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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2024 11:45 
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Victoria Coren Mitchell is a QPR fan at least, so I've got to like her a bit.

The new Buzzcocks was unwatchable because of Daisy May Cooper's constant screaming.

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That’s much the same as me. It’s probably not helped by the fact that I find the adverts themselves annoying simply by their existence. I haven’t watched ITV/Channel 4 since I was a kid, so I’ve kind of been immune to adverts for many years. Now that we’ve got this Lego show on the go, and Russell likes Taskmaster, the flow of the program is interrupted by that awful clip of proto Alan Carr saying he turned down some Bonjela every five minutes. Why do the advert breaks containers the same five ads for every break? Why on earth would you think I wanted to watch that?

And let’s not forget Mrs Browns Boys. The show everyone hates and yet I’ve yet to meet someone who has actually seen it. We know we hate it, though.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2024 11:51 
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Blucey wrote:
Victoria Coren Mitchell is a QPR fan at least, so I've got to like her a bit.

The new Buzzcocks was unwatchable because of Daisy May Cooper's constant screaming.

I don’t dislike VCM, but she shouldn’t write her own stuff, and I get a bit bored of ‘if you want to go and play a dumb persons quiz, go to those other shows. This one is for clever nerds, (guffaw)’. Maybe I do dislike her. I don’t know. I feel like I want to like her but dislike what she says.

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 Post subject: Re: General Purpose UK TV thread
PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2024 12:23 
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Blucey wrote:
Victoria Coren Mitchell is a QPR fan at least, so I've got to like her a bit.

The new Buzzcocks was unwatchable because of Daisy May Cooper's constant screaming.

She is not in the new (started this week) series. Looks like they are going to do guest captains on that team.

The first week was Courtney Love, and despite her saying she's not had alcohol for several years, the evidence begs to differ (unless it was something MUCH stronger). I don't think anyone else had much fun on that episode.

Once again, it's got the problem that I don't really like Greg Davies, and he's presenting it. Not that keen on Jamali Maddix coming up with Hilarious Back Stories for each member of the Line Ups either.

There is just enough there to keep me coming back, but If I came into the Sky version of this cold, I probably wouldn't have kept watching after the first one or two.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2024 12:58 
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Cunk on Earth was brilliant though, loved that.

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And let’s not forget Mrs Browns Boys. The show everyone hates and yet I’ve yet to meet someone who has actually seen it. We know we hate it, though.


I suppose someone somewhere likes it.
I only needed a few short moments to know that I absolutely fucking hate it.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2024 13:20 
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Sir Taxalot wrote:
Cunk on Earth was brilliant though, loved that.

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And let’s not forget Mrs Browns Boys. The show everyone hates and yet I’ve yet to meet someone who has actually seen it. We know we hate it, though.


I suppose someone somewhere likes it.
I only needed a few short moments to know that I absolutely fucking hate it.


I don't think I've seen more than 30 seconds at a time, and that was plenty to make an informed choice.


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2024 15:58 
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Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Sir Taxalot wrote:
Cunk on Earth was brilliant though, loved that.

Mimi wrote:

And let’s not forget Mrs Browns Boys. The show everyone hates and yet I’ve yet to meet someone who has actually seen it. We know we hate it, though.


I suppose someone somewhere likes it.
I only needed a few short moments to know that I absolutely fucking hate it.


I don't think I've seen more than 30 seconds at a time, and that was plenty to make an informed choice.


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Malc wrote:
Blucey wrote:
Victoria Coren Mitchell is a QPR fan at least, so I've got to like her a bit.

The new Buzzcocks was unwatchable because of Daisy May Cooper's constant screaming.

She is not in the new (started this week) series. Looks like they are going to do guest captains on that team.

The first week was Courtney Love, and despite her saying she's not had alcohol for several years, the evidence begs to differ (unless it was something MUCH stronger). I don't think anyone else had much fun on that episode.

Once again, it's got the problem that I don't really like Greg Davies, and he's presenting it. Not that keen on Jamali Maddix coming up with Hilarious Back Stories for each member of the Line Ups either.

There is just enough there to keep me coming back, but If I came into the Sky version of this cold, I probably wouldn't have kept watching after the first one or two.


Eesh. I've not seen the new buzzcocks but that sounds horrible.

I think what was good about original buzzcocks was it felt a little like you were in a boozer with them all and felt less like showmanship and more like banter. I suspect it doesnt help that my attachment to current music is very limited. And if they are including the bands I know, it probably feels overly nostalgic.


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 Post subject: Re: General Purpose UK TV thread
PostPosted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 1:55 
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Eesh. I've not seen the new buzzcocks but that sounds horrible.

I think what was good about original buzzcocks was it felt a little like you were in a boozer with them all and felt less like showmanship and more like banter. I suspect it doesnt help that my attachment to current music is very limited. And if they are including the bands I know, it probably feels overly nostalgic.


There's a music quiz show out here called 'Spicks and Specks', it's very long running and it has a nice mix of humour and friendly chat. There's a bit of banter but it's not BANTZ, it's far more gentle an good natured. It's actually aged quite well and old episodes are still entertaining, even though some of the guests are very 'low budget', many of them I have no clue who they actually are.

It's strange, as although I find I feel like l'm moving away from the nasty/sarky kind of humour in general, I still really like the offensive / dark sort of humour. Last year I watched a few Anthony Jeselnik specials - wow, so incredibly funny (and offensive, but clever, and funny).

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Season 2 of TM:NZ is one of the funniest and best seasons of TM full-stop, across all of the international and original versions. And it's almost entirely down to David Correos.


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After you're done watching S2, move over to Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee, which is also good fun. Although I've only seen the original NZ version of that, not the AU version.


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 Post subject: Re: General Purpose UK TV thread
PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 17:12 
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I tried giving new Buzzcocks a go and it was ruined by Courtney Love being even more annoying than Daisy May Cooper would have been.

Also, Noel Fielding is just rubbish isn't he? He's pure getting carried on GBBO by Alison Hammond (who is great).

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Rivals on D+ is great, obv.

I'm putting in here because it's the most English thing ever.

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Rivals on Disney+ is absolutely amazing

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Grim... wrote:
Rivals on D+ is great, obv.

I'm putting in here because it's the most English thing ever.


I said to Russell that I bet you’d be watching that.

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I am probably late to the party.

Slow Horses on Apple TV+ Is just fantastic. Great scripts and Gary Oldman is just great as a spy master.

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Mimi wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Rivals on D+ is great, obv.

I'm putting in here because it's the most English thing ever.


I said to Russell that I bet you’d be watching that.

Watched the entire thing the day it came out.

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I watched the first episode, but my wife wants to watch it with me, and we just haven't found the time to do this yet.

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Two episodes in and there's nothing left of the scenary left to chew on. It's awesome (and obviously the spiritual successor to Garth Marengi's Dark Place)


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Rivals is superb, enjoying it much more than I expected.

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Grim... wrote:
Mimi wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Rivals on D+ is great, obv.

I'm putting in here because it's the most English thing ever.


I said to Russell that I bet you’d be watching that.

Watched the entire thing the day it came out.


I had no doubt.

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We watched an ITV drama called ‘The Suspect’ over the past few nights. It’s like every other mild ITV psychological thriller, but the whodunnit element was completely destroyed by their being a really tight cast of characters and only one incidental character who appeared over and over for seemingly no reason, so of course it was that character otherwise why was he part of the show?

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