Come fly with me (1 Viewer)

[Rob]

Has anyone else in the UK been watching this series from Matt Lucas and David Walliams the makers of the excellent 'Little Britain'?. It really is dire. Many thousands of people have complained of what they think are insulting racial stereotypes and having watched four episodes its difficult to argue against that view. It reminds me of a very dated 70's sitcom with perhaps Dick emery in it, awful characters that arn't that funny, and poor material with few laughs. The thing is it cleary is not poking fun at racism its just 'blacking up' and putting on poor accents.Coming as I say from the two who gave us Little Britain its such a let down, lets hope for better in their next project.

Rob

 

[trooper]

Irrespective of the programme, in my opinion this pair have all the comedic charisma of a hemorrhoid transplant. Unfortunately they are typical of what passes for entertainment these days. Thank God for books. Trooper

 

[Rob]

Irrespective of the programme, in my opinion this pair have all the comedic charisma of a hemorrhoid transplant. Unfortunately they are typical of what passes for entertainment these days. Thank God for books. Trooper

I couldn't believe what I saw Alan, it really was like something from 1975 , very poor indeed. Oh for some old fashioned characther comedy like Dads Army again, funny enough that was on in 1975 and actually was funny!

Rob

 

[Martin Tabony]

"Ooh you are awful, but I like you". Thems the days!

Martin

 

[trooper]

Some years ago the programme controlling department of the BBC was infiltrated by a younger element who decided that the younger part of the public was the main market for it's products. This became known as the "yoof" culture and resulted in a war on anything nostalgic such as "Heartbeat" and "Last of the Summer Wine," the latter being the longest running sitcom in the world lasting for over 30 years and which was axed in the most despicable manner, the BBC assuring the public that no decision had been made and would not be made until the viewing figures of the latest series had been evaluated and then chopping the programme before the series had ended. Now all the Beeb seem to produce is cheap to produce reality shyte, makeover programmes, endless "celebrity" shows with people no one has ever heard of sitting in jungles, dancing, cooking and acting the fool in countless other infantile endeavours usually presented by comperes of uncertain gender. And before anyone points out that some of these are programmes produced by other companies, yes, I do know but can't be bothered to check who does what as it is all part of the general dumbing down prevalent throughout the entire industry. All we can do is hope that sense may one day reassert itself and some worthwhile programmes emerge from the present turgid morass and intelligent life may once again see the light of day.

 

[Rob]

Perhaps at least a tiny step forward was taken when C4 axed the god awful Big Brother, absolute rubbish if ever I saw it. The Jungle version is also just as bad, Ant And Dec must laugh themselves stupid when they get their huge pay cheques for presenting that total waste of air time.

The BBC are also cutting back on costume drama's that at least involve acting and storylines , Larkrise to Candleford has been axed and they only made three episodes of the remake of upstairs downstairs. As you say Alan it's all just reality tosh now. I only ever watched ITV for Poirot and that's only got six eps to go now.

Rob

Some years ago the programme controlling department of the BBC was infiltrated by a younger element who decided that the younger part of the public was the main market for it's products. This became known as the "yoof" culture and resulted in a war on anything nostalgic such as "Heartbeat" and "Last of the Summer Wine," the latter being the longest running sitcom in the world lasting for over 30 years and which was axed in the most despicable manner, the BBC assuring the public that no decision had been made and would not be made until the viewing figures of the latest series had been evaluated and then chopping the programme before the series had ended. Now all the Beeb seem to produce is cheap to produce reality shyte, makeover programmes, endless "celebrity" shows with people no one has ever heard of sitting in jungles, dancing, cooking and acting the fool in countless other infantile endeavours usually presented by comperes of uncertain gender. And before anyone points out that some of these are programmes produced by other companies, yes, I do know but can't be bothered to check who does what as it is all part of the general dumbing down prevalent throughout the entire industry. All we can do is hope that sense may one day reassert itself and some worthwhile programmes emerge from the present turgid morass and intelligent life may once again see the light of day.

 

[Martin Tabony]

The BBC think they can do what they like because the got our money anyway. The only things the Beeb make worth watching involve David Attenborough, and let's be honest that won't last much longer.

Martin

 

[Scott]

There will probably be an American version. We copy many of your shows.

 

[Rob]

There will probably be an American version. We copy many of your shows.

Although remakes of tv series are rarely as good as the original, I far prefer the US version of The Office to the original, much funnier in my view.

Rob

 

[Mitch]

total dross on too many channels but, jungle rubbish, big brother stars (allegedly) dancing on ice and floors, these shows where you air your life and marital problems and all the other mind numbing s##te thats on the box makes me wonder what sort of dopes there are in society who think this is good entertainment or, entertainment at all.

Rant over
Mitch

 

[Spitfrnd]

Some years ago the programme controlling department of the BBC was infiltrated by a younger element who decided that the younger part of the public was the main market for it's products. This became known as the "yoof" culture and resulted in a war on anything nostalgic such as "Heartbeat" and "Last of the Summer Wine," the latter being the longest running sitcom in the world lasting for over 30 years and which was axed in the most despicable manner, the BBC assuring the public that no decision had been made and would not be made until the viewing figures of the latest series had been evaluated and then chopping the programme before the series had ended. Now all the Beeb seem to produce is cheap to produce reality shyte, makeover programmes, endless "celebrity" shows with people no one has ever heard of sitting in jungles, dancing, cooking and acting the fool in countless other infantile endeavours usually presented by comperes of uncertain gender. And before anyone points out that some of these are programmes produced by other companies, yes, I do know but can't be bothered to check who does what as it is all part of the general dumbing down prevalent throughout the entire industry. All we can do is hope that sense may one day reassert itself and some worthwhile programmes emerge from the present turgid morass and intelligent life may once again see the light of day.

Very well said mate and also very applicable to your cousins accross the sea.

 

[Cornwallis]

I agree Rob I was very disappointed with this series, it was no where near as good as Little Britain, although I must admit the 'Immigration' board game was spot on!

 

[Rob]

I agree Rob I was very disappointed with this series, it was no where near as good as Little Britain, although I must admit the 'Immigration' board game was spot on!

Yes, that bit was quite funny!. The programme must have done ok I guess as series 2 has been announced.

Rob

 

[trooper]

[QUOTE=Rob;364548]Yes, that bit was quite funny!. The programme must have done ok I guess as series 2 has been announced.

Rob

The fact that a second series has been commisioned only means that the "inyerface" brigade still hold the whip hand in the Control department. This means that for the foreseeable future we shall continue to be served up increasingly extreme and tasteless story lines in soaps, cheap to produce "reality" shyte populated by "celebrities" nobody has ever heard of, hoards of posturing presenters of uncertain gender, riveting documentaries about house cleaning, inept and unscrupulous builders and corruption in every walk of life. When this lot is added to the usual mix of cooking programs, endless sport and sixty year old films that have already been shown umpty four times there is not much room for decent entertainment. Trooper

 

[Rob]

[QUOTE=Rob;364548]Yes, that bit was quite funny!. The programme must have done ok I guess as series 2 has been announced.

Rob

The fact that a second series has been commisioned only means that the "inyerface" brigade still hold the whip hand in the Control department. This means that for the foreseeable future we shall continue to be served up increasingly extreme and tasteless story lines in soaps, cheap to produce "reality" shyte populated by "celebrities" nobody has ever heard of, hoards of posturing presenters of uncertain gender, riveting documentaries about house cleaning, inept and unscrupulous builders and corruption in every walk of life. When this lot is added to the usual mix of cooking programs, endless sport and sixty year old films that have already been shown umpty four times there is not much room for decent entertainment. Trooper

It is dire isn't.I just thank heaven I never got into Soap opera's. Everytime I see a clip from Eastenders I just think spare us from this total rubbish. And if you happen to want to watch anything but sport well then you are out of luck. Seriously, is there anything worse than televised darts????!. And snooker is just as tedious. You are right Alan, there are too few quality dramas and docu's these days and with cutbacks its only going to get worse. So buckle up for 'Celebrity stamp collecting on ice get me out of here now' .

Rob