Charlie Brooker's Newswipe

29 I think.

Actually, it is tonight. Less than 2 ½ hours now.

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.

An excellent edition, very informative about Dead Set.



It's repeated at midnight tonight.

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.

Ah, absolutely fantastic. The offensive credits had me laughing my head off too.

Agree totally, I had no idea about some of those things on Dead Set. And how good was his critique of Britannia High?

Right what is the number for Ofcom? I want to complain about those lewd end credits.........

The "offensive version" of the end credits was bloody hilarious, and the Britannia High inspired toilet cubicle scene also did amuse!

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!

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."

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Paul Ross is on Sky Channel 201 tonight at 12.30am. Dare we watch?

Very funny. The Maitlis clip from Newsnight had me in tears...