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Ok, Google doesn't seem to think Barbelith already has a thread on this show.
Did anyone else watch it? The basic premise was that it was a spoof, presented "deadpan" as if it were real, of 70s and 80s educational television. The first series, from 2002 (which the BBC have been repeating recently at somewhat random times on BBC3) consisted of 10 minute episodes spoofing "Programmes for Schools" style educational programming (the sort of thing that used to be (and probably still is for all i know, tho probably in a slicker format these days) shown in schools, for example at the start of a science lesson. Write that down in your copybook.)
The second series, from 2004/5(?), was in a more conventional 30-minute comedy show format, and still had a theme for each episode but was expanded to a format more like that of "Tomorrow's World" (which, IIRC, it was actually presented as "the never-before-shown competitor to" when it was first shown) - with 4 presenters who went and interviewed "scientists", did news segments on new "innovations", etc, rather than the single narrator of the first series.
I've seen about 4 episodes of the 8-episode first series and 2 or 3 of the second series, but am intending to get hold of and watch all of it...
I'm thinking about getting my brother either the first series DVD or the second series DVD for Christmas (unfortunately i can only afford one of them), as i'm pretty sure it fits well with his overall sense of humour (he's a big fan of The Framley Examiner, "League of Gentlemen" and "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace" - i'd recommend (what i've seen of) "Look Around You" to fans of any of the above and/or most of the works of Chris Morris). I'm leaning more towards the second, as there's a bit more material on the DVD and it's a bit more like a "proper" comedy show format.
Was there any commentary on this here when it was being shown on BBC2 originally? |
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