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David Mitchell thought piece on the subject. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/06/bbc-report-niche-distinctiveness-david-mitchell quote:There’s a new word in the lexicon of media bullshit: it is “distinctiveness”. A report, commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and published last week, argues that “greater distinctiveness” in the BBC’s output will allow its commercial rivals to make an extra £115m a year.
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On the other hand, maybe it'll force them to put something good on rather than reality game show trash for the masses.
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May 1, 2016 18:51
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Is there not also something in the old adage that people just prefer PSB sometimes over commercial telly?
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May 1, 2016 18:58
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Gyro Zeppeli posted: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. I suppose I imagine that Norn Iron accents tend to conjure up notions of criminality for people who don't live here.
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May 1, 2016 20:10
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I'm on the Conspiracy Files, Who Shot Down MH17? tonight, 9pm BST on BBC 2. The rest of the show might be good, but at least you'll have me to look forward to if it isn't.
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Wheat Loaf posted:I suppose I imagine that Norn Iron accents tend to conjure up notions of criminality for people who don't live here. Or, you know, bombs, for the more  among us.
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May 3, 2016 17:00
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Brown Moses posted:I'm on the Conspiracy Files, Who Shot Down MH17? tonight, 9pm BST on BBC 2. The rest of the show might be good, but at least you'll have me to look forward to if it isn't. Who shot down MH17?
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Me, I did.
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Brown Moses posted:I'm on the Conspiracy Files, Who Shot Down MH17? tonight, 9pm BST on BBC 2. The rest of the show might be good, but at least you'll have me to look forward to if it isn't. Having watched it: a) Well done on being clearly the most sane talking head b) What's the deal with the American ex-CIA guy? My gut feeling is he's just a nut who happens to have formerly worked in intelligence but I guess he could just as easily be a stooge c) Why isn't Russia better at making fakes? I'm thinking it's all for internal Russian consumption so they only need to pass cursory inspection, because their intended audience aren't going to believe the debunking anyway
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feedmegin posted:Or, you know, bombs, for the more Sure, that falls under criminality.
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Brown Moses posted:I'm on the Conspiracy Files, Who Shot Down MH17? tonight, 9pm BST on BBC 2. The rest of the show might be good, but at least you'll have me to look forward to if it isn't. I saw a goon. On the TV! It was a pretty good programme. I don't actually know much about the aftermath of MH17 and it was easy to follow. Congrats on pissing off that CIA guy.
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Tsaedje posted:b) What's the deal with the American ex-CIA guy? My gut feeling is he's just a nut who happens to have formerly worked in intelligence but I guess he could just as easily be a stooge quote:c) Why isn't Russia better at making fakes? I'm thinking it's all for internal Russian consumption so they only need to pass cursory inspection, because their intended audience aren't going to believe the debunking anyway I think it's partly that, plus they haven't really got that there's lots of ways to now verify their claims using open source information. With their bombing campaign in Syria they lied repeatedly about their own videos of airstrikes, claiming they were in totally different locations, and when they were accused of bombing mosques and hospitals they lied about their evidence then. For us we just have check every claim they make and generally we find they're lying quite easily, so it's low hanging fruit for us.
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:Mind when Channel 5 wasn't just poverty porn? You mean when it was just porn porn?
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Rarity posted:You mean when it was just porn porn? Nah, that was Channel 4.
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Late night channel 4 on a Friday used to be great, a mix of weird european porny things, hallucinogenic short films and bizarre b-movies. Channel 5 just regularly used to show softcore after 11pm.
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I'm probably mixing them up because the TV I used to have that only did the five terrestrial channels had Four on channel five and Five on channel four.  I always associated Five with reruns of Law & Order and CSI shows, though.
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May 5, 2016 23:42
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Sorry if I missed it at the time, but a couple of weeks back a new Louis Theroux documentary was on and I just caught up on it. This one was about alcohol addiction, and there's gonna be another one in just over a week on people living with brain injuries.
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Did anyone else try watching The Windsors? It wasn't the train wreck I was expecting, yet I couldn't muster the enthusiasm to complete the episode. The papers seem to like it.
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That CIA dude sure was really good at his job back in the day. That bay of pigs thing went off like planned. Interesting documentary. I'm kind of bemused how purposely sloppy the opening accusations from the Russians media at the start of the incident.
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Heavy_D posted:Sorry if I missed it at the time, but a couple of weeks back a new Louis Theroux documentary was on and I just caught up on it. This one was about alcohol addiction, and there's gonna be another one in just over a week on people living with brain injuries. It was good, it almost seemed fuckin scripted when that guy left the hospital detox place to buy alcohol and came back with perrier instead
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Reminder: the Hillsborough ESPN 30 for 30 is on BBC 2 at 9pm tonight
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:Reminder: the Hillsborough ESPN 30 for 30 is on BBC 2 at 9pm tonight When I watched it before, it was obviously from before the final verdict and everything. The ending of the version aired tonight seems to have been updated since, I guess that's why there's been a bit of a delay in airing it.
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Rohan Kishibe posted:When I watched it before, it was obviously from before the final verdict and everything. The ending of the version aired tonight seems to have been updated since, I guess that's why there's been a bit of a delay in airing it. They couldn't air it in the UK while the inquest was in session quote:Prof Scraton explains: “It was about to go into cinemas when the coroner (Sir John Goldring) placed an embargo on films and books about Hillsborough.”
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Rohan Kishibe posted:When I watched it before, it was obviously from before the final verdict and everything. The ending of the version aired tonight seems to have been updated since, I guess that's why there's been a bit of a delay in airing it. I've watched the US version, and there was a lot of editing in that one but mainly due to time constraints more than anything I would assume. For instance, the admission by one of the beat cops that he was crying and had pissed himself while having a flashback was new, as was Moira Stewart's news report. And obviously, the last ten minutes or so about the inquest were filmed I would imagine inside the last two weeks
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:And obviously, the last ten minutes or so about the inquest were filmed I would imagine inside the last two weeks Yeah, this is what I was referring to, primarily.
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May 9, 2016 01:11
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Does anyone use iplayer with AdFreeTime? I'm sure live viewing used to work fine, but now I can only view archived programs with the live stream resulting in an error. This is on the Apple TV, not had chance to try it on a computer.
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Did anyone watch that dog programme with Kate Humble last night? I ended up watching the whole thing just because of the hilarity of watching people making terrible decisions. 'We'll get two small puppies! Oh, they'll just ignore us. Ok, we'll get a NEWFOUNDLAND! The biggest, hairiest, slobberiest dog available!' (it wasn't revealed whether they followed through on this plan) 'I work as cabin crew 4-3 days a week and live in a pretty small flat, but I must SIMPLY have a German Shepherd! My dad will look after it while I am away which is basically 50% of the time, he'll LOVE it!!' (Shot of dad looking really unhappy about the whole set-up) Luckily for Dad and any potential dog this idiot wasn't such an idiot and he changed his mind in the end and realised that crow-barring a dog into a lifestyle that it is clearly not suited for was not the way forward. I like the idea of a dog but the reality of it is they are SO MUCH WORK! My mum and dad have 2 Scotties and they now pretty much have to plan their lives and social lives around these (admittedly cute) terrors. I'm definitely more into cats and their ability to do their own stuff for days on end. Rondette fucked around with this message at 05:56 on May 10, 2016 |
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King Crab posted:People are idiots and most do not even think for a second before getting a dog. The amount of animals dropped into rescues because people "couldn't cope" is just dumb. It was quite a good programme in that regard because the message was very much A DOG IS EXPENSIVE AND HARD WORK AND HERE IS WHY.....
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I also enjoyed it. And it seems from the second episode teaser we'll certainly be checking in on the couple who want the newfoundland - by giving them 3. I was fascinated by the hair shedding test - I knew the German Shepherd would be bad, but I didn't expect the jack russell or the pug. Also, watching the programme has made my hatred of the pugs face more intense than ever. The stupid bulbous eyed under-bitten jaw freaks.
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Rondette posted:It was quite a good programme in that regard because the message was very much A DOG IS EXPENSIVE AND HARD WORK AND HERE IS WHY..... It was a noble show attempting to explain the pitfalls of dog buying and ownership, although the cost analysis seemed to be making a case for just having your animal put down. The older couple with the world's biggest messiest dog - I think they'll just put up with the havoc. The mum who kept breaking down. I'm not sure it's a dog she needs.
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Padje posted:
Oh god yeah. I was laughing at how spoiled and desperate she seemed when they couldn't get a dog RIGHT THEN but then I remembered I cried when I got a new car and had to wait a few extra days before I could drive it coz I missed the postie knocking on the door with the (recorded delivery)insurance certificate and they drove off before I could get to them, but that was more frustration at annoying postmen. I get the feeling that despite her wanting the dog the most, she'll look after it the least. As soon as they got the little thing home (WITH IT SITTING ON HER LAP WITHOUT A SEAT BELT THE WHOLE TIME- jesus that could have been nasty if they crashed) she was grousing about having to take it outside for a piss.
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A short time ago, I asked about the dearth of decent satire on the telly. I've now read this article, written by the creator of a new satirical show called Spads which endeavours the answer the question, and argues that politicians killed it by being ridiculous. I especially enjoyed these bits: quote:Labour’s rebellious Marxist backbenchers, meanwhile, like Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, were once mentioned only to scoff derisively at their impassioned ostracism. Now they’re running the third biggest party in Scotland. And quote:[T]he political antics of 2016 would involve going broader than the Marx Brothers, which, coincidentally, would be a great name for a sitcom involving a Jeremy Corbyn/Owen Jones flat share.
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Wheat Loaf posted:A short time ago, I asked about the dearth of decent satire on the telly. I've now read this article, written by the creator of a new satirical show called Spads which endeavours the answer the question, and argues that politicians killed it by being ridiculous. Whoever wrote that sounds like an insufferable poo poo
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Quite. I mean, it's on the New Statesman, isn't it?
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Cunk on Shakespeare is the funniest half hour of tv of seen in a long while.
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Yeah, jesus was Cunk good. I was a bit wary because I didn't know if the whole Moments of Wonder thing could last a whole half hour without running out of steam but I'm glad to be wrong
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It reminded me a bit of Brooker's "A Touch of Cloth" in that the jokes were just so constant that even if you didn't like half of them you'd still be chuckling every minute. I really cracked up at the bit about Shakespeare being the inventor of computer games. I wonder how much of the interview bits are scripted, some of them seemed real but I don't feel like the teacher bloke would have really been like that about the pronunciation of 'pentameter'
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Escobarbarian posted:Still watching but I laughed so hard at the theatre director trying to claim people actively enjoy standing. Yeah, he's full of poo poo. The worst 3 hours of theatre-going I've ever had was standing at the Globe.
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