Time Trumpet with Armando Iannucci starts BBC 2 Thursday at 10pm

mike65

Deffo one to check out, Armado Iannucci is back with a new satirical fake tv docu series looking back on the world of the early 21st century through the TV lens.

check out the youtube preview (9 mins long) here

Mike.

mike65

Bump! Its on at 11.50 on BBC 2 NI (stop ****ing with the schedules in Belfast!)

Mike.

corblimey

Top show. Several laugh out loud moments (Beckham, Church at the Royal Variety, kiddie plastic surgery). All round good show.

Pigman II

My favourite bit was : "TOTP2? Ah yes I remember it now. Led Zeppelin and then .... Red top left, Green Bottom right, Blue top right, dissolve, Pan left pan right, wipe, zoom, wipe, iris out ... and we're left with a lovely orange on grey" (or something like that)

Totally made the point about these "I love 19xx" luvvies who are clearly given the footage about whatever they were meant to be 'recalling' 5 mins before the cameras roll

glasgowspremier

I caught the end of it with the montage of Blair and Cameron saying the same things, chchchchanges.

It's funny to think that Cameron is trying to get elected by saying the same things that Blair said ten years ago when Labour won the election (the Blair footage seemed quite old).

The scary thing for the British nation is that it will probably work and Cameron will get elected PM next time round.

Serves them right I say.

corblimey

This show just keeps getting stronger by the week. Bees in bbc, the royal referendum, the Dragon's Den (the strongest thread), rape a celebrity ape, all good.

mike65

Missed it - Rape a Celebrity Ape has definite potential.

Mike.

monkeyfudge

I've been watching it since it started and it has been enjoyable enough.... but last nights episode was absolutely brilliant.

Rape an Ape.... yay!

The Tesco invasion of Denmark was really well done too with Tesco tripods with massive machine guns attacking Copenhagen.

EDIT: Oh yes... and I just remembered the Polish soap opera with Irish voices dubbed over on it.

Pigman II

It was very hit and miss this week and I think that was the weakest of the 3 eps so far. Rape an Ape was a good idea but the execution was just too tame and they just milked it too much. It would have worked better as one single short segment but they just had to keep coming back to it.

My two favourite bits this week bits involving Irish comedians. First the two guys selling 25% of the Beverly Sisters to Theo Paphitis on Dragons Den and then Pierwsza Milosc. "All mechanics in Athlone are crooked. We know that but you've got to give me proof!"

corblimey

Pigman II wrote:

"All mechanics in Athlone are crooked. We know that but you've got to give me proof!"

"I'm Sean, the publisher. (blank look) I...I publish things"

Class.