Peep Show - Season 8

Patty O Furniture

I saw David Mitchell on Would I Lie To You last nite on the beeb, hilarious last nite & thought when is this show back on?

Before the end of the year I think, they're done recording as far as I know.

Patty O Furniture

Thanks, i would have thought with all the other shows coming on, i assumed it would be on soon?

It was a strange coincidence i was watching Have i got news for you last week & then Webb was on Dave after that! & it was mentioned that Victoria Coren got engaged to David Mitchell during the week.

Skid

Digital Spy says it will be back at the end of November (some spoilers in the link)

Peep Show won't be returning on November 9 as previously touted, but will instead be back at the end of the month

http://www.digitalspy.ie/tv/tubetalk/a434712/glee-peep-show-fresh-meat-tube-talk-qa.html

Patty O Furniture

Thanks, as there's more info there than i thought.

Technocentral

Definitely the best British comedy of the last ten years or so, nothing even comes close, have watched it from the first episode recently on Netflix, comedy gold.

Skid

Technocentral wrote: »

Definitely the best British comedy of the last ten years or so, nothing even comes close, have watched it from the first episode recently on Netflix, comedy gold.

Every episode is free on 4OD for anyone who doesn't have Netflix. Great show, well worth checking out.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/peep-show/4od

TheStook

Holy crap, I never knew they were making another season? When did this happen?

This is quite possibly the highlight of my week.

DeepBlue

I only recently decided to give this show a go after catching an episode on RTÉ2 (first episode of series 2 I think).
I've now burned through all 7 series rather quickly .

Roll on series 8 (according to wikipedia a series 9 has also been green-lit).

RobTheLad

First episode of new series is supposed to be this Friday, 9th November

Skid

RobTheLad wrote: »

First episode of new series is supposed to be this Friday, 9th November

As I said above, it looks like it got moved back, I don't see it in the listings for this week.

Skid

Peep Show Series 8 will premiere on Sunday November 25th at 10pm

http://www.digitalspy.ie/tv/news/a437227/peep-show-series-eight-to-air-on-channel-4-later-this-month.html

Patty O Furniture

DeepBlue wrote: »

I only recently decided to give this show a go after catching an episode on RTÉ2 (first episode of series 2 I think).
I've now burned through all 7 series rather quickly .

According to digiguide its S02E04 next Tue nite, it's also on Dave at a much later time

TheStook

I only started watching it recently and burned through it in about a month, Twice, so it's gonna be weird waiting weekly for each episode, cannot wait.

Patty O Furniture

Skid wrote: »

Peep Show Series 8 will premiere on Sunday November 25th at 10pm

http://www.digitalspy.ie/tv/news/a437227/peep-show-series-eight-to-air-on-channel-4-later-this-month.html

Just saw the trailer on ch4 or for anyone who missed it, it'll be on+1 later on!
Looking forward to it

Skid

Just a reminder that Peep Show returns tonight at 10 on Channel 4 (strange to see it on a Sunday Night)

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

how soon after airing do things go up on 4od?

Skid

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

how soon after airing do things go up on 4od?

Usually at some time on the night of broadcast.

When a show is repeated in the same week on Channel 4 or E4, sometimes they don't put it up on 4OD until after the repeat. But I don't see any Peep Show repeats scheduled this week

Hande hoche!

Really looking forward to this. Might have to watch a couple of episodes of season 7 first.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

that's what i'm doing now

on the xmas episode.. my god, the cringe

My name is URL

Awesome! Hadn't heard the new series was starting until just now.

Hande hoche!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

that's what i'm doing now

on the xmas episode.. my god, the cringe

cauliflowers not traditional! Onto the New years episode myself.

TheStook

Any idea when this will be up on 4od?

Really hope that was the cheapest episode of the season. Wasn't bad, just not a lot in it.

MrJoeSoap

Deleted User wrote: »

Really hope that was the cheapest episode of the season. Wasn't bad, just not a lot in it.

I went through the ratings on IMDB earlier, the average rating for the first episodes of the previous 7 seasons were always the lowest. And it rises progressively through the season each time. They have to set the scene I guess, and get the audience up to speed with what is going on.

I remember the first episode of the last season was quite similar, when Sophie was having the baby.

That said, some really good lines in this tonight.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

.... seriously?

my flatmate is asleep in the next room and I was dying trying to laugh as quietly as I could for just about the entire 25 minutes

--edit

actually I am kinda sleep deprived. that might have something to do with it

My name is URL

Hi, I'm Robert Grayson

Sheela

Its up on 4OD already!

lertsnim

Great episode. Loved the wake cake

tommyboy2222

"That's so Gerard"

MrJoeSoap

Three-O Walcott

MrJoeSoap

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

.... seriously?

my flatmate is asleep in the next room and I was dying trying to laugh as quietly as I could for just about the entire 25 minutes

--edit

actually I am kinda sleep deprived. that might have something to do with it

It was excellent, it always is. But by it's own fantastic standards I don't think it was in the higher percentile of episodes.

Technocentral

Not the best episode ever but it always picks up as the series progresses, the idea of looking for a funeral home thats your type had me in stitches.

Skid

Great to see Mark's true nemesis Geoff back in Peep Show - and raising Mark's baby - should be some good battles ahead.

johnny_ultimate

I thought the whole Gerrard death thing was going to faked as part of his 'long game to win Dobbie' in some twisted sort of way. Genuinely surprised it wasn't :pac:

I particularly enjoyed the curry confrontation.

jefreywithonef

I enjoyed that. Wasn't a 10/10 episode or anything but it was pretty solid. The Gerrard 8 cake bit was brilliant.

MrJoeSoap

jefreywithonef wrote: »

The Gerrard 8 cake bit was brilliant.

He loved the Reds. The... Red team...

Easy Rod

Three-O Walcott is genius and had me cracking up. I feel that could be one of those lines that will stick in my memory for a while!

seligehgit

Really enjoyed it,curry confrontation brill,yeah Walcott line classic!

Mocha Joe

Opening scene from Hans was amazing. "You get to work with toilets which is funny and showers which are.....sexy."

pickarooney

I'm so happy this is back. The slow build-ups to the big laughs are just perfectly executed on Peep Show.

Volvagia

I really enjoyed the episode.

The curry confrontation was great and I was in stitches for Johnson's eulogy although I didn't think Mark's speech was quite as funny.

I would have like to see a bit more of Jeremy actually talking to the therapist after his initial insane rant.

Mark's inner monologue during the interview was amazing, after the guy says "Think outside the box"... "I'll just let that sit there for a moment".

One thing I'm not sure of, when Gerrard said to mark he was playing the long game, did he know he was going to die? The will, the voicemail and everything makes it seem like he actually planned to screw Mark over from beyond the grave, as if the only way to win was in death, like Obi Wan.

Lovely Bloke

Maybe he's not really dead at all

MakeEmLaugh

You won't find a bigger fan of Series 1-5 of Peep Show than me.

That said, I think it's been off the boil since Series 6. The great thing about UK sitcoms is that they usually know when to quit: I'm Alan Patridge, The Office, Blackadder etc.

Peep Show seems to be aping US sitcoms of late, churning out endless, increasingly less plausible episodes. The glorious thing about Peep Show is that it was always credible. The dynamics of Mark and Jeremy's relationship made sense. This is less and less the case these days.

Though I admired the blackly comedic element of having Gerard actually die, the rest was rather sub-standard. Jeremy's rant at the therapist in the penultimate scene had a very weak punchline.

Funniest line of the whole episode was, after Mark's fellow interviewee said "I think we should all try and think outside the box on this one", Mark's thoughts went "Just leave that to hang like the bad fart it is".

Also, Johnson's eulogy was great.

briany

I thought it was as good an episode as there's ever been. Very funny all the way throughout. Mark's character seems to have taken a turn for the worse, though. I don't mean poorly written, just less moral but not so much in the usual way borne out of cowardess. Intimidating a sickly Gerrard, being very inconsiderate at his funeral with the silent gloating and insincere, rushed eulogy and Liverpool cake, force feeding Jeremy 'til he volunteers a confession of skipping therapy etc. Maybe it was just the day that was in it and he'll be back to his old self next ep. but I was enjoying the darker turn his character has taken. Now if he can only get one over on Geoff...

MakeEmLaugh

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

The glorious thing about Peep Show is that it was always credible. The dynamics of Mark and Jeremy's relationship made sense. This is less and less the case these days.

You mean like when they were hanging out with 2 girls and Jez started eating their dead dog's charred leg on a boat?

Penn

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

The glorious thing about Peep Show is that it was always credible. The dynamics of Mark and Jeremy's relationship made sense. This is less and less the case these days.

I think I read an interview with Mitchell & Webb where they said that the two guys still living together wouldn't have been plausible if not for the recession, which meant Mark lost his job. So them still living together means their relationship hasn't needed to change as they're still in the same situation. They should have moved out by now, but couldn't due to the recession.

So at least that's one good thing to come out of the recession.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Deleted User wrote: »

You mean like when they were hanging out with 2 girls and Jez started eating their dead dog's charred leg on a boat?

YOU ATE MUMMY??!!!!!!!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

YOU ATE MUMMY??!!!!!!!

I really think you should try some Mark.

Mocha Joe

It's just a hairy turkey!

Mummy is probably just the turkey's name. It could easily be.



Best scene ever.

MakeEmLaugh

Deleted User wrote: »

You mean like when they were hanging out with 2 girls and Jez started eating their dead dog's charred leg on a boat?

I meant more the dynamics of Mark and Jeremy's relationship, rather than the antics in which they were involved. I certainly found it plausible that Mark would tolerate Jeremy - a "work-shy freeloader", as he referred to him in Series 1 - because of Jeremy's perceived superiority on the social ladder.

Likewise, Jeremy maintains his relationship with Mark not only for financial reasons but because he is aware that the slick socialite persona which he projects is ultimately a facade. He is crippled by his relationships with the opposite sex, constantly convincing himself that he 'loves' woman such as Toni, Nancy and so on. And he is completely enamoured with Jeff in the penultimate episode of Series 2, whom he sees as a someone without the baggage Jeremy cannot shed.

I know longer find their relationship plausible, recession or not.