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« on: 06 March, 2011, 03:07:41 PM »

Anyone been watching the new series?
I almost didn't bother after the last two (very disappointing) specials but i thought i'd at least give it another chance. Its pretty good again, not as good as the first couple of series but its at least worth watching again


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« Reply #1 on: 07 March, 2011, 08:09:27 AM »

I watched ep.1 of the new series,a return to form i thought, very funny at times,I'll watch ep.2 and see if its as good Grin


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Re: Benidorm

« Reply #2 on: 16 March, 2011, 08:09:33 AM »

For me Benidorm is as good as ever,i've seen every episode of the current series,laughs every time!
Isn't Madge ugly? Grin

if she was my Gran I'd stay as far away as possible!


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Re: Benidorm

« Reply #3 on: 19 March, 2011, 09:36:15 AM »

I've never heard of this program and am very glad to have stumbled across it here. We only get BBCAmerica (dreck, mostly, these days, and Doctor Who, Gordon Ramsey and Top Gear, Top Gear, Top Gear, ad infinitum) as well as a few things that public television buys once in a while (Doc Martin, Kingdom, as well as wonderful old chestnuts like Are You Being Served, Keeping Up Appearances and Waiting For God). Once in a while a satellite channel will pick up something like Hustle but if you didn't already know what it was, a Britcom fan most likely wouldn't have any reason to check it out (not really a Britcom, I know). It's very difficult to discover things that are not BBC-produced. Other than ITV (which I understand replaced the old Thames Television -- yes, no?) I have no idea what other channels, stations or networks, whatever you call them, are producing original series these days. Anyone like to throw some light on the subject?


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Re: Benidorm

« Reply #4 on: 19 March, 2011, 12:26:29 PM »

Apart from the two major players, Auntie Beeb and ITV, I guess most other stuff comes from Channel 4.

Here's a few titles you might want to check:

Black Books
Chance in a Million
The Comic Strip Presents
Drop the Dead Donkey
Father Ted
Green Wing
The IT Crowd
Peep Show
Shameless
Spaced

Some of my all time faves are in this group (Black Books, Chance, Comic Strip, Father Ted, and Shameless, which is not QUITE comedy, not all the time at least, you might already know of this one, an American remake is currently airing over there).

Can't think of any other sources right now, perhaps the sat/digital channel "Dave", but they don't do much original productions.


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Re: Benidorm

« Reply #5 on: 19 March, 2011, 04:43:56 PM »

Quote from: MariahQ on 19 March, 2011, 09:36:15 AM

Other than ITV (which I understand replaced the old Thames Television -- yes, no?)

Not quite, ITV is a collection of "franchises" which cover seperate areas of the UK, Thames lost their rights and were replaced.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Television#Franchise_loss


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Re: Benidorm

« Reply #6 on: 19 March, 2011, 07:39:57 PM »

Like ITV, Channel 4 does not produce shows, it simply shows them, they are made by independant companies.

interestingly, the series "Men behaving Badly" made by hartswood films started on ITV. When ITV cancelled it, the BBC bought it (series 4 onward) and commissioned Hartswood to keep on making it, the only time a program canceleld from ITV had been bought out by the beeb.


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Re: Benidorm

« Reply #7 on: 19 March, 2011, 07:59:34 PM »

Quote from: PhilGlass on 19 March, 2011, 07:39:57 PM

Didn't the Goodies happen the other way around?


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Re: Benidorm

« Reply #8 on: 20 March, 2011, 10:34:35 PM »

Gomez,
Black Books, Father Ted and The IT Crowd are three of my very favorites. Green Wing I just couldn't get into. I should give it another try. Spaced I found more curious than funny. Peep Show -- I wish I liked it more, but I find it mean-spirited and coarse. Pity, because I have a thing for David Mitchell. Wink

I haven't seen the British "Shameless" but I watched the first two episodes of the American version and they were just disgusting. I'll have to check out "Chance." Never heard of it, though I do like "Chancer," also not a comedy.

The way I find programs is by following a trail from a writer or an actor. Graham Linehan, Bob Larbey, Roy Clarke, etc., once I become aware of them I will dig out their other work. Or I will follow an actor I like, say, Martin Clunes, and discover shows I've never heard of. It would be a pity never to have found Doc Martin.


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Re: Benidorm

« Reply #9 on: 20 March, 2011, 10:37:37 PM »

PhilGlass,
Now that you have pointed me in that direction, I am beginning to research television production companies. This is indeed opening up treasure chests I'd not imagined. Bless Wikipedia -- they even have an entry for British TV production companies, together with all the programs they have created! Thank you for dropping that little pearl of information.


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Re: Benidorm

« Reply #10 on: 21 March, 2011, 09:14:56 AM »

Well, never paid too much attention to actual production companies, I rather focused on which channel shows what, but you're right, that's also an interesting "angle" for further research, indeed.

My usual way of finding new stuff is the same as yours, Mariah, whenever I bump into writers or performers I like, I try and have a look at just about anything they've done.

I still have to check the American "Shameless", so I can't make comparisons right now, but I guess that show is a bit of an acquired taste, neither comedy nor drama and both at the same time, at least in the original version.

As for "Chance in a Million", that's a recent discovery for me as well, and loved it. You could find whole episodes of it, if I remember correctly, on YouTube, so you can just check it out and see if you like it.


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Re: Benidorm

« Reply #11 on: 22 March, 2011, 08:47:41 PM »

Where are all you folks located? Do you have Netflix where you live?


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« Reply #12 on: 22 March, 2011, 10:07:10 PM »

Netflix only covers the USA and Canada.

Video-on-demand doesn't seem to be catching on very much in the Old Continent, for the moment being, and to the best of my knowledge.


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Re: Benidorm

« Reply #13 on: 23 March, 2011, 08:09:00 PM »

Hi MariahQ,
I live in Bedfordshire,England....i've no idea what Netflix is which makes sense if it only covers USA & Canada!

Karl


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Re: Benidorm

« Reply #14 on: 23 March, 2011, 09:40:18 PM »

Hello Karl,
One of my favorite British comic actors (and one on whom I have a bit of a crush), Matt Berry, is from your part of the country. He is part of the wonderful IT Crowd madness, and also appears in The Mighty Boosh and Garth Merenghi's Dark Place.

Netflix is a brilliant service wherein you pay a set fee per month (say, eight dollars) and create online a list of DVDs you want to watch. The DVDs are delivered to your home in that order. You return the DVD when you're finished with it, and then the next DVD on your list is shipped. If you pay a bit more you can have multiple DVDs out at a time. There is no shipping fee to order disks or to return them, and nothing could be more convenient. You keep the disk as long as you need to, but the next one won't be shipped until the prior one is returned. It's fantastic.


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