It was on the News, it must be true...
Posted by: Mike Dudley on 03 February 2010
I've just discovered this brilliant programme tucked away on BBC4.
It should be on BBC1 at 9 in the evening, in my humble opinion.
Beautiful.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/e..._Series_2_Episode_3/
It should be on BBC1 at 9 in the evening, in my humble opinion.
Beautiful.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/e..._Series_2_Episode_3/
Posted on: 03 February 2010 by droodzilla
Mike, you're behaving like a complete twonk on the Holocaust thread, but I salute your good taste in TV. Charlie Brooker is a comic genius. His satirical commentary on the news is inspired, and so close to the bone it's almost not funny.
Posted on: 03 February 2010 by Joe Bibb
Agreed. Caught all of these, great stuff. As you say, they would be even funnier if the truth of it wasn't so painfully close at times.
Joe
Joe
Posted on: 03 February 2010 by Trevp
Again, agreed! It's my favourite programme at the moment. Excellent.
Posted on: 03 February 2010 by BigH47
CB is a twat most of the time, seems to had a day off.
Posted on: 03 February 2010 by mongo
First time I've seen the man. And thank the gods for that.
What he has to say is dross because it's so brightly lit obvious, and he comes across as a pompous tool of the type personified by the utter lightweight prepubescent schoolboy Adrian Chiles.
Stuff of this sort is essential to tv to help maintain some grown-up credibility. But it is best left to ,say, Chris Morris, who is capable of serious, take note of, adult satire.
What he has to say is dross because it's so brightly lit obvious, and he comes across as a pompous tool of the type personified by the utter lightweight prepubescent schoolboy Adrian Chiles.
Stuff of this sort is essential to tv to help maintain some grown-up credibility. But it is best left to ,say, Chris Morris, who is capable of serious, take note of, adult satire.
Posted on: 03 February 2010 by Joe Bibb
quote:Originally posted by mongo:
But it is best left to ,say, Chris Morris, who is capable of serious, take note of, adult satire.
I don't get your distinction, CB has done a lot of writing for Chris Morris, including Brass Eye. You don't have to like him of course, but credit where it's due, I'd have thought.
Newswipe has so far been excellent and well up to Morris standards imo.
Joe
Posted on: 03 February 2010 by mongo
Re-reading the post, it does sound a bit harsh ( perhaps ). But it is the presentation that makes this kind of thing imo, and he makes me think more along the lines of chucklevision than realistic satire. He just can't present.
Posted on: 04 February 2010 by JamieL_v2
I love Charlie Brooker, he writes for The Guardian too, and has a couple of books of his reviews/comment. I also liked his previous series Screen Wipe, about TV in general.
His style on TV is quite brash, but the content behind it make that justified to me.
Episode 2 of the current Newswipe series had an excellent piece an American journalist about uncredited sources, and how the use of them has allow organisations like The Metropolitan Police to smear individuals, and to gloss over mistakes they have made by spreading disinformation which can not be traced back an accountable individual.
In a similar vein Mark Thomas is on BBC Radio4 tonight at 6.30 with his new series 'The Manifesto'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qcn23
His 'Mark Thomas (Comedy) Product' was another series that took a comedic angle to serious issues that hit home in a way that politicians did not know how to counter, in the way they do on programmes like 'Question Time' where they know how to work within the format.
The style of both comedians, writers, whatever you wish to call them, is not for everyone, but for me their approach hits targets that deserve to be ridiculed, and exposed, and also entertains at the same time.
His style on TV is quite brash, but the content behind it make that justified to me.
Episode 2 of the current Newswipe series had an excellent piece an American journalist about uncredited sources, and how the use of them has allow organisations like The Metropolitan Police to smear individuals, and to gloss over mistakes they have made by spreading disinformation which can not be traced back an accountable individual.
In a similar vein Mark Thomas is on BBC Radio4 tonight at 6.30 with his new series 'The Manifesto'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qcn23
His 'Mark Thomas (Comedy) Product' was another series that took a comedic angle to serious issues that hit home in a way that politicians did not know how to counter, in the way they do on programmes like 'Question Time' where they know how to work within the format.
The style of both comedians, writers, whatever you wish to call them, is not for everyone, but for me their approach hits targets that deserve to be ridiculed, and exposed, and also entertains at the same time.
Posted on: 04 February 2010 by mongo
Hi Jamie. I agree that such tv isessential, in fact there is a crying need for more.
Just better ones.
The Mark Thomas show you mention is an excellent case in point. A superb idea well started and then his ego killed it dead. It became about how 'clever' he could be and the attack on issues failed as a result.
Just better ones.
The Mark Thomas show you mention is an excellent case in point. A superb idea well started and then his ego killed it dead. It became about how 'clever' he could be and the attack on issues failed as a result.