Charlie Brooker's Newswipe (Tuesdays @ 10.30pm, BBC4)

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Charlie Brooker's Newswipe (Tuesdays @ 10.30pm, BBC4)

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Wow. So good to have him back on the box.
I really hope you all watched it as I can't think of one person who I even occasionally converse with on this forum who wouldn't enjoy Brooker's take on stuff.

Made me think of Corby and his animation when he did "totally unputdownable" :)

Oh, and Tim Key is a genius. The way he fuses poetry with performance is magnificent.
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I don't like Charlie Brooker that much, his comedy always seems over-wrought like he's trying spectularly hard to wring every ounce of funniness out of each joke. But I loved Tim Key's slot on Mark Watson's show so maybe I'll give it a watch for that.
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I like his writing, and his newspaper columns usually contain at least one snortworthy line, but Screenwipe and his HIGNFY appearances have always left me a bit cold. I'll give Newswipe a try though.
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Paul Howe wrote:I like his writing, and his newspaper columns usually contain at least one snortworthy line, but Screenwipe and his HIGNFY appearances have always left me a bit cold. I'll give Newswipe a try though.
On HIGNFY he's just a panelist, nothing amazing. Screenwipe (and Newswipe) he's the star and it works for him. I do agree with Charlie that sometimes he comes across as trying a bit hard (and tonight I thought putting on a bit of Chris Morris circa The Day Today), but the way he talks so frankly about the way TV production works in Screenwipe it wouldn't surprise me if he's forced to play up to it at times.

I really like the guy. I cried at the tribute he did to Oliver Postgate in the kid's TV episode at the end of the last series of Screenwipe.
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I like Charlie Brooker on Screenwipe/Newswipe but sometimes I think he labours point too much (anyone seen Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle? - it was pointed out to me that they're quite similar in some respects) and there are bits when he just shows boring stuff for ages and keeps saying "Boring" over it. We know. Sometimes it looks like he's struggling to make half an hour.
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So, did anyone watch the new Charlie Brooker show then?

I quite enjoyed it. It had a lot of elements of Screenwipe, with his analysis of current shows, but also comedy input, and a celebrity quiz show.

Incidently, I wasn't sure whether to put this in the this thread, the quiz show thread, the Stewart Lee thread (Richard Herring was a guest on it), the thread moaning about right-wing guests (Richard Herring turned up wearing a Hitler moustache), the thread moaning about Gyles Brandreth (he got several mentions), or any number of the threads which mention sex (Jamelia had about a foot of cleavage on display).
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Derek Hazell wrote:So, did anyone watch the new Charlie Brooker show then?

I quite enjoyed it. It had a lot of elements of Screenwipe, with his analysis of current shows, but also comedy input, and a celebrity quiz show.

Incidently, I wasn't sure whether to put this in the this thread, the quiz show thread, the Stewart Lee thread (Richard Herring was a guest on it), the thread moaning about right-wing guests (Richard Herring turned up wearing a Hitler moustache), the thread moaning about Gyles Brandreth (he got several mentions), or any number of the threads which mention sex (Jamelia had about a foot of cleavage on display).
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Countdown itself also got a mention for being one of the two shows Ronnie Biggs loves to watch in prison.
It was alright, not classic Screenwipe-style Brooker, the canned laughter over the analysis-y bits was cringeworthy. Better than most similar shows though of course.
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Did like the IRA V The Taliban bit
Soon to be on Sky I bet
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Just when i thought i couldn't love this site anymore.....

I am the only person in my circle of friends/family that watches charlie and likes tims poetry! Mark Watson on Radio 4 recently was sooo funny - 'listen again' service got some heavy use when that was still available!

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I find Charlie Brooker a bit hit-and-miss.
Some of his flights of fancy work fine, but others seem forced and endless.
I stopped watching tonight's quiz about 3/4 of the way through.
It was another programme where they gather a few comedy (?) performers together and hope for the best.
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I was massively disappointed and gave up watching it. Other panel shows such as HIGNFY, 8/10 Cats and Mock the Week (new series starting tonight!) are far better.
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Marc Meakin wrote:Did like the IRA V The Taliban bit
Soon to be on Sky I bet
Who didn't like that IRA v Taliban bit. It was just amazing. Bombs and slingshots galore in a US car park. I hope this World's Deadliest show comes to the UK soon! :D
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Derek Hazell wrote:So, did anyone watch the new Charlie Brooker show then?

I quite enjoyed it. It had a lot of elements of Screenwipe, with his analysis of current shows, but also comedy input, and a celebrity quiz show.

Incidently, I wasn't sure whether to put this in the this thread, the quiz show thread, the Stewart Lee thread (Richard Herring was a guest on it), the thread moaning about right-wing guests (Richard Herring turned up wearing a Hitler moustache), the thread moaning about Gyles Brandreth (he got several mentions), or any number of the threads which mention sex (Jamelia had about a foot of cleavage on display).
I always managed to miss Screenwipe but funnily enough, on the one episode I did catch, but wasn't paying much attention to (can't multitask), I looked up to see my breasts flashed on the screen - a clip from some long gone Trinny and Suzannah item about the British attitude towards their bodies. Charlie was very rude about the concept of the latest trend towards people getting their bits out on telly, but my tits looked great so what's not to like?
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Sue Sanders wrote:one episode I did catch, but wasn't paying much attention to (can't multitask)
I thought all women could multitask . . . another stereotype smashed courtesy of the C4C forums!
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Cue Matthew Green...

or has he run out of screen wipes?
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Derek Hazell wrote:
Sue Sanders wrote:
Derek Hazell wrote:one episode I did catch, but wasn't paying much attention to (can't multitask)
I thought all women could multitask . . . another stereotype smashed courtesy of the C4C forums!
Hang on....you're surprised I can't multitask yet took it in your stride that I had my tits out on telly???????????????
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Sue Sanders wrote:
Derek Hazell wrote:So, did anyone watch the new Charlie Brooker show then?

I quite enjoyed it. It had a lot of elements of Screenwipe, with his analysis of current shows, but also comedy input, and a celebrity quiz show.

Incidently, I wasn't sure whether to put this in the this thread, the quiz show thread, the Stewart Lee thread (Richard Herring was a guest on it), the thread moaning about right-wing guests (Richard Herring turned up wearing a Hitler moustache), the thread moaning about Gyles Brandreth (he got several mentions), or any number of the threads which mention sex (Jamelia had about a foot of cleavage on display).
I always managed to miss Screenwipe but funnily enough, on the one episode I did catch, but wasn't paying much attention to (can't multitask), I looked up to see my breasts flashed on the screen - a clip from some long gone Trinny and Suzannah item about the British attitude towards their bodies. Charlie was very rude about the concept of the latest trend towards people getting their bits out on telly, but my tits looked great so what's not to like?
You might of added a link to youtube so we can judge for ourselves
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Marc Meakin wrote:
Sue Sanders wrote:
Derek Hazell wrote:So, did anyone watch the new Charlie Brooker show then?

I quite enjoyed it. It had a lot of elements of Screenwipe, with his analysis of current shows, but also comedy input, and a celebrity quiz show.

Incidently, I wasn't sure whether to put this in the this thread, the quiz show thread, the Stewart Lee thread (Richard Herring was a guest on it), the thread moaning about right-wing guests (Richard Herring turned up wearing a Hitler moustache), the thread moaning about Gyles Brandreth (he got several mentions), or any number of the threads which mention sex (Jamelia had about a foot of cleavage on display).
I always managed to miss Screenwipe but funnily enough, on the one episode I did catch, but wasn't paying much attention to (can't multitask), I looked up to see my breasts flashed on the screen - a clip from some long gone Trinny and Suzannah item about the British attitude towards their bodies. Charlie was very rude about the concept of the latest trend towards people getting their bits out on telly, but my tits looked great so what's not to like?
You might of added a link to youtube so we can judge for ourselves
Yeah, you'd think! I'm not being coy about it or owt, it's just, unless I can type 'my tits on Charlie Brooker' into a search engine and find a result, I'm not really of the inclination to start looking.
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Can you believe the ITN funeral comparison??!! (Sadly, yes)

Michael Jackson 3, Princess Diana 1.

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Josie Long on Charlie Brooker's telly quiz programme....Don't you just love her?
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Why do they bother to get non-comic 'celebs' on? In one episode, they had Rufus Hound (funny), Josie Long (funny) and Jamelia (not). In this weeks, they had Frankie Boyle (funny), Josie again (funny) and Richard Bacon (better than Jamelia, but not so funny). Other than that, no complaints spring to mind at the moment, it's a good show.
Sue Sanders wrote:Josie Long on Charlie Brooker's telly quiz programme....Don't you just love her?
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There was a northern bird on it t'other week called Sarah something or other who me and Emma saw a few months back at Sheffield Students Union comedy club. She was a riot that night but came across just a bit loopy on the show. Still we do mingle with the celebs :)
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Dinos Sfyris wrote:There was a northern bird on it t'other week called Sarah something or other who me and Emma saw a few months back at Sheffield Students Union comedy club. She was a riot that night but came across just a bit loopy on the show. Still we do mingle with the celebs :)
Might have been Sarah Millican - from the North East - does stuff about her divorce.
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Yeah that was her
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