Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

[archbishop_josh]

Has anyone else been watching this series on BBC 4? Its the one thats on right after Flight Of The Conchords for people who watch that.

It gives a really funny and interesting insight into the world of TV and Charlie Brookers little Harry Hills TV Burp style observations are very funny.

I for one will never watch TV in quite the same way again.

[GorillaBearBear]

Been watching it for a year or so now. I think this is probably the best series he's done, because he is actually giving fairly interesting, reasoned and sensible critiques of the way television does things, whereas before he was more about making fun of specific shows in funny ways.

I was happy last night because I actually heard Barry Shitpeas speak.

[TheMattfish]

I think I a friend showed me a clip of this, something about the 10 biggest cocks and cockettes in adverts. Frickin hilarious.

[GorillaBearBear]

Yeah, he's had two of them, they're fantatic.

"because nothing says 'broadband' like chilly domestic discomfort"

Last night he also had the "5 biggest contesti-cocks on reality television"

[Mat^]

Fantastic show, I started watching this after baabaa told me about it a couple months ago.

woo hoo?

but yeah, this is definately the best season, I do like how he's been focusing on topics, even the one about news, which wasn't as funny as the others was genuinely interesting.

[cyber_turnip]

I love it, my favourite bits are the David Firth cartoons though.

The 10 biggest cocks in advertising thing was awesome too.
"I am addicted"
"No, you am a dick head"

[GorillaBearBear]

Just found out last night's was the last episode of this series.

nooooo!

(also, I would probably bang Charlie Brooker's boss)

[charlieman]

Christmas special on bbc4 right now. Thought people might not know :D

[codename_47]

Christmas special on bbc4 right now. Thought people might not know :D

Ugh I didn't either...I hope there's a repeat.

*Begins searching*

[cyber_turnip]

And absolutely fantastic it was.

"Now everyone knows The Jeremy Kyle Show is shit, but sometimes it's worth analysing shit to see what's wrong with the body as a whole"

Also, Matt Berry has a band now, that's cool.

[basstard]

I just watched an episode on youtube after reading this thread.

It's brilliant.

I've found a new addiction :nana:

[charlieman]

I found he used a lot of the same material that he did in a G2 article a few days ago when talking about the Christmas adverts, but it was still all good. Loved the bit about how Posh Spice in the tescos ad is the first time in TV history that anyone has been out acted by a trolley :D

I have a special place for Charlie Brooker and all his cynicism. He makes me laugh far too much...

[pebble_rebel]

I found he used a lot of the same material that he did in a G2 article a few days ago when talking about the Christmas adverts, but it was still all good. Loved the bit about how Posh Spice in the tescos ad is the first time in TV history that anyone has been out acted by a trolley :D

I have a special place for Charlie Brooker and all his cynicism. He makes me laugh far too much...
I noted that too. But hey, don't fix it if it ain't broke. Charlie Brooker is actually my favourite human being alive right now. I'd totally advise getting his book that collates all his guardian articles. Anyway this weeks episode: favourite bit was the assistant producer making comments on behalf of Barry Shitpeas.

[Beef Magic]

Charlie Brooker is the only media practitioner worth listening to these days if you are part of our generation. Not that my university agrees, that is...

[Thomp]

Damn, saw this advertised and completely missed it.

I'll look him up on youtube later.

[GorillaBearBear]

Someone tell me when it's up on youtube. I was at a wake last night so I missed it :(

[Mat^]

oh shit was it "this" wednesay? I could have sworn it was next week.

yeah, youtube searching now.

[Chris]

Have some of this whilst you're waiting.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ik7bDGQ4uO8 <She cocks

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wiwmYjk9ARA&feature=related <Cocks

[Beef Magic]

so i watched the repeat - Christ, are we REALLY that centered about competition shows?

[GorillaBearBear]

Just watched the repeat too. An excellent episode.

[codename_47]

I finally saw the repeat...

Makes me shake my head about the state of TV....

But sometimes I think he's so involved in making his point he forgets to be funny and just swears.....that doesn't make me laugh.

But is this show supposed to make us laugh or just attack the media?

Oh well, I still enjoyed it :)

[AngryPaul]

Never seen this. Ever.

Watched the episode last night.

I like this show.

[Mat^]

oh man, I missed it last night too! next repeat is 2 tomorrow morning and I've got to work -_-.

Sky+'d

[eidderf]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b008kgt9.shtml?filter=category%3A100002&scope=iplayercategories&start=2&version_pid=b008kgt4

[GorillaBearBear]

Reference to Minipops wins.

[Thomp]

2007 Christmas Special for y'all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbxQeXozRDQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N1Dixjgxxw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKOejj7lw74&feature=related

[eidderf]

I posted the full episode online legally above.

[Thomp]

I posted the full episode online legally above.

Sorry eidderf, missed that post completely.

[eidderf]

Well it won't stay on there forever anyway so it's better that there are other options really.

I thought the episode was great by the way although it would have been nice if it was a bit longer seeing as there was so much to talk about. Screenwipe is kind of like a more adult and intelligent Harry Hill's TV burp, not that there is anything wrong with Harry Hill's random silly style.

[Beef Magic]

TV Burp just looks at British Television sitcoms for comedy purposes, whereas Screenwipe studies all television as a medium and how it misleads, fabricates and more.

They only comparsion is that they both involve television and they both are funny. By the same coin you could compare Tarrant On TV too... Of course, you could view Screenwipe as BBC's reaction in trying to get back of viewers from TV Burp, although both have very good merits and shouldn't be viewed as similar programmes.

Screenwipe is like a confrontational version of Right To Reply.

[GorillaBearBear]

If screenwipe was an answer to TV Burp I doubt they'd have slapped it on BBC4.

I would say that in keeping with a lot of things on BBC4 it is a reasonably well informed look at something with the intention of informing as well as entertaining. That's pretty much why I like it.

[codename_47]

Well it won't stay on there forever anyway so it's better that there are other options really.

I thought the episode was great by the way although it would have been nice if it was a bit longer seeing as there was so much to talk about. Screenwipe is kind of like a more adult and intelligent Harry Hill's TV burp, not that there is anything wrong with Harry Hill's random silly style.

I don't like it when people compare the two (I'm not getting at you edderf just more of a general point about comparing people! ;) ) as they both have very different boxes to tick.

TV Burp is just a comedy show that uses clips from other TV shows to make you laugh.

Screenwipe has more of an agenda to make a point about the quality/decline/ludicrousity (it's a word! :p ) of the British media but just because it makes points sometimes doesn't automatically make it a superior show, just a different one. At least, in my opinion.

But then people I think have an automatic urge to comapare similar things.
TV Burp and Screenwipe have clips from other TV shows and make jokes about them, we must compare their quality to each other and nothing else on TV.

Simpsons and Family Guy are both animated, we must hate one and rate the other even though both of them are better than 90% of everything else on TV.

...Well, you get the point...;)

[GorillaBearBear]

To be fair, Screenwipe has only really had a strong agenda in this series just gone. The first three do have informative segments, but by and large he just took the piss and did reviews.

[doctor_fruitbat]

I only started watching this series; I like Screenwipe, but I'm really not convinced by Charlie Brooker. He makes some good points, and occasionally does so in a funny way, but he's such a weak, whiny little runt that any attempt at anger or passion comes across like a 14 year old's Youtube diary. He's the sort of person you could imagine pushing over and laughing as he yells about how he'll tell his mum on you. In a perfect world he would produce and someone far more charismatic would present, but you can't have everything I guess. Good programme, nonetheless.

[Beef Magic]

When you consider Brooker's past - Producing work to have magazine's pulled off selves, as well as creating the character Nathan Barley (I know it was written with Chris Morris, you need to go back to TV Go Home days motherfucker). He regularly points out that by being an ugly, "Wide angle paedophile" lookalike he's going against the grain. Getting a smug, charismatic twat in would render the whole thing pointless.

[eidderf]

TV Burp just looks at British Television sitcoms for comedy purposes, whereas Screenwipe studies all television as a medium and how it misleads, fabricates and more.

They only comparsion is that they both involve television and they both are funny. By the same coin you could compare Tarrant On TV too... Of course, you could view Screenwipe as BBC's reaction in trying to get back of viewers from TV Burp, although both have very good merits and shouldn't be viewed as similar programmes.

Screenwipe is like a confrontational version of Right To Reply.

Firstly TV Burp doesn’t look at sitcoms, if anything it tends to focus on soaps and mainstream drama shows, secondly despite your views on the show Screenwipe is at it’s heart a comedy series and although the series has taken a different direction in it’s last few episodes (apart from the review of the year) it did originally have quite a few similarities to Burp.

[piemastermike]

It has me in tears. I like it because it is kind of a zero punctuation (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation) review of TV. There is something about horribly cynical reviews that hits the right spot for me.

[Svelter]

Screenwipe is a continuation of Charlie Brooker's popular column, Screen Burn, only in TV form. I've got the book of it. It's quite good.

[Beef Magic]

Firstly TV Burp doesn’t look at sitcoms, if anything it tends to focus on soaps and mainstream drama shows, secondly despite your views on the show Screenwipe is at it’s heart a comedy series and although the series has taken a different direction in it’s last few episodes (apart from the review of the year) it did originally have quite a few similarities to Burp.


I count soaps as sitcoms.

[Beef Magic]

Bump that shit, yeah??

New Series on Tuesday.

[Mat^]

i have it calendared

[Nuclear Spoon]

I have never watched Screenwipe before.

I did tonight and I thought it was pretty good.

I shall watch the next episode.

[cyber_turnip]

Bloody good, I reckon.

[Mat^]

enjoyed, i mean I was going to anyway

I think I might actually make my mother watch this on iPlayer since we had an arguement over the andrew sachs situation earlier today.

[basstard]

Ah, I'm glad this is back.

It's the only TV show to make me physically laugh out loud.

[Mat^]

the credits had me howling <3

[Glitch]

i think i just saw brooker's chocolate starfish

i feel ill

[Beef Magic]

Fantastic for the Brand / Ross section, mainly because I'm pitching a musical comedy which plans to be controversial and Brand and Ross royally fucked it up for us and everyone needs to play it safe again for a year until everyone calms the fuck down.

[codename_47]

No Fat Pie :(

Because of that I'm not going to enjoy the poet, even though he was sort of alright, but in a way more of a break between segments of Brooker awesomeness...

A great start to the new series, Charlie's back, and he's on OUR side.
How rare is that to see on TV these days? :)

[GorillaBearBear]

^^Tim Key is brilliant but that one wasn't one of his best. The Deal or No Deal one from last series or a couple of series ago which was hilarious.

[Troll]

I hadn't seen it before, but I really enjoyed it, especially his views on Britannia High.....

[Soapie]

Well, that more than lived up to expectations.

[Luna]

"Where's the paper, where's the paper, where's the paper, I need to wipe my"

I haven't laughed so much at a TV programme in a long time.

[Cjw]

I'm the man
No you're not you're a c*nt
He's the man
No he's not he's a c*nt
I'm the man
No you're not you're a cu..oh I can't be bothered anymore

also

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe hits record high

BBC4's acerbic TV review show Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe gained its highest audience ever last night with 235,000 viewers (1.72% share) tuning in at 10.30pm.
The half-hour programme, which sees the Guardian columnist slate a variety of TV shows, managed to gain a high of 248,000 (1.99%) in the final quarter of an hour.

The start of the new series was over double the channel's slot average for the year so far of 113,000 (0.81%).

The BBC4 show's previous highest audience had been on 5 February last year when 224,000 (1.31%) tuned in at the earlier time of 10pm.

The show also pulled in a sizeable amount of both upmarket and younger viewers. Just over 79% of the audience were from the ABC1 demographic while 46.8% of those watching the show were aged between 16 and 34.

[Norbington]

Thank the Gods for Charlie Brooker and his rational and hilarious view on the world of TV.

I missed him.

[wyrd_fish]

I have never watched Screenwipe before.

I did tonight and I thought it was pretty good.

I shall watch the next episode.

if you're feeling brave, the last 4 series are on youtube; it's like crack though so don't expect to get anything else done tonight

i wish iplayer had a back catalogue like 4OD etc.

[cyber_turnip]

That'd be great, but I think the BBC want to make money from DVD sales. 4OD has ads so it still brings in some revenue.

[Flava Dave]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fpwb4/Charlie_Brookers_Screenwipe_Series_4_Episode_1/


thought it a bit odd that no one's posted that. Y'know, for the folks who haven't seen it.

[basstard]

I'm almost entirely certain there was some subliminal messaging during tonight's bit about subliminal messaging.

[Soapie]

Again, absolutely fantastic. No drop in standards at all.

[Kaveman]

Aww damn I forgot when this was on.
Agh
I'll just watch it on iPlayer tomorrow.

[tom93]

oh screenwipe
you so gooood

[cyber_turnip]

I preferred the first episode, but it was still great.

[codename_47]

I wondered about the subliminal message thing too, any friend of Chris Morris has got to be cramming in subliminal messages when they can! (Brand/Ross are ****s probably :p )

Also: I've just realised the theme music is awesome, anywhere I can download it to set it as my ringtone so I can be one of those annoying twats who blast out their ringtones in public and think they're cool just like Brooker moans about, but with one of his creations, therefore giving him so much irony it hurts?

TL, DR, theme music please?

[Chris]

TL, DR, theme music please?
It's A.M. 180 by Grandaddy.

I didn't think this episode was as good as the first but still bloody brilliant.

[Cjw]

I'm almost entirely certain there was some subliminal messaging during tonight's bit about subliminal messaging.

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/4738/picture2zq7.png

[Norbington]

Ah so the director's shooting a load into the actress' mouth?

[Beef Magic]

I thought this weeks episode of Screenwipe was the weakest one ever, but it's as informative as always and entertaining.

[La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo]

10 biggest cocks and she cocks in advertising ever. <3

Loved the previous 2, this one was brilliant, especially the eSure thing xD

Really good episode, as always.

[La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo]

Double post due to time spacing. This episode is turning out shit =/

I don't watch screenwipe for this stuff.

[basstard]

It was different.

I found it interesting, but it wasn't really Screenwipe or what we expect from it, which is why I think many (like Laa-Laa) will find it disappointing.

The one thing I would say is that there were quite a few blatant 'noddy shots' and dodgy cuts- something he criticised interviewers for in a previous Screenwipe.

[eidderf]

It was kind of interesting but not very funny. In the end the message was basically to work hard which isn't really that helpful to be honest.

[Beef Magic]

Screenwipe has always had an underlying theme of what key members of in the media industries do so criticising the episode because it was an attempt to inform rather than entertain (which is more like BBC Four's remit, which I quote "aims to offer an intelligent alternative") seems unfair.

Plus, after the pure anger of last weeks episode, taking some time out to be nice to people for a change seems fairly justified. See Tapping The Wire as well.

[Bail]

I loved it personally, but I can see why people are saying "That wasn't screenwipe" But its timing is spot on after spending most of today playing solitaire and writing a first draft script its good to know I'm not the only one who can't "just write" and finds facebook/anything far more interesting.

It's also good that "normal" people get to see what its actually like working in telly-land, aka, not as glamorous as people think. Showing everything from cast, crew research to bloody health and safety and script writing. I mean I'm so post modern I'm going to cut to me attaching a photo of me writing this post!

http://www.lazyorange.net/junk/post.jpg

:)

[Luna_1985]

I really liked the Advertising episode (managed to catch it online). My favorite bit was during the Cocks and She-cocks of advertising ever with the "O Face" and of course "Listen if you're not going to f*ck her, then I'm going to come over and f*ck you!"

I was wondering, is that Anthony Head in those awful Nescafe adverts?

And just like other episodes of Screenwipe there's a song I must find out what it is. Don't suppose anyone here knows who did that instrumental version of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" during the Mad Men bit?

[Haroshi]

The latest episode definitely wasn't screenwipe, but was interesting and worth watching none the less.

[Troll]

I liked yesterdays episode, mainly because it's something I really want to get into and I found it really informative.

[vaughan]

Charlie Brooker isn't allowed to be nice to people

But still it was an interesting episode

[cyber_turnip]

I liked it but it was my least favourite episode of the show ever.

[tom93]

i did find it interesting but i also found it not to be screenwipe at all
i sit down ready to hear tv people i never heard of get shat on, and what i get is tv writers i don't know getting listened to

[codename_47]

I liked yesterdays episode, mainly because it's something I really want to get into and I found it really informative.

You too eh?

Well thanks to Graham Linehan I've started my notebook of potentially hilarious things with a few incidents I remember....
Once I've filled about nineteen of them then I'll start on my script..or editing the shite I have now, anyway ;)

[malcolio]

It wasn't Screenwipe but then I found it really informative and helpful. I took a degree in Creative Writing and it's nice to hear that successful writers are agreeing with what my seminar leaders told me! :D And I'm glad that my strong point is dialogue, as it sounds like that's the most important thing to get right.