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President_Weasel 22 Aug 2014 18:50:36 12,355 posts
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I'm not sure you can call him an underrated comedy legend when he's been loudly applauded for his excellent role on well known, critically-lauded, comedy series 30 Rock.

altitude2k 22 Aug 2014 19:25:52 5,238 posts
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I meant in the UK. I'm one of about 10 people over here that watch 30 Rock - I've got a Tracy bobblehead (to go with our Dwight bobblehead) :-)

Lukus 4 Oct 2014 17:55:26 24,639 posts
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Pointless Celebrities on BBC One now. Jet from Gladiators is on. She's still really hot.

Trowel 7 Oct 2014 20:22:04 24,512 posts
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I can see the C4 pitch - take people with cleaning OCD, dump them in the house of people who've literally never cleaned their house, with extraordinarily uncomfortable consequences... but stick some funny music over the top of it and it's a winner! :/

Lukus 21 Oct 2014 19:53:26 24,639 posts
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Richard Ayoade's interview on Ch4 News just now made me laugh quite hard

BillMurray 24 Oct 2014 00:04:59 9,736 posts
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Fucking hell, this Attenborough thing is harrowing, watching those baby chicks hit the rocks.

Lukus 24 Oct 2014 01:54:56 24,639 posts
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Yes! That was horrific. Then the Fox

Damn it nature you cunt!

Deleted user 24 October 2014 05:40:33

Anyone watching The Strain? It's a bit silly but I'm loving it

Mola_Ram 24 Oct 2014 06:18:24 26,187 posts
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I watched the first season. It had moments of goodness in the middle of the series (mostly involving Fet and the older vampire hunter), but mostly it was pretty terrible.

Deleted user 30 November 2014 21:17:31

Second episode of 'Remember Me' is on at the moment. Rather good.

Deleted user 15 December 2014 00:17:32

I am watching Robot Wars. How old is this again?

I used to fancy Phillipa Forrester.

mothercruncher 4 Jan 2015 17:22:13 19,474 posts
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Never snowboarded or skied in my life but, yay, Ski Sunday is back on

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Bremenacht wrote:
I used to fancy Phillipa Forrester.

Used to?

I'll still give it a go...

President_Weasel 4 Jan 2015 18:27:28 12,355 posts
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mothercruncher wrote:
Never snowboarded or skied in my life but, yay, Ski Sunday is back on

Does it still have the theme tune? Best theme tune of them all, I reckon.

mal 4 Jan 2015 19:09:14 29,326 posts
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President_Weasel wrote:

mothercruncher wrote:
Never snowboarded or skied in my life but, yay, Ski Sunday is back on
Does it still have the theme tune? Best theme tune of them all, I reckon.

Last I heard, yes indeed it does. But usually I only find out Ski Sunday is on when channel surfing on a bored Sunday afternoon, and switched off again today because I spotted Dalton Bond was on three as they announced the programme was over, but before the end titled aired.

So I can't confirm it's still got the old theme tune. But it did last series.

President_Weasel 4 Jan 2015 19:21:39 12,355 posts
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Cheers mal, for some reason it makes me genuinely happy to know that.

Retro-Fit 4 Jan 2015 19:25:00 223 posts
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jablonski wrote:

Bremenacht wrote:
I am watching Robot Wars. How old is this again?

I used to fancy Phillipa Forrester.
yeah she was gorgeous before she bloated

Ah, Phillipa Forrester on one hand, Maggie Philbin on the other...that's what I'd call a good Ph balance.

These days it's Dr Alice Roberts' (include 'Dr' for the full fantasy wet-suited effect) Wild Swimming.

BillMurray 31 Jan 2015 11:40:29 9,736 posts
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New season of It's Always Sunny is fantastic.

Deleted user 7 February 2015 22:47:59

Don't watch much TV but was staying at a friends and watched some things on 4OD and IPlayer and stuff. Toast of London was alright. I've heard people rave about it, but can't say it really did much for me. Really enjoyed Catastrophe though, which I hadn't heard of before.

Load_2.0 7 Feb 2015 23:32:08 33,582 posts
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Catastrophe caught me off guard, expected it to be poor but it is really good, great writing and cast.

Toast of London is funny, though it helps if you have seen a few as some episodes are far better than others.

mal 7 Feb 2015 23:47:59 29,326 posts
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I can't recall anything Matt Berry's ever done which isn't worth watching. Speaking of which, House of Fools is starting up again which, if you like Vic & Bob is classic stuff.

mal 10 Feb 2015 00:01:18 29,326 posts
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Just watching the rerun of the Grammys on c4. How can Sam Smith win a best newcomer award? The guy's been knocking about for ages - he's even in a BBC music promo for fuck's sake.

Also quite impressive from Madge there.

caligari 10 Feb 2015 00:20:49 17,956 posts
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Dear God - WHY am I wasting my time watching Gordon Ramsay's 'Hotel Hell' show?

It's car crash telly to the max - so contrived and 'set-up' ('reality' TV in fakery shockah) - with each episode following exactly the same format of bombastic shittery.

Each show usually ends in Ramsay's team 'decorating' two rooms of the hotel that they've just slated - adding some scallops to the menu - before buggering off to the local Premier Inn.

Researching a few of these hotels (yes, I have too much time on my hands) shows that a good chunk of them revert back to what they were doing before the wrinkled overlord turned up at their establishment - whilst a few of them have had to close down completely.

What is it with the US giving our bottom feeders their own shows?

Edited by caligari at 00:22:10 10-02-2015

caligari 10 Feb 2015 00:23:22 17,956 posts
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BillMurray wrote:
New season of It's Always Sunny is fantastic.

Brilliant - thanks for bringing this to my attention!

Deleted user 12 February 2015 19:45:33

ITV. Only Jeremey Kyle could make me feel empathy with the scammers he is trying to expose.

VideoGameAddict25 18 Feb 2015 19:59:30 718 posts
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Contestant on Tipping Point was asked "Kobe or Wagyu beef originated from which country?" and she answers with Africa despite the fact that Africa is A FUCKING CONTINENT! :rolleyes:

Mola_Ram 22 Feb 2015 13:27:14 26,187 posts
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Thought I'd put a Public Service Announcement in here to get more people watching Banshee.

If you like loud, pulpy action films and can appreciate a well-crafted action or fight scene, then you need to watch Banshee. Full stop. Get the DVDs, watch it on Netflix or whatever... just watch it. Watch it watch it watch it again and again. It's absolutely great stuff.

And there's boobs too, if that's more your thing. ;p

mothercruncher 7 Mar 2015 08:13:31 19,474 posts
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I fucking love TransWorld Sport.
Refreshing, left field, truly global, well put together. A brilliant antidote to the bombast of mainstream sport coverage.

captbirdseye 18 Mar 2015 21:08:14 11,190 posts
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A programme about KFC :s.

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