Paid Members Surf Digby Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 I remember Space Cadets hosted by Johnny Vaughan. The picked 12 members of the public to be the first ever "space tourists" and sent them to Russia to learn how to be cosmonauts and send them to space. A couple of them were actors there to make sure they did twig on as the whole thing was a big practical joke and they never even left UK I don't think. Â It got loads of stick when it first came out by people saying it was mean to the people who took part because they genuinely believed they were in space looking down at the Earth. I think Richard Osman was one of the guys who created it. The reveal at the end of the last episode couldn't have been more anticlimactic if they'd tried. The effort they went into to build up the illusion, only for the pay off to be Vaughan to be stood behind the door going, "Guess what? You're not really in space!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 Also make sure you catch the German film Das Experiment, a film also based on Stanford, from the same guy who directed Downfall. Brilliant film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Also make sure you catch the German film Das Experiment, a film also based on Stanford, from the same guy who directed Downfall. Brilliant film. Yep, excellent film.  A mate of my brothers was one of the guards on The Experiment, he said he cant explain how mental the whole thing was. The way it became so quickly a them and us scenario caught him by surprise. He didn't realise it had until everyone was in too deep to return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted February 6, 2017 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 Also make sure you catch the German film Das Experiment, a film also based on Stanford, from the same guy who directed Downfall. Brilliant film. I've seen that. It was on BBC years ago. Fantastic film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clumsy Dad Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Kings of Comedy: Big Brother, but for comedians in which they had to do various gig based tasks (eg perform for kids/OAPs). Staring Stan Boardman, Mick Miller, Boothby Graffoe and Ava Vidal. This was something that could have been alright, but it was a mess. I remember Boothby Graffoe slamming back wine and winging that Stan Boardman was getting favourable audiences. I had never met another person who saw it until I met my current girlfriend, though it wasn't a factor in us getting together.  I have vague memoires of that show. The main thing I recall was that Boothby Graffoe seemed to be on course to win the whole thing (was there even a prize?) and then one episode it was announced that he’d left, but I don’t think they went into too much detail as to why. After that I didn’t see him on much for a while and then he popped up on Stewart Lee’s Alternative Comedy Experience a couple of years ago, I was glad to see he was still going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 They did a good few series of The Mole on American TV presented by Anderson Cooper. It was a great show. Â Anybody remember Beauty & The Geek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 The Experiment was great. Â Beauty and The Geek was great, gave us all hope didn't it??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted February 6, 2017 Moderators Share Posted February 6, 2017 Average Joe was an amazing bit off TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 There Something About Miriam was worth watching too, really felt for Miriam at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 There Something About Miriam was worth watching too, really felt for Miriam at the end. Apparently some of the contestants grouped together and sued the makers of the show before it went to air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Â There Something About Miriam was worth watching too, really felt for Miriam at the end. Â Apparently some of the contestants grouped together and sued the makers of the show before it went to air.They did, that's why it took so long to broadcast. It is safe to say that Branquefurter wasn't one of the plaintiffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 That's basically a bat signal for Branquey. Â That Alison off BB is one of my all time hated contestants. IRL I have this thing where I tend to hate really nice bubbly people who everyone likes. She is the archetype of that person. That clip where she breaks a fucking table should have been a wake up call but instead she's like "I'm happy the way I am and if you don't like it that's your problem. " She's going to die young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nexus Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 What about the Murder Game on BBC? It used to terrify me as a young'un when they'd go to the murderer's locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 So started The Experiment. The older bald guard ... what else has he been in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briefcase Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I don't know if this belongs in here, I guess it does. First Dates.  Series one had a guy called Rajan who must have been taking the piss as he thought he was gods gift to women. Can't find any clips but may be episodes up somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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