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Gyro Zeppeli posted:Well, at least they've learned a valuable lesson: If there's even a remote chance you may fall from a great height, CRAWL. Aw drat, 2016, what are you doing  They just played this on R4, which was nice.Back to the Island, apparently Dr.Dan was a VICTIM OF EDITING http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/662535/The-Island-with-Bear-Grylls-2016-Patrick-alive-fall-Dr-Dan-Twitter quote:“Will indeed never forget that afternoon. Paddy was so lucky and his God was with him that day! #theisland #patrickdauncey #scared,” the 41-year-old consultant from Hampshire posted on the micro-blogging site. #SCARED
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I know he claims to be a victim of editing (And really, everyone is a victim of editing so as an excuse its really losing luster), but he was absolutely loving jumping around those rocks, just listen to the noises he's making; he's like a child. Also, while Erica was a favourite in the early going its getting tiresome now with the constant complaining. I like her, but at a certain point you need stop moaning and storming off in a sulk and realise that sometimes you just put poo poo to one side and work together. It's like every week there's a new person to get tired of. Simon largely fell by the wayside these last two episodes, and then Riz - who seemed primed to be comic relief - walks off because of...women.
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What was the last significant satire we had on TV? Dead Ringers? It doesn't seem like there's much demand nowadays. It's a shame because all the ingredients for a new Spitting Image are right there. You have two caricatures leading the main parties and I reckon you could get a lot of comedic mileage out of the SNP. But I suppose there's social media now, so people would be able to whinge about their side being maligned a lot more directly and publicly than they could in the 1980s. Does anyone remember when ITV tried to redo Spitting Image in CGI as Headcases, and it was so terrible it came close to setting a record for most viewers lost over a commercial break?
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Wheat Loaf posted:What was the last significant satire we had on TV? Dead Ringers? It doesn't seem like there's much demand nowadays. It's a shame because all the ingredients for a new Spitting Image are right there. You have two caricatures leading the main parties and I reckon you could get a lot of comedic mileage out of the SNP. But I suppose there's social media now, so people would be able to whinge about their side being maligned a lot more directly and publicly than they could in the 1980s. Newzoids? Apparently they're doing a second series sometime this year.
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All we've got is our annual 6 (by which I mean 5 and a clipshow) episodes of Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wank, which with each iteration gets more like one of those godawful late night liberal concensus shows the yanks put out.
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The early Blair era (from 1997 through to 2002, maybe early 2003 - certainly "pre-Iraq" in any event - the "Blairpunk" era where Jamie Oliver wanted to nick your Turkey Twizzlers) had a lot of great stuff. That's when you had Dead Ringers (both the radio and TV shows), Brass Eye, Monkey Dust and so on.
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Apr 26, 2016 15:14
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I suppose The Thick of It counts, since it had its last series in 2012, but overall it's another one that I think is pretty heavily tied to the New Labour era.
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I see Peter Kay is continuing to wring the last drop of milk from a clip show. I was amused to see they had cut Savile from the Amarillo video, which was a feast of he's dead, she's dead.
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Trickjaw posted:I see Peter Kay is continuing to wring the last drop of milk from a clip show. I was amused to see they had cut Savile from the Amarillo video, which was a feast of he's dead, she's dead. For some reason I watched that video recently and was really shocked to see old creepy-pants in there, it's easy to forget how recently he was 'beloved if considered odd'. Back on The Island:Ship of Fools edition.....at least half of them would all basically be dead now if it wasn't for the rescue team.
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Trickjaw posted:I was amused to see they had cut Savile from the Amarillo video, which was a feast of he's dead, she's dead. Sounds like something Saville would have really enjoyed. Wheat Loaf posted:I suppose The Thick of It counts, since it had its last series in 2012, but overall it's another one that I think is pretty heavily tied to the New Labour era. Totally agree. I rewatched The Thick of It last Christmas and I actually thought about how difficult it would be to make a new series with politics as it is today. I know it's not going to happen, but a new series would surely have to carry on from the last (where the narrative was that New Labour was the natural party of government and just needed a competent leader) and so it would lose its parallel with reality which is what really made the show. Also the turkey twizzler madness was around 2005. I feel old. crispix fucked around with this message at 11:14 on Apr 27, 2016 |
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crispix posted:Totally agree. I rewatched The Thick of It last Christmas and I actually thought about how difficult it would be to make a new series with politics as it is today. I know it's not going to happen, but a new series would surely have to carry on from the last (where the narrative was that New Labour was the natural party of government and just needed a competent leader) and so it would lose its parallel with reality which is what really made the show. I suppose that's the answer to my question: why do satire when real life seems like an episode of Yes, Minister anyway? We're at the point where you can't really do exaggerated caricatures of any of the big names in politics at the moment because they already conform to all the comedy stereotypes. Why portray David Cameron as a posho wanker who hates poor people and Jeremy Corbyn as a tankie who's best mates with Gerry Adams when that's what their popular image is anyway? I reckon you could get a lot of mileage out of a Seumas Milne parody, though.
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Prepare for a revolution on the streets of middle England – It sounds like the Beeb might lose the rights to the Bake Off format. The production company that own the rights have decided its value has has gone up and the Beeb are declining the higher price.
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Mr. Squishy posted:Has anyone been watching Masterbakeoff, the professionals. Hosted by fat publican Tom Kerridge. He's lost a scary amount of weight. Like good on him if its intentional, but its quite alarming.
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TomViolence posted:All we've got is our annual 6 (by which I mean 5 and a clipshow) episodes of Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wank, which with each iteration gets more like one of those godawful late night liberal concensus shows the yanks put out. John Oliver: "The Conservative Party." <audience cackles like a pack of rabid hyenas> John Oliver: "Amirite?" <audience shrieks as if in agony> John Oliver: <looks over the top of his glasses> <audience spontaneously combusts>
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As the verdicts were reached yesterday, the ESPN 30 for 30 on Hillsborough which was embargoed due to the inquest, will now be shown on BBC2 on the 8th of May at 9pm
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:As the verdicts were reached yesterday, the ESPN 30 for 30 on Hillsborough which was embargoed due to the inquest, will now be shown on BBC2 on the 8th of May at 9pm Everyone should watch this. ESPN 30 for 30 is as close as you can get to a complete seal of quality. Then once you watch that, go watched the 30 for 30 titled "June 17th, 1994" which is one of the most loving astonishingly good documentaries ever made, which is impressive considering it's literally just news footage stitched together.
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:As the verdicts were reached yesterday, the ESPN 30 for 30 on Hillsborough which was embargoed due to the inquest, will now be shown on BBC2 on the 8th of May at 9pm Yeah this is an absolute must watch. It's heartbreaking.
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There are so many great documentaries from that series. Even if you don't like the American sports which most of them cover. The San Fransisco Earthquake one during the World Series is another good one.
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:Everyone should watch this. ESPN 30 for 30 is as close as you can get to a complete seal of quality. I would also recommend The Two Escobars, which is about the lives of two unrelated men of the same name: Andres Escobar, a Colombian footballer who was shot dead just after scoring an own goal that knocked Colombia out of the World Cup; and Pablo Escobar, a drug lord whose money paid for the facilities of the football club where Andres learned to play.
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thehustler posted:There are so many great documentaries from that series. Even if you don't like the American sports which most of them cover. The San Fransisco Earthquake one during the World Series is another good one. N-thing this. The Hillsborough one was amazing, as was the Two Escobars, the OJ Simpson one and the earthquake one. Although it starts off thematically about sport, they soon branch off into a much wider field of social commentary. It's a shame they are not readily available in the UK.
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DrVenkman posted:I know he claims to be a victim of editing (And really, everyone is a victim of editing so as an excuse its really losing luster), but he was absolutely loving jumping around those rocks, just listen to the noises he's making; he's like a child. Patrick is starting to properly wind me up. Stupid flirt thinking with his dick all the time.
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In addition to the 30 for 30, Five Live did a two hour progamme on Hillsborough last night. The first part of the interview with John Aldridge is heartbreaking
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There's a new four-part ITV series which started this evening called The Secret - it's about Hazel Stewart and Colin Howell, who conspired to kill their partners and make it look like a suicide back in 1991, then were found out and convicted in 2011. It was in all the papers here. I haven't seen it yet but James Nesbitt it is in it, so I may will end up watching it sooner or later. It might be interesting.
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For anyone watching The Island, my friends and I have just discovered that All4 (I still call it 4OD really) has Bear Grylls The Island USA on it. Exactly the same show except it's a bunch of American men, and by christ they are mental. Two episodes in and I've already seen a quite possibly brain damaged man go completely loopy, and another guy threatening to kill himself and anyone who comes near him with a camera. Their island doesn't even look half as bad either, it doesn't rain and it looked like one entire side of it was a long, beautiful beach. Bloody wimps.
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So the latest Tory plot to kill off the BBC and hand money over to their Murdoch overload is to ban the BBC from scheduling anything decent in prime-time..
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McDragon posted:It was a little slow to begin with but it got pretty gripping towards the end of the episode. James Nesbitt does a good job of gradually seeming more unhinged as things go on. Do the accents ever put people off outside NI? I've recently learned that some people find the various NI accents charming, but I have to admit I've long been mildly embarrassed to have one.
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goatface posted:Maybe ITV should try making better television rather than paying millions for formats and presenters even the papers struggle to care about. Seriously. The problem isn't BBC dominating the schedules or anything, it's other channels (except maybe 4) struggling to find anything resembling a hit. Mind when Channel 5 wasn't just poverty porn? Wheat Loaf posted:Do the accents ever put people off outside NI? I've recently learned that some people find the various NI accents charming, but I have to admit I've long been mildly embarrassed to have one. I like the NI accents! Isn't that why there's a bunch of call centers over there? Because the accent is soft and reassuring.
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