Cerv posted:

FYI: A couple earning the median full-time salary of £25k each could not get a mortgage for anything approaching £400k unless they had cash for a deposit massively over the normal level.

Rapey Joe Stalin posted:

Yeah, she wasn't doing it as a joke, which would be pretty weak anyway, she was pushing it as a talking point designed to undermine legitimate protest. That is why they derided her and turned, uncharacteristically in Merton's case, on her.

Just like her last appearance, she was trying to win political points instead of treating it as a comedy half hour. Not surprising given just how objectively despicable her beliefs are.

cloudchamber posted:

It's Have I got news for you not Question Time the aim of the show is to make topical jokes not to sell the party line.

Kin posted:

What the gently caress are they supposed to do, crawl their way to Latin America, pick their own beans, come back and then grind them into powder using nothing but the sticks and stones that are around them? Get a grip, the digging started immediately because her statements were so absurdly stupid and ignorant.

From her point of view, you can't ever post a dissenting opinion on capitalism if you own or use anything that was produced by capitalism. Which, by the way, is almost everything.

Are you starting to see why she was ridiculed the way she was? She deserved every bloody bit of it.

SeanBeansShako posted:

I'm thrilled that Mongrels is indeed still good.

Brown Moses posted:

Is anyone actually watching Children in Need?

Jakabite posted:

Had a minor panic with Unblockus, got it and spent about 15 minutes panicking that I'd now not be able to watch The Thick of It, since it's apparently not available in the US. Only just realised you can turn it off. Panic over. The Thick of It is really loving good by the way, I just started watching it yesterday, and it's kept me happy for many an hour.

Red Dragon posted:

Tony Montana posted:

I don't even understand what that means

Here you go



You can miss Home and Away this week.

Lord Thiefington posted:

Congratulations guys, you managed to derail the thread so hard nobody even mentioned how completely and utterly amazing The Thick of It was last night.

Whoever shot the slow balloon rise shot needs an award.

onoflalks posted:

But the range of weirdos he can do is impressive. From Brian in Spaced, to Jim in that via Dr Alan Statham in Green Wing and the Psilence inventor in Look Around You

The Perfect Element posted:

It's like he gained weight specifically for that role and then lost it all again straight after.

Sion posted:

I got neither. My folks say that's because Blue Peter ran out of instructions on how to make it but looking back on it in the cold light of 20 years plus, that's total bollocks.

Squalitude posted:

Also the two assassin-types quite reminded me of the pair from Neverwhere in their insanely evil methods.

Taff posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-M6UbECp8M

There you go

onoflalks posted:

The bit where Jen's companion gets shot and flops down at the back of the petrol station, and her reaction to it is on par with dropping a small bowl or getting caught watching things on YouTube when you're meant to be working.

Cunning Plan posted:

Does anyone else find Google Glass rather disturbing having watched "The Entire History Of You" Black Mirror? I mean it's essentially accomplishing the same thing (perhaps even inspired the Black Mirror episode? I'm not sure of timelines.). Either way, I find it a bit eerie.

Mr. Squishy posted:

Also, the floppy haired fat man is so typecast he might one day wake up and find himself a member of parliament.

onoflalks posted:

I think you can watch it here on Liveleak, but I can't check it's the right one, because apparently you can't get a good phone signal on a train in the Midlands, but it looks like it.

pointsofdata posted:

Sounds like someone at Hyundai's PR firm is getting a raise

NwahNerevar posted:

Man this Eurovision coverage is the most Alan Partridge thing ever.

Gorn Myson posted:

The only problem I have with Rich Hall is that he isn't on TV as much as he should be. And I don't mean appearances on panel shows, I mean things like "Fishing Show", "Cattle Drive" and his documentaries.

Rich Hall should just have his own TV channel where hes given loads of money to do anything he wants.

Ponce de Le0n posted:

Channel 4 has been fairly bad commissioning comedy programming recently, apart from panel shows and the like the only good new sitcom has been phoneshop all their other notable output has been one-offs like bad sugar.

UnquietDream posted:

On a not quite TV related note, Radio 4 is broadcasting The Aeneid (part 1). So if you want a little bit of Roman's looking back on the Trojan War, check it out.

mrfart posted:

For some reason I thought his girlfriends dad was Noel Fielding at first.

hookerbot 5000 posted:

I've seen the first four and really enjoyed them, not sure whether to watch the last one though if it's horrific - I'm a wuss who had nightmares after X Files. Is it nightmare inducing would people who have watched say?

Bobby Deluxe posted:

Ant is the one on the left.

No seriously. When they were on Comic Relief, they appeared at the back of the audience, Ant on the left. They did their intro bit, ran to the stage and crossed over in the audience pit so that when they were on stage they'd be the right way round.

My brother said this to me as a joke but now that I look, Ant is almost always on the left. You know, excepting the good old Byker Grove days.

James May posted:

Jeremy Clarkson is not a racist. He is a monumental bellend and many other things, but not a racist. I wouldn't work with one. #ThatIsAll.

Mr. Squishy posted:

It's The Daily Show except there's a lot more white in the branding, as opposed to TDS' dark blue.

The Big Taff Man posted:

Therouxs biggest skill is the silence, staying quiet till the other person starts talking about things they didnt really want to say

Mickolution posted:

True.

Once you've finished watching it all (including Mid Morning Matters), be sure to check out the book, it fills in lots of gaps around the character. If you're into that sort of thing, the audiobook is excellent, as it's read by Partridge, which is how the book sounded in my head while I was reading it.

Strom Cuzewon posted:

A few years back I was laid up with tonsillitis and binged Demon Headmaster.

That loving Octopus is still terrifying, even as an adult.

The Big Taff Man posted:

Ive just written "Neeeerrrdddd" in my notes.

Gorn Myson posted:

Everything Alan Partridge related is worth watching or listening , even the Sky specials. And its worth reading the book as well, if only for the foreword (which is a lukewarm reference from his boss) and the soundtrack he wants.