websites talking up things like Peep Show, Toast of London, Happy Vally and Inside No 9 after Netflix made them available there. I think they want the name and the format. It's done pretty well for them. Hence the move from talk of a US version to talk of Netflix acquiring the show outright.
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May 17, 2015 00:04
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Me and my friend have been working our way through the first three seasons of Him and Her. Laura and her father are loving awful. Kudos to the actors for playing such smug, condescending people.
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May 17, 2015 09:28
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King Crab posted:Me and my friend have been working our way through the first three seasons of Him and Her. Laura is the best TV villain for years and it's a shame the show never got the exposure it deserved.
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May 17, 2015 09:50
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Yeah, Laura deserves a place on the pantheon of great TV villains. She's just awful in every single way, and what's worse is that she never gets her comeuppance. Nigel is up there too, just for being a complete prick, but not as comprehensively awful as Laura.
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May 17, 2015 12:28
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Haha, turned over to ITV and there was a game show called Tipping Point based around those 2p machines you get at the amusements. Come to think of it, last time I randomly watched ITV I saw Jamelia drinking her own piss, so this is an improvement.
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May 17, 2015 12:42
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That's been around for ages. My mum likes it, she thinks its hilarious.
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May 17, 2015 12:43
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The Alan Partridge movie is on iPlayer for those who never saw it.
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May 17, 2015 12:59
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King Crab posted:Me and my friend have been working our way through the first three seasons of Him and Her. They did a fine job, I worry about them both in case they run into the people who can't tell from telly and real life.
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May 17, 2015 14:35
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The people who made Atlantis really assumed that they'd get another series. Jason and the Argonauts would have been fun. 
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May 17, 2015 15:49
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Murder In Successville makes me cry with laughter every time an actor corpses. It's really great!
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May 17, 2015 16:03
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Really looking forward to Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell tonight. Eddie Marsen and Paul Kaye really look the part in the preview.
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May 17, 2015 18:14
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I thought the synopsis of Murder in Successville for tonight had Matt Berry in it, but no it's Mary Berry. Talk about anticlimax.
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May 17, 2015 19:07
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Thanks ruining it for me >:(
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May 17, 2015 19:12
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Is that a spoiler? I'll mark it as such. I've not seen the first episode and casting info isn't usually the case around here. Sorry!
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May 17, 2015 19:37
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goatface posted:That's been around for ages. My mum likes it, she thinks its hilarious. I like it. It's really stupid, no doubt, but it's so ridiculous it's sort of enjoyable. Like a weak TV Go Home entry.
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May 17, 2015 19:40
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EL BROMANCE posted:Is that a spoiler? I'll mark it as such. I've not seen the first episode and casting info isn't usually the case around here. Sorry! I'm pretty certain he wasn't being serious
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May 17, 2015 20:01
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