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Charlie Brooker's Newswipe

Contains discussion of forthcoming 'Gameswipe' (November 2008)

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GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
nok32uk posted:
5 hours to go folks.

I too hope Barry Sh*tpeas reappears sometime this series. Laughing


29 I think.
PC
Paul Clark
Actually, it is tonight. Less than 2 ½ hours now.
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
Oh crap. I thought this was Wednesday and the show was on Thursday. I also thought today was the 17th.

If I didn't have such a robust constitution I think I would feel quite sick.

But yay for Brooker.
CY
cylon6
An excellent edition, very informative about Dead Set.

Gavin Scott posted:
Oh crap. I thought this was Wednesday and the show was on Thursday. I also thought today was the 17th.

If I didn't have such a robust constitution I think I would feel quite sick.

But yay for Brooker.


It's repeated at midnight tonight.
NW
nwtv2003
Very good start to the Series, I liked his take on the "Sachsgate" affair, he got that spot on. Again interesting about Dead Set and the constraints it had.
JC
JonathanC
Ah, absolutely fantastic. The offensive credits had me laughing my head off too.
CY
cylon6
nwtv2003 posted:
Very good start to the Series, I liked his take on the "Sachsgate" affair, he got that spot on. Again interesting about Dead Set and the constraints it had.


Agree totally, I had no idea about some of those things on Dead Set. And how good was his critique of Britannia High? Very Happy
DB
dbl
Right what is the number for Ofcom? I want to complain about those lewd end credits.........
PC
Paul Clark
The "offensive version" of the end credits was bloody hilarious, and the Britannia High inspired toilet cubicle scene also did amuse! Laughing

I like how some of the links make absolutely no attempt to be polished (one of which was fluffed altogether) - I'd rather see that than straight-laced 'professional' links, it's more fun!
JC
JonathanC
And now, my new favourite rant.

"I work in both papers and TV, so I feel I can say with some authority that the papers are full of it.

They fill their pages with **** and garbage on a daily basis, padding out their sad, obsolete little platforms with scare-mongering bigotry or life-wrecking scandal stories or fusty preaching or intrusive photographs of some pop star lurching out of a nightclub at 2am with her tit hanging out of her blouse taken by some fat-arsed paparazzi scumbag you wouldn't even want to shake hands with in case his Peeping-Tom **** was somehow catching. They actually pay these massive arseholes, and then they've got the temerity to turn around and have a pop at TV the minute anything vaguely untoward appears on screen. Well, **** 'em."

Edit:
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CY
cylon6
Paul Ross is on Sky Channel 201 tonight at 12.30am. Dare we watch? Very Happy
NG
noggin Founding member
Very funny. The Maitlis clip from Newsnight had me in tears...

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