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Graham Linehan - Funny Business (on RTE1 now)

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  • 13-07-2009 10:34pm
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    Basq
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    A profile of one of the best TV writers working today IMO.

    Has interviews from Graham Linehan, Charlie Higson, Paul Whitehouse, Steve Coogan, Matt Lucas, David Walliams among others.

    Only started 2 or 3 minutes ago. Could be great viewing though.. especially for an RTE production!


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    Basq
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    Balls.. it's a repeat!

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190716/

    Still never saw it before and quite great stuff. Excellent to see some behind the scenes of The IT Crowd and how much of a legend Matt Berry is (even in rehearsals).


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    The Recliner
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    basquille wrote: »
    Balls.. it's a repeat!

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190716/

    Still never saw it before and quite great stuff. Excellent to see some behind the scenes of The IT Crowd and how much of a legend Matt Berry is (even in rehearsals).

    Saw this when it was first shown last year sometime

    Well worth a watch, some interesting info and interviews on it


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    phasers
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    Weirdly, I think it's fun listening to all the IT crowd jokes being worked out after seeing them in the real thing.


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    Mr.Nice Guy
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    Just caught the last twenty minutes of it. Was good stuff. I remember Graham being interviewed by Charlie Brooker in a Screenwipe special on writing and being impressed with his tips on comedy writing.


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    Aidric
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    Just finished watching this, was a really enjoyable and well put together piece. It's obvious he is held in high regard and he shows a lot of ambition, can only be good for the future of comedy programming.


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    Frankie Lee
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    A fascinating insight into a comedy legend, its a small pity he didn't discuss Black Books which I regarded as being as good as Father Ted and better than the IT crowd. Probably because it was more a Dylan Moran project I presume.

    Steve Coogan looked fairly mad by the way.

    Fair play to him for helping out Little Britain too.


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    Ron DMC
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    That was pretty good I thought.


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    Brian CivilEng
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    I enjoyed the show. When exactly was it made though? It was quite sad seeing Geoffrey Perkins giving his input knowing that he died last year.


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    olaola
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    I was surprised at the end when it said it was made for RTE. Good production, and he came across very well - well worth a watch. Not available on the player though?


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    Basq
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    olaola wrote: »
    I was surprised at the end when it said it was made for RTE. Good production, and he came across very well - well worth a watch. Not available on the player though?
    Probably because it was a repeat from a year and a half ago.

    Was very good alright.


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    120_Minutes
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    dammit, i knew my rte boycott would backfire on me someday. can this be viewed anywhere else?


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