![]() Michael Palin’s speech, couldīrazil is Terry Gilliam’s best film, fight Jamie.Ĭharlie Kaufman has written some amazing scripts: Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine. It doesn’t really fit into any easilyĭescribed genre, but describes a world that feels pretty similar to GBH by Alan Bleasdale is an extraordinary show about authority, Yeah.īorat buying cheese, with the world’s most patient man. Team America and Borat are both very fucking funny, FYI. But there was a lot going on in that show. It says a lot, not all of it good, about Jamie that he saw himself as him. Kyrano was the name of the the Tracy’s racistly portrayed Manservant, who The Hood was able to physically invade and find out International Recue’s Plans. Tom was Virgil, pilot of Thunderbird 2, specialising in demolition, heavy lifting and logistics, so that checks out. Spectacle, playground inspiration, freakish real hands. Thunderbirds/Joe 90/Stingray/Captain Scarlet Since we’re alone now, the show Jamie didn’t want to speak no more of was the atrocious Drama Life.īob Peck was also in Jurassic Park being eaten by intelligent female dinosaurs. Better representation in tv is still a long way away, with anyone who isn’t a straight white man struggling to be heard.Įdge Of Darkness is an amazing voyage into grief and mystery. Modern TV is often very safe, but I May Destroy You really, really isn’t. Just A Boys Game: Completely incredible Play For Today, with an incredible final scene In fact, Paul Abbot wrote the first series of Shameless and State Of Play at the same time, which is even more impressive. The Good Life, a less good show from the same team.Ĭracker: A masterpiece of writing and performance, and a decade-defining piece of drama. Ruin your Youtube suggestions forever with this playlist of all of them: Sid Waddell: “When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer… Bristow’s only 27.”Įver Decreasing Circles: An 80s ooh missus sitcom about existential torment. The cars are indeed very fast.ĭarts, a spectacle on two levels – sport and pissup. S3 is a well-made mess.įormula 1 racing is an extraordinary spectacle. Sadly, you have to slog through S1 to understand what the heck is going on. Season 2 is sharper, more focused, and much better. If you had to chart the many plotlines of Dark S1 on a graph it would end up being a massive, meaningless knot. The Rambo films chart US pop culture’s absurd path from introspection back to celebratory jingoism. If the monster that lives inside you doesn’t get you, the Military-industrial Complex will. The lingering rot of the Vietnam war infected North American drama for years. Nasty endings are cathartic sometimes aren’t they? But perhaps not in 2020. The deep sadness of the 70s: The French Connection, Taxi Driver. 14th-century Middle English chivalric romance Sir Gawain And The Green Knight. ![]() Shows about lonely men arriving in a place to solve a self contained scenario and then leaves (still sad): The Lone Ranger. ![]() Here is the disco version of the ending theme, for your health: Jamie’s description and the title sells the episode more than I ever could here. Love At First Sight was a dark voyage into the bleakest passions of awful people. Charlie Brooker’s columns were a whole other, superior, thing: Jamie’s favourite is of course 2001’s ‘O’ starring Julia Stiles and Josh Hartnett.īig Brother was a whole thing. There are several film versions, including versions by Kenneth Branaugh and Orson Wells. This pod introduced me to – STRUCTURED REALITY: Below Deck, TOWIE,įor the behind-the-scenes drama exploring the aspirational psychopathy of being a producer on one of these shows: UnREAL: ![]() Reality TV, or, in a loaded and amusing phrase that Jamie has just in The very good Bojack Horseman (Netflix) gets a quick mention here, but it deserves further discussion.īelow Deck (Netflix) is a reality show set on a massive boat, which is Horny Blue Peter about poor quality ironing and beautiful idiots falling out. Hey Duggee is a kids show about a dog Scout Master that is also one of the funniest things on tv.Īdventure Time is a fantastic kids show for adults. ![]() Here’s the Finnish language version with the lyrics interpreted in English. The old Ducktales still has an amazing theme song but feels a bit much. The new one Ducktales has David Tennant as Uncle Scrooge. Frozen 2 is a bit of a mess (but the songs still slap). And also, the show was just cancelled, RIP, it’s a really well made, well written show.įrozen remains amazing. Since recording this, Jamie has realised that Elena Of Avalor actually does have a movie length special to kick it off which outlines the plot, which is ‘hidden’ behind a different tab on Disney Plus. ![]()
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