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The Charlie Brooker Thread

Started by Scott Wilkinson , Jul 02 2009 07:39 PM

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Posted 14 July 2009 - 07:08 AM

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Went to the recording of the second episode of this. Very funny, although a bit of a rambling shapeless adventure. Based on the number of extra out-of-context Brooker had to shoot at the end, I expect the final broadcast version to be fairly mercilessly edited to make it a bit more focused. Frank Skinner and Josie Long were both very funny, with Grace Dent this week playing the part of the empty chair.


How did they handle Torchwood? I mentioned in the other thread I don't think they were expecting it to be any good and just to be as easy a target as the old series would be.


They were pretty nice about it, with the exception of Grace Dent who admitted she just didn't like scifi as a whole. The others managed to find plenty of small things to rib it for, but had to admit the overall quality was pretty high.
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Posted 14 July 2009 - 09:27 PM

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On right now. I dug their coverage of the JM memorial - I can't believe the ITN bit!
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Posted 14 July 2009 - 09:27 PM

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I've gotta say that even though I've been following Josie Long's work on Radio for the last couple of years I've never seen her live or on the Telly . . . um . . . I'm gonna need some personal time here . . .
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Posted 14 July 2009 - 09:27 PM

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That ITN funeral play-off piece was just... :blink: :O :wacko:
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Posted 14 July 2009 - 09:39 PM

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That ITV funeral play off piece made me look at my Journalism degree and shudder.

Meanwhile - how do i get on that plinth..
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Posted 14 July 2009 - 09:39 PM

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That ITV funeral play off piece made me look at my Journalism degree and shudder.

Meanwhile - how do i get on that plinth..

Via the cherry-picker. They showed that. ;)
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Posted 14 July 2009 - 09:50 PM

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Ha ha. If I was in London, I wouldnt mind just standing there...
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Posted 14 July 2009 - 10:10 PM

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Yep, the "my funeral's better than your funeral" bit was great!

Hopefully they'll have three good panelists on the show next week.
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Posted 14 July 2009 - 10:17 PM

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Yep, the "my funeral's better than your funeral" bit was great!

Hopefully they'll have three good panelists on the show next week.

What is the Dent woman's job?
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Posted 14 July 2009 - 10:19 PM

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Yep, the "my funeral's better than your funeral" bit was great!

Hopefully they'll have three good panelists on the show next week.

What is the Dent woman's job?


I'd never heard of her before, she apppears to be a generic "broadcaster" type - http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Grace_Dent
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Posted 14 July 2009 - 10:36 PM

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She's a TV critic. Her Big Brother columns for the Radio Times were often very funny. She's not a professional comedian though, so she was never going to compare to Frank Skinner or Josie Long.
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Posted 14 July 2009 - 10:42 PM

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Jordan has asked asked that the media respect her need for publicity during these trying times . . . classic Brooker . . .
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Posted 14 July 2009 - 11:00 PM

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just watched the +1.

josie long made me say "who's the pretty girl?" grace dent is ok. i sometimes like her, but she can be a bit bitchy in a way i don't like sometimes. frank skinner was frank skinner, although to a lesser degree that he is on his own shows, not surprisingly.

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Posted 14 July 2009 - 11:49 PM

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I've seen Josie Long live and she's adorable and very funny.

I still can't believe the IRA vs Taliban fight
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 02:26 AM

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I've seen Josie Long on TV a few times before. She played the guidance councillor on Skins.

The funeral-off was incredible.
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Posted 15 July 2009 - 02:51 AM

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Posted 28 July 2009 - 09:59 PM

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Honest Question: Had Richard Bacon watched the show before? Couple of times in there he looked genuinely baffled as to what was going on...
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Posted 28 July 2009 - 10:44 PM

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I thought he did okay. He certainly wasn't an "empty chair" as I've seen some of the other guests described. It's a bit of a worry that they're repeating guests so soon though.

Next week's TV Club is Casualty. I honestly had no idea it was still on..!
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 07:59 PM

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I thought he did okay. He certainly wasn't an "empty chair" as I've seen some of the other guests described. It's a bit of a worry that they're repeating guests so soon though.

Next week's TV Club is Casualty. I honestly had no idea it was still on..!


I don't mind them repeating guests when they're as good as Boyle and Long. If they were repeating people like Grace Dent and Jamelia, then you have to be worried.
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Posted 30 July 2009 - 01:33 AM

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For those with iPlayer access, Brooker was on the last half an hour of the Jonathan Ross radio show on Saturday, will still be on for a couple of days.



As for the repeating guests thing, I agree that I don't mind if they're good. I'd be happy to see all three from this week back :)
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