(scans press release for Lo Slung Denim credits)
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Pramface Mansion?
― DG, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 14:42 (sixteen years ago) link
BBC4 has a fair amount of popular music on it.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 14:43 (sixteen years ago) link
yeh too bad it's all from 30 years ago.
― blueski, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 14:44 (sixteen years ago) link
stars Lily Allen as the host of a social networking-based chat show
― The Wayward Johnny B, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 15:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Four single dramas will air in the Spring: Phoo Action, described as a futuristic, kung fu, live action drama; The Things I Haven't Told You, a dark thriller set in the sixth form; Being Human, a tale about a vampire, werewolf and ghost who share a house; and Mrs In-Betweeny, billed as a "dark comic look at modern British family life" featuring a long-lost uncle who returns as a pre-op transsexual named Emma.
Monkey Tennis?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Mrs In-Betweeny, billed as a "dark comic look at modern British family life" featuring a long-lost uncle who returns as a pre-op transsexual named Emma.
We should make up bingo cards for this show, you cross off the box whenever Julia Davis, Mark Heap, or Stephen Mangam appears on screen.
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 15:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Being Human anyone? Vampires/Werewolves/I-See-Dead-People show set in Bristol - surprisingly t'was not utter shite.
― more private than a bar stool (Upt0eleven), Monday, 26 January 2009 10:30 (fifteen years ago) link
I liked it - partly for location-spotting reasons. Overall, though, it was rather good. We were a bit puzzled by some of the mechanics of it: how can the ghost pick *some* things up? How can some people see her when they couldn't originally? Maybe these things were covered in the pilot; but it's not really Good Form to rely on the pilot explaining plot points like that.
― Forest Pines Mk2, Monday, 26 January 2009 10:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I didn't get that either. Nor how the ghost could interact with the pizza boy (who was, incidentally, played by one of my oldest friends) but not anyone else.
Other than that I was rather impressed.
― more private than a bar stool (Upt0eleven), Monday, 26 January 2009 10:57 (fifteen years ago) link
We did wonder if the link was: people who never knew her before she died can see her, but not those who did - hence why her fiance's new partner was someone she'd known in the past too. And at least the characters did seem puzzled on that point also.
― Forest Pines Mk2, Monday, 26 January 2009 10:59 (fifteen years ago) link
That link: "And a little bit of map-research and field-walking will take us right to it"
Yeah and the street sign's in the trailer, I noticed it first time I saw it because I thought it was our road.
― Not the real Village People, Monday, 26 January 2009 14:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Is it? I didn't make it out. It was visible in the show itself, though.
― Forest Pines Mk2, Monday, 26 January 2009 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
how can the ghost pick *some* things up? How can some people see her when they couldn't originally?
Russell Tovey was on 5Live earlier and explained this, or tried to. Apparently the more comfortable/happier she is with herself, the more 'solid' she becomes. The more unhappy or stressed she is, the more ghostlike. Or something like that anyway. It wasn't made clear in the programme though.It was okay. Tovey was the best thing in it, and I would've preferred Andrea Riseborough to have also returned as the ghost. Glad they made this in the end and not Phoo Action, anyway.
― DavidM, Monday, 26 January 2009 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I really enjoyed that, good balance between the undead stuff and the twentysomething soap stuff, and I instantly warmed to all the characters. Glad they didn't waste any time with scene-setting as well.
― Matt DC, Monday, 26 January 2009 23:32 (fifteen years ago) link
It was good. I think they're going for the slow unfurling with Annie, and they're doing a decent wee job of it.
― William Bloody Swygart, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 00:06 (fifteen years ago) link
God the girl playing Lauren in Being Human is the single most smashable person on British TV right now.
― Maximo Park Ji-Sung (Matt DC), Sunday, 15 February 2009 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes!
― swedes put dill on fields of salmon (fields of salmon), Sunday, 15 February 2009 22:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Unless you are a girl, in which case, substitute "the guy playing Mitchell"
― ailsa, Sunday, 15 February 2009 22:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Lauren is v.v. pretty. And I am being all heterosexual in my assumptions there.
― ailsa, Sunday, 15 February 2009 22:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Best episode yet as well - it's obviously building towards some really bad shit but all the characters are very watchable.
― Maximo Park Ji-Sung (Matt DC), Sunday, 15 February 2009 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Best episode yet, definitely. It has to start building up to the bad shit now, because there's only two more episodes left; there needs to be a doomtastic cliffhanger next week.
We were cringing and could barely look when the kid started playing the DVD. The most chilling moment: his "I'm hungry" while waiting for the train at the end.
― Forest Pines Mk2, Sunday, 15 February 2009 22:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes, that was excellent tonight. It's been really good so far, but is ratcheting it up towards something outstanding.
― ailsa, Sunday, 15 February 2009 22:49 (fifteen years ago) link
what t f at the scheduling of family guy. i don't get it. can't even be sure they show more than two in any given week.
― groovy groovy jazzy funky pounce bounce dance (special guest stars mark bronson), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 23:23 (fifteen years ago) link
was just thinking that, wasn't this on last night or the night before?
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh well, there's some nurses confronting their issues next
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 23:41 (fifteen years ago) link
this was on one night, the one earlier was on.. another night. both classic material tho.
― groovy groovy jazzy funky pounce bounce dance (special guest stars mark bronson), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh yeah, i'll never not laugh at family guy, i just wish BBC Three would keep up with the episodes.
Ahhh! Just realised, maybe i shouldn't download everything and moan i've seen it when it comes on TV :(
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 23:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm now firmly on the Being Human bandwagon thanks to you guys and the iplayer. The scripts and acting are a bit rough around the edges, but it's very compelling and the small budget is used cleverly.
The comedy/drama tag is somewhat misleading - it's a good deal darker than I expected!
― chap, Thursday, 19 February 2009 00:37 (fifteen years ago) link
In fact I was going to turn in, but I think I'll watch episode four first.
― chap, Thursday, 19 February 2009 00:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Any further thoughts on Being Human now that it's finished? I was impressed on the whole, despite it feeling a little over-written and over-acted at times (having said that, the guy who played Herrick hammed it up something rotten and he was the best thing in it). It was in the spirit of early Doctor Who, offbeat genre television that relies on clever storytelling rather than flashy SFX. It also reminded me of a 90s Vertigo comic, I kept half expecting John Constantine to show up. Here's hoping it gets recommisioned.
― chap, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
And wikipedia tells me it has, for an eight-part series.
― chap, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 16:30 (fifteen years ago) link
The finale made even less sense than the preceding episodes but overall it was pretty good. But I could really do without that relentless post-Spaced excruciating-middle-class-tics-of-embarrassment style of acting - even the vicar or whatever did it!
― Stevie T, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I agree, I think they should play down the comedy elements and focus on the supernatural drama next time.
― chap, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
I was a bit disappointed by the finale, thought they tried to cram a bit too much into the first half. The comic stuff mostly worked I thought but George got most of the best lines.
― Roque Santa Gold (Matt DC), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 16:52 (fifteen years ago) link
No way they should lose the comedy! I'm glad it's less tongue in cheek than Buffy but the humour is very much at the heart of it. I thought it was great, in fact maybe one of the best new uktv series in years. They really managed to do something fresh with the genre.
― ledge, Tuesday, 10 March 2009 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't think they should lose the comedy altogether by any means. I just think less pop-cult referencing clowning around might be in order.
― chap, Tuesday, 10 March 2009 22:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Also George annoys me a bit when he goes all squeaky.
― chap, Tuesday, 10 March 2009 23:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Young, Rich and House HuntingEpisode 5
Ed has been given 1.5 million pounds by his parents to build a property empire.
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Monday, 6 June 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
dont they at least focus group a precis of this ish before they send it out to the 18-35 cd2des
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Monday, 6 June 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
ugh, welcome to Cameron's Britain...
― got a whole lotta gloves (snoball), Monday, 6 June 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
Sitcom about a small-time dope dealer. A penniless Moz calls in his debts. However, his mates seem reluctant to pay him back. Jess falls under the spell of Cartoon Head.
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Monday, 6 June 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
Lucy uses all the tricks at her disposal to keep looking young, yet is outraged by daughter Sherelle's barely-there hemlines. (R)
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Monday, 6 June 2011 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
I'm now fully convinced that Beeb 3 is some kind of dystopian social experiment. Now I'm going to yell at some kids on my lawn.
― aka best bum of the o_O's (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 06:32 (twelve years ago) link
currently on BBC Three - comedy show parodying hip-hop, starring blacked-up actors.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 11 June 2011 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
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I have been out of the country for a few months. Please tell me this is not a real thing.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Saturday, 11 June 2011 04:46 (twelve years ago) link
It's Angry Boys, by the Australian guy who did Summer Heights High. So it's not racist, it's a well-observed sideways swipe at illiberal modern society, obviously. Or something.
― James Mitchell, Saturday, 11 June 2011 05:29 (twelve years ago) link
https://twitter.com/BBCNewsEnts/status/542621062752923648
genuinely thought that was a parody tweet at first
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 12:32 (nine years ago) link
true but it got your attention, it made you click, it made you share = it did its job
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 13:22 (nine years ago) link
possibly more worrying is that bbc three appears to be using the same criteria for its editorial decisions
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 13:32 (nine years ago) link
what was Grotbags a spin-off from? Was it Orville?
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:10 (three years ago) link
wasn't she originally in Rentaghost?
― calzino, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:12 (three years ago) link
no it seems I'm getting her mixed up with Hazel the McWitch
― calzino, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:14 (three years ago) link
Her I could handle. I guess it was Grotbags' green facepaint that turned my stomach.
― Alba, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:26 (three years ago) link
Grotbags' 70s northern soul banger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEYaxZoQ188
― mahb, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:26 (three years ago) link
a mate once turned up at our house with a woman who looked like grotbags, he'd pulled her at the petrol station, he couldn't take her back to his house because he lived with his parents, pretty grim stuff all round, I left them to it in the living room and went out to the pub
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:06 (three years ago) link
Grotbags was originally in The Pink Windmill.
― Punk's not daft (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:08 (three years ago) link
Thanks Tom
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
there is a fascinating couple of children's entertainer/panto types of some kind who live down the road from me. Sometimes they are doing gardening still in their working costumes. The bloke always says hello to my kid with a big hearty wave and a HHHEEELLLO! His partner has a polka dot car and even paints silver polka dots on the lower overhanging leaves in the garden! Although sadly I have not seen that much of them during the lockdowns - it must have been tough on them.
― calzino, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:32 (three years ago) link
I think that post of Cam's is going to haunt my thoughts for a while now!
― calzino, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:56 (three years ago) link
sorry about that calzwe called this guy "Mad Mart" because we were a houseshare full of heavy drug users, half of us as-yet-undiagnosed schizophrenics, and he was the only regular bloke we knew who actually had a job and who could not get beaten up in all bar one, he would come to our house to "get blazed up" and announce his arrival with a "wazzzzzup" from the budwiser ad, we used to stare at him in wonder, he was like some kind of exotic animal we didn't usually get to see up close. none of this excuses the grotbags incident of course.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 20:08 (three years ago) link
when I lived at my mum's I often had wanker mates turning up wanting to use it as a fuck-pad because my mum hardly ever was there and mostly at her boyfriend's pad. I wasn't judging your post, my response was more like a lol of recognition!
― calzino, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS arrived at last on BBC3 and iPlayer.
I felt like there was a word for this kind of material - something about something you know is bad yet still watch despite yourself. The ill-starred phrase 'guilty pleasure' will have to do.
The simple thought occurred to me that from a culture historically famed for eloquence, Rooney has made characters most notable for ineloquence.
You can pull that apart one way or another - arguing that other cultures have their own traditions of eloquence; that Ireland also has some famous traditions of taciturnity; that some of its great literature has been deliberately costive or minimal; that this is an adaptation not the book, which may be quite different; and certainly add that it's the characters, not necessarily Rooney herself, who are so feeble at talking. And half the main characters aren't Irish. With all that said I think it's true enough.
― the pinefox, Monday, 16 May 2022 14:12 (one year ago) link
I really loved Normal People, one ep down on this and it feels dead and dull
― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Monday, 16 May 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
The actor boyf seems an APPALLING actor
Does he? I don't see that. He seems no worse to me than anyone else in this, or indeed in NORMAL PEOPLE. But not much to go on yet.
― the pinefox, Monday, 16 May 2022 17:51 (one year ago) link
when is BBC3 bringing back Snog Marry Avoid, Freaky Eaters, and Sun Sex & Suspicious Parents?
― boxedjoy, Monday, 16 May 2022 21:48 (one year ago) link
I'll admit I am mystified by what a TV adaptation of Normal People could possibly bring to the table; literary fiction based around the inner lives of its characters seems a very bad fit for adaptation unless you go experimental with it.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 10:00 (one year ago) link
I thought Normal People worked really well, but I hadn't read the novel.
― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 10:10 (one year ago) link