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[DanaC]

Originally Posted by DanaC

First ep of the new series of Sherlock was brilliant!

I've downloaded the second so I can watch it on my laptop in bed tonight

The file was corrupt (booooo!). I now have a new file which is not corrupt.

[DanaC]

Ok. Wasn't sure where to put this ... Funny youtube clips? Must See TV, Brit TV...

Decided to put it here.

New series of Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe started last week. I love all his Wipe series. I think I've posted clips of his News Wipe shows here before. Maybe some of his Screen Wipe episodes as well.

Anyway: Screen Wipe is a broader focus, incorporating news, media and culture generally.

It's a little Brit centric, but since so much of what shows on tv is American made, and our news channels are almost as interested in US events as they are in UK events, there's usually quite a bit of crossover. Also, there's usually a segment by US comedian Doug Stanhope.

Here's episode 1 of the new series:

[Sundae]

Charlie Brooker. On my Coming Round For Tea list, deffo.
But something about his mouth makes me think he'd be a sloppy kisser.
Sorry Charlie, you're going to have to stay with Connie Huq.

I'll watch it when I have a chance.
Kisses notwithstanding he is one of my celeb crushes.
Because they're all based on the man's mind.
I'm more flexible in my Cellar crushes; they're still based on minds, but I get crushes on the laydees too.

[DanaC]

Oh I've had a crush on Brooker for ages. Actually, I was a fan of his before I saw what he looked like. The games reviews he used to write in the 90s were the best reviews out there.

And totes agree on the likelihood of unpleasantly sloppy kisser.

[Undertoad]

That Diane Morgan is hilarious.

[DanaC]

Isn't she?

I like 'Barry Shitpeas' too.


Morgan comes from my home town (Bolton). She's a brilliant comedian. Does a lot of work with Joe Wilkinson (brilliant and very offbeat comic). They have a radio show called Two Episodes of Mash.



[eta] Oooooooooh! Just been looking at her website and apparently she's going to be in series 2 of Utopia!

Awesome.

[DanaC]

(cultural note: when he asks her what she's brought and she pulls some food items out of the bag that's a reference to the standard start for Ready Steady Cook - a tv cooking competition show

[Undertoad]

Her timing is just perfect.

I went back and watched the 2013 Wipe, also excellent. I would like to watch it weekly, but I suppose there is still no feed for pirated stuff.

[DanaC]

Yeah, the yearly Wipe is usually very good.

Oh hey! You might also like the one off documentary he did for Ch4 recently, called How Videogames Changed the World. Can only find promos on youtube, but pretty sure its around the streaming sites:

[Undertoad]

I will seek that out, thanks!

[DanaC]

Last week's Wipe. A very good episode I thought.

Particularly liked Doug Stanhope's routine comparing violence in American and British cultures.


[eta] Just as an aside: I've always really loved the intro music for the various Wipes.

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Philomena gets her own segment - I'll get used to it, the writing and timing are still great. But I still prefer the "every[wo]man interview" format for the character. Because we've all seen that bit on real news, people on the street getting a sentence or two in.

[Sundae]

Yay!
Inside Number Nine starts tomorrow night on BBC2.
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's new comedy series. It's an anthology series; each episode is set inside a different number nine, with different characters and a different feel. Apparently there is one which is completely silent. Will have to see how that works. Well, obviously I'll have to, because I can't hear it working...

I've known this was in the pipeline for ages, but I only heard it was on this week, this week.
Very slack.

Nice to have a focus for my week again.
I don't think I've had one since Les Revenants.

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Forgot to come back and say how marvellous Inside Number Nine was.
It's really tricky to write a review of something written by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith without resorting to cliches. So I may as well get them out of the way.

It was slightly dark, a little bit twisted and had some good old Northern humour.

Anyway.
The first episode was set mainly in a wardrobe, during a game of sardines taking place in a country house at an engagement party. The more people that squeezed into the wardrobe, the more information came out. Slyly funny. And I did laugh out loud, which isn't a given even when I'm enjoying comedy. Oh and Steve looked gorge in a Gilbert & George way.

Mum and Dad watched it later in the week, partly my recommendation, mostly because of the stellar cast. Mum says they loved it and can't wait for the next episode. Which will be completely different, as it's a silent episode. An art heist. Still, Dads likes that kinda thing and they might surprise me - if I'm willing to give anyone a chance to challenge my usual tastes it's these two.

I'm holding out for The Harrowing. It sounds like the most classic horror of all the episodes.

In sadder news, the Limeys decided they couldn't stomach Utopia.
Sadness.
But bless Limey for telling me, she could just have stayed quiet.
It was always a punt, it's uncompromising television and if it's not your bag then it's probably quite horrible. It's my bag and even I found it quite horrible in parts.

Anyone with a UK region DVD player and an interest in eye-gouging, do contact Limey

[glatt]

I finally got around to seeing the first episode of the most recent season Sherlock. It was good.

If we are closed tomorrow because of the snow, I intend to watch the rest of the season. Easy to watch a whole season in a day when there are only 3 freaking episodes in the whole season.