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Irisi posted:Being Human is very good and funny in a dark-hued sort of way, so that's four, I guess. (The new season of that must be coming on again soon, yeah?) Don't forget Russell Howard's Good News! Not a scripted show but it still counts.
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Aw, I love that weird toothy man  Anyway, in other UK tv stuff, the new series of Skins is on its way (you can see the trailer at http://www.e4.com/video/lWa1TDiTvGRDGwWyPxqpw/play.e4 and it's got some Arcade Fire!). Is there anyone actually interested in this show who can convince me to watch? The sheer ridiculousness of season 4 has really turned me off and after looking at the new characters I feel like they almost universally need a slap.
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Something tells me you don't really get Skins. It's safe to say you aren't its target demographic. Any one IN that demographic also almost universally needs a slap. Yeah, but none of the first set of characters needed a slap, except on occasion Michelle. Yeah, they were teens but they were loveable. ...God I miss when Skins was good.
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FAT WORM OF ERROR posted:I didn't see the big deal with the third and fouth series, those two twins are both gorgeous, the filming is pretty nice too. The female lead goes suicidal, starts seeing a therapist who brainwashes her. When the male lead goes to see the crazy therapist he gets beaten to death with a baseball bat. I don't think  has ever been more appopriately used.
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Dec 30, 2010 23:42
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LE0N posted:Starting to get a morbid curiosity about this only way is essex show. Kinda want to watch an episode filled with these barely sentient humanoids but ill probably just feel really nasty after it. Oh, you totally should. Only two types of people watch The Only Way Is Essex, those who want to be like the people involved and those who are glad they aren't the people involved. Presumably you're the second in which case it's perfect snark bait.
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BizarroAzrael posted:10 O'Clock Live trailer Ooh, I didn't realise this was just going to be a regular version of their Alternative Election program. I love Mitchell, I love Carr, I love Brooker even though he's always awkward in the live segments and if you're gonna use a token girl presenter then Laverne is pretty much your best option. Definitely gonna be watching this.
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Tardstar posted:This is getting tedius now. I realise there has to be a debate on the value of women comedians at least once a year but are we really trying to say Lauren Laverne isn't on the same level as the other 3? I realise some of you see David Mitchell as a possible friend you could take to the pub while the scary female is controlled by the moon but come on have a bit of respect and stop making smarmy arse remarks about token girl. If you don't like her then just say so instead of making cruel insinuations that her comedy career is some kind of terrible accident. Wow, I heard this forum got tons of misogyny accusations but damm. Ok, first up, I'm a girl myself, so most of your post is just wrong. Second up, I love Lauren Laverne but unless she's done a bunch of stand-up or sketch shows she's not a comedian. She's a TV/radio presenter and she's a really good one and definitely adds stuff to the show. My token girl comment was mostly me being glib and recognising that if things had been different we could have been stuck with Fearne Cotton.
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Didn't this thread used to be about TV? There's a new improv comedy show on BBC2 tonight called Fast and Loose with Hugh Dennis and a bunch of people I've never heard of. Some details can be found here: http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/fast_and_loose/ It looks quite interesting, like an updated Who's Line Is It Anyway?, so I'll be giving it a chance tonight to see how it goes.
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Gram-O-Phone posted:Only Connect This seems like a good segue to allow me to say I have the biggest crush on Victoria Coren and I'm not quite sure why...
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sebzilla posted:Add me to this list, although I know exactly why. She is beautiful, intelligent, plays poker and used to review porn. Wha.... what? Porn? Details please! That is just
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Ok, I really don't like the "treat African tragedy like flashy American E! news" idea. Makes it look trivial. Edit: And everyone else beat me to it 
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Well that was a thing. I hope they take a look at what works and what doesn't and cut down on the ADD-ness. It's not like the Daily Show was perfected right out the blocks.
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Was it... was it the part where they called the Daily Mail poo poo ? Was it that which upset you ? That was one of the parts that bugged me. Not cause I disagree but cause it's too easy. Yeah it's true but it's not, y'know, funny.
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I thought last night's Fast and Loose was a lot better than the first one. Of course, it helped a ton that Wayne Brady was there, but it was pretty much funnier all round. Only one of the ideas really flopped for me - the double speak one. Apart from that it was good fun.
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King Crab posted:Will anybody ever pick Jo Jo in Take Me Out?? If it comes to a choice of her or Lucy, yes. (I haven't seen tonight's ep, please don't prove me wrong world!) Uncertain Frog posted:(also for Laura Solon and her cute half-arsed dance she does during the dancing round) She dances like FemShep, it's ace
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Kin posted:
It gets worse. Miranda just won Best New Comedy.
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Jan 22, 2011 22:31
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Oh joy, Jo Brand is Best Female Comic. I could have sworn Britain was funnier than this.
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Jan 22, 2011 23:04
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Newswipe just won Best Comedy Entertainment show! Hell yeah! 
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Jan 22, 2011 23:21
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Wow, Samantha Spiro looks gorgeous.
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Jan 22, 2011 23:32
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N3RDSTER posted:How? She has two punchlines: "I am fat" and "I hate men". Occasionally there's the crossover of "Men hate me because I'm fat". In case you couldn't tell from my post: I don't like her either 
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Jan 22, 2011 23:38
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Right, I've stopped giving a poo poo about comedy. It's Iwan Rheon!!
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Jan 22, 2011 23:47
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Ratjaculation posted:I hope we always have the Sun, how else will I know what an 18 year old from Manchester supposedly thinks about the latest top news* And how else are 12 year old boys going to be introduced to sex? Answer me that, huh?
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Doombrain posted:Michael Socha sans shirt in Being Human tonight. I see that and raise you Nina in awesome lingerie. This show is full of hotness.
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Doombrain posted:And bizarre cameos. Hello Robson Green and Paul Kaye. And Stacey Slater. The hell?
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Kin posted:Well this seems like bollocks. It appears that up here in scotland BBC2 is, at 10pm, showing "The World According to Robert Burns". This is what iPlayer was made for. Unless that is locked onto the Scottish version too?
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That bit with the egg going nuclear... They made that up, right? That couldn't have been real. Right?
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Jan 25, 2011 23:13
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Fatkraken posted:ahaha, "If pens got hot" is loving genius Yes. Shame it was spoiled in advance on youtube. Oh well, we'll always have BlackboxxxBabes. edit: I'm relieved to hear about Orlov. I knew the 80s couldn't be that bad.
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Metrication posted:Bit embarrassed to admit this, but I'll probably end up watching the whole of the new series of Skins. Partly in hope that it might be as good as the first (which it won't) and partly as an example of how not to make TV. Series 4 was awful in every way possible (but really it's been declining since the second), especially near the end when it seemed like they suddenly realised they only had a couple of episodes left so they need to jam as much in as possible and subsequently ended up leaving a boatload of loose ends and unanswered questions. I think I'll at least give the first episode a try tonight after 10 O'Clock Live. I have low expectations but I fell in love with Mini from her character bio and I thought Dakota was really good in TGC so I'll give it a shot. Just please don't be as ridiculous as season 4.
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They really should not have put a comedian trying to be an interviewer up against one of the best PR men in the country. It's obviously not gonna go in your favour, is it? edit: By the way, if anyone's watching Skins now instead, is it poo poo? Rarity fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Jan 27, 2011 |
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spincube posted:Alright, I cackled at the sexism skit. Yeah, much better use of Laverne than WNN. I was listening to Spotify today and heard David Mitchell shilling an ad with the gocompare.com twat. Oh David, surely Channel 4 are paying you enough to avoid that? Brooker seems to be doing a lot better with being live this week.
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LE0N posted:Why do people even care about this? Its a redundant and mental thing to care about. I don't care if he wants to do ad-work. It's just... it's Go Compare. That opera singer is just terrible.
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I've not really paid attention to this bit and I have no idea what's going on but dear god I want to slap the guy with the glasses right in the face.
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LE0N posted:Do they have ~*~ISSUES~*~ ? It's Skins. Of course they do.
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10 O'Clock Live was a definite improvement on last week. The only real weak section was Mitchell's interview with Campbell. Hopefully they'll let Mitchell develop his interviewing against easier guests. What was the 'Police Afraid of the Dark' bit about?
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FirstPersonShitter posted:Saying somewhere is "a bit dark" is an old fashioned way of saying there are a lot of black people there. So the headline comes off as saying the police are afraid of black people. Fair enough, but what does the headline actually mean? edit: ^^^ Yes, that's Lyra.
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eating only apples posted:Quite enjoyed Skins, and I hated series 3 and 4. I'll take Franky over Freddie or Cook or any of those other dickheads from the last lot. I can't even remember the girls (apart from batshit Effy). Hopefully this one will be more like the first two series. To be honest I'm finding it both better and worse than the last group at the same time. Some of these kids are just awful actors and none of it particularly excited me but at least there weren't any fart jokes.
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Dammit, the ending of Skins won it at least one more episode. The whole finding your true friends was cheesy yet adorable (also, way better than skanky Effy/Cook sex) and the music at the end was awesome. Why don't I have it in me to let this show go?
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