burchybabi Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Just incase anyone is interested, i read that tonights show is a 50 minute 'writers special' featuring writers from Father Ted and Mitchell and Webb and more about the actual writing and making of a TV show. It is on now but I will probably just get the repeat later on tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazz Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 It was boring. Â As I said on DS Â I'm 1,000,000% dissapointed with this tonight. Â I needed a screenwipe related laugh, and didn't get one. Â Only positive is that prat Tim Key wasn't in it this week. Â Very Very poor screenwipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Stevie C Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 It was boring. As I said on DS  I'm 1,000,000% dissapointed with this tonight.  I needed a screenwipe related laugh, and didn't get one.  Only positive is that prat Tim Key wasn't in it this week.  Very Very poor screenwipe.  Don't know that it was incredibly poor, I think it was just a complete "Informative" Episode with no bells and whistles. Was very interesting but I want some more advertising cocks next week please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
textonly Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I loved it, but then I aspire to write and I'm obsessed with writers, the process etc. Â Russell T Davies impressed me enough to actually make me want to watch Doctor Who for the first time. Y'know...almost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous Mortimer Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 For such a clever man, Brooker's always had weird taste in collaborators (the animators, Tim Key, etc.) Â The writing show is probably an offshoot of him now writing proper telly scripts and wanting to be seen in a different light. Possibly, I have no idea what the inside of his brain is like. I'd like for him to do a more serious show about the nuts and bolts of TV, actually, it'd be equally interesting in a whole new way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Seven Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 It was kind of interesting, but also quite boring at times. I know he's even made a joke of it before, but the constant shots of Charlie bobbing his head looking "interested" was really distracting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazz Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I think this episode would have been better, not packaged as Screenwipe, and being aired as an independent special program. Â It wasn't screenwipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
textonly Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Maybe this is where Screenwipe splits its audience a little. Episodes like this are my favourite. Brooker's a funny guy and I like to hear his well-articulated opinions on shows etc, but ultimately if that's all Screenwipe was I wouldn't enjoy it as much. I mean, seriously-- what's cooler? Getting to hear Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong talk about writing Peep Show or getting to say, "yeah! That guy on that ad is a cock"? The show's best feature is surely allowing us to peek behind the veil of television so I'm actually surprised to hear that some people seem to watch it primarily as a comedy. For me the comedy's just the icing on the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted December 3, 2008 Paid Members Share Posted December 3, 2008 It was a low-budget, very simple show with nothing but intelligent discussion with people who can talk with expertise about a topic that greatly interests a minority viewing audience. Â Which is kind of the point of BBC 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Loved the show but it felt like a backdoor pilot for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 No love for the Great British Wee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazz Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 i enjoyed this episode! Pretty funny! Great British Wee was amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaky Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 There's something about Konnie Huq that really winds me up. She leaves Blue Peter then makes it her mission to be as controversial and lads-mag-sexy as she can. 'My God, the girl from Blue Peter said "pissing"!' Â It just screams attention-seeker to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Burchill's Buddy Posted December 11, 2008 Paid Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 There's something about Konnie Huq that really winds me up. She leaves Blue Peter then makes it her mission to be as controversial and lads-mag-sexy as she can. 'My God, the girl from Blue Peter said "pissing"!'Â It just screams attention-seeker to me. Â I hadnt seen or heard of Konnie since her Blue Peter days (I didnt even know she had left to be honest) so it worked perfectly for me. What other controversial stuff has she been getting up to besides pissing into urinals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny McBride Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I hate Konnie Huq. She came to work on Torcher with the Navy cadet-wankers when I was at uni in Aberdeen. Lazy bitch preened and posed for half an hour, got one shot of her banging a nail then as soon as it started raining she fucked off, leaving her crew of set-builders to construct the most spectacular float EVER, then came back 5 minutes before the parade started acting like she'd been there all day. The rest of us were doing a 12+ hour day. She's lucky if she did 12 minutes. Â She's quite ugly in real life too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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