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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:02 pm
Post subject: BBC America |
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Where credit is due, credit should be given: once in a Blue Moon or
two Coop comes up with something useful. After watching CNN again for
an hour or two yesterday morning, I yearned for good old BBC news, not
that CNN is all that bad. Remembering that Coop had mentioned he
received what he called BBC America, I looked but couldn't find it
either among my TV's channels or in TV Guide. Checking with Comcast, I
found it is a $7.99/month add-on, packaged with some crap channels
except, perhaps, for Independent Films, which might prove interesting.
I got it and the 10-channel HBO add-on since the girl on the phone was
rather convincing, but I may well dump what I think may be channels
carrying mostly Grade B Hollywood movies.
Comments?
--
Charles Riggs
They are no accented letters in my email address
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:02 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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Sara Lorimer typed thus:
| Quote: | Ross Howard wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:31:00 -0800, Charles Riggs
chriggs@comcást.net> wrought:
Where credit is due, credit should be given: once in a Blue Moon or
two Coop comes up with something useful. After watching CNN again for
an hour or two yesterday morning, I yearned for good old BBC news, not
that CNN is all that bad. Remembering that Coop had mentioned he
received what he called BBC America, I looked but couldn't find it
either among my TV's channels or in TV Guide. Checking with Comcast, I
found it is a $7.99/month add-on, packaged with some crap channels
except, perhaps, for Independent Films, which might prove interesting.
I got it and the 10-channel HBO add-on since the girl on the phone was
rather convincing, but I may well dump what I think may be channels
carrying mostly Grade B Hollywood movies.
What is it, a sort of hybrid of Bibbacy World (news and current
affairs, with special regional programming, e.g. "Asia Today", or
perhaps it's now "Red States Are Go!" for Bibbacy America), Bibbacy
Prime (repeats of sitcoms and game shows) and Bibbacy Learning
(actually half decent, since lots of BBC2 documentaries and scifact
series, *Horizon* and stuff, end up there)?
It's just lots and lots of shows of people tearing up their neighbors'
living rooms, alternating with the same three episodes of "Coupling."
Oh, and the news.
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I've just checked the schedule and am reasonably impressed with the
comedy and drama. Here are some which I would watch again:
Cold Feet (which is an ITV production)
Waking the Dead (aka Shoestring Rides Again, featuring Warrington's
favourite daughter, Sue Johnston)
Coupling
Hamish Macbeth
but you've probably seen these in Ireland.
--
David
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replace the first component of address
with the definite article. |
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Ross Howard
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:02 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:30:34 +0000, Mickwick <mickwick@use.reply.to>
wrought:
| Quote: | In alt.usage.english, Sara Lorimer wrote:
It's just lots and lots of shows of people tearing up their neighbors'
living rooms, alternating with the same three episodes of "Coupling."
Oh, and the news.
Same as BBC One and BBC Two then. (And ITV, Channel 4, Five and every
other bloody channel in Reithland.)
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We used to get Robert Robinson. Now we get Anne.
We used to get Burt Ford and Michael Fish. Now we get a blonde with a
bluescreen.
We used to get The Old Grey Whistle Test. Now we get Fame Academy.
We used to get Coronation Street. Now we get Coronation Street.
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Ross Howard
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Mickwick
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:03 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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In alt.usage.english, Sara Lorimer wrote:
| Quote: | It's just lots and lots of shows of people tearing up their neighbors'
living rooms, alternating with the same three episodes of "Coupling."
Oh, and the news.
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Same as BBC One and BBC Two then. (And ITV, Channel 4, Five and every
other bloody channel in Reithland.)
--
Mickwick |
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Bill Bonde ( ``And the La
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:03 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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Charles Riggs wrote:
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Where credit is due, credit should be given: once in a Blue Moon or
two Coop comes up with something useful. After watching CNN again for
an hour or two yesterday morning, I yearned for good old BBC news, not
that CNN is all that bad. Remembering that Coop had mentioned he
received what he called BBC America, I looked but couldn't find it
either among my TV's channels or in TV Guide. Checking with Comcast, I
found it is a $7.99/month add-on, packaged with some crap channels
except, perhaps, for Independent Films, which might prove interesting.
I got it and the 10-channel HBO add-on since the girl on the phone was
rather convincing, but I may well dump what I think may be channels
carrying mostly Grade B Hollywood movies.
Comments?
Try Newsnight from the BBC website: |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/newsnight/newsnight.ram
--
So I was feeding the hummingbirds but not changing the feeder sugar
water quickly enough and it fermented into something like that stuff
that Hunter S Thompson was drinking in the Rum Diary, anyway, so I had
these drunk birds flying everywhere just like mosquitoes in Minnesota,
dashing up one side of me, darting down the other, crashing into the
windows, falling off their perches, didn't even know they perched,
flying backwards, flying backwards, it was like something out of the
Exorcist. After a while though, I got bored with it all. Next Summer I'm
going to Alaska to feed french bread soaked in Wild Turkey to polar
bears. Wish me luck! |
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Ross Howard
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:03 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:31:00 -0800, Charles Riggs
<chriggs@comcást.net> wrought:
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Where credit is due, credit should be given: once in a Blue Moon or
two Coop comes up with something useful. After watching CNN again for
an hour or two yesterday morning, I yearned for good old BBC news, not
that CNN is all that bad. Remembering that Coop had mentioned he
received what he called BBC America, I looked but couldn't find it
either among my TV's channels or in TV Guide. Checking with Comcast, I
found it is a $7.99/month add-on, packaged with some crap channels
except, perhaps, for Independent Films, which might prove interesting.
I got it and the 10-channel HBO add-on since the girl on the phone was
rather convincing, but I may well dump what I think may be channels
carrying mostly Grade B Hollywood movies.
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What is it, a sort of hybrid of Bibbacy World (news and current
affairs, with special regional programming, e.g. "Asia Today", or
perhaps it's now "Red States Are Go!" for Bibbacy America), Bibbacy
Prime (repeats of sitcoms and game shows) and Bibbacy Learning
(actually half decent, since lots of BBC2 documentaries and scifact
series, *Horizon* and stuff, end up there)?
--
Ross Howard |
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Sara Lorimer
Guest
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:03 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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Ross Howard wrote:
| Quote: | On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:31:00 -0800, Charles Riggs
chriggs@comcást.net> wrought:
Where credit is due, credit should be given: once in a Blue Moon or
two Coop comes up with something useful. After watching CNN again for
an hour or two yesterday morning, I yearned for good old BBC news, not
that CNN is all that bad. Remembering that Coop had mentioned he
received what he called BBC America, I looked but couldn't find it
either among my TV's channels or in TV Guide. Checking with Comcast, I
found it is a $7.99/month add-on, packaged with some crap channels
except, perhaps, for Independent Films, which might prove interesting.
I got it and the 10-channel HBO add-on since the girl on the phone was
rather convincing, but I may well dump what I think may be channels
carrying mostly Grade B Hollywood movies.
What is it, a sort of hybrid of Bibbacy World (news and current
affairs, with special regional programming, e.g. "Asia Today", or
perhaps it's now "Red States Are Go!" for Bibbacy America), Bibbacy
Prime (repeats of sitcoms and game shows) and Bibbacy Learning
(actually half decent, since lots of BBC2 documentaries and scifact
series, *Horizon* and stuff, end up there)?
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It's just lots and lots of shows of people tearing up their neighbors'
living rooms, alternating with the same three episodes of "Coupling."
Oh, and the news.
--
SML
Dignity, always dignity. |
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Ray Heindl
Guest
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:16 am
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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Irwell <irwell@highstream.net> wrote:
| Quote: | On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:49:51 -0000, the Omrud
usenet.omrud@gmail.com> wrote:
I've just checked the schedule and am reasonably impressed with
the comedy and drama. Here are some which I would watch again:
Cold Feet (which is an ITV production)
Waking the Dead (aka Shoestring Rides Again, featuring
Warrington's favourite daughter, Sue Johnston)
Coupling
Hamish Macbeth
but you've probably seen these in Ireland.
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Don't forget The Avengers, on Friday night.
| Quote: | Nobody has mentioned the counfounded commercials
on BBC America, and also on BBC Canada, some
Australian bloke screaming about taplights every five
minutes.
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They've also adopted the loathesomely vile habit of superimposing
commercials over the shows, assuming that more and more people have the
technology to avoid watching the regular kind. And they insist on
putting their oversized identification graphic in the upper-left corner
of the screen, instead of the lower right where it's less obtrusive.
--
Ray Heindl
(remove the Xs to reply to: xvortren-news@yaxhoo.com) |
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Irwell
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:16 am
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:49:51 -0000, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Sara Lorimer typed thus:
Ross Howard wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:31:00 -0800, Charles Riggs
chriggs@comcást.net> wrought:
Where credit is due, credit should be given: once in a Blue Moon or
two Coop comes up with something useful. After watching CNN again for
an hour or two yesterday morning, I yearned for good old BBC news, not
that CNN is all that bad. Remembering that Coop had mentioned he
received what he called BBC America, I looked but couldn't find it
either among my TV's channels or in TV Guide. Checking with Comcast, I
found it is a $7.99/month add-on, packaged with some crap channels
except, perhaps, for Independent Films, which might prove interesting.
I got it and the 10-channel HBO add-on since the girl on the phone was
rather convincing, but I may well dump what I think may be channels
carrying mostly Grade B Hollywood movies.
What is it, a sort of hybrid of Bibbacy World (news and current
affairs, with special regional programming, e.g. "Asia Today", or
perhaps it's now "Red States Are Go!" for Bibbacy America), Bibbacy
Prime (repeats of sitcoms and game shows) and Bibbacy Learning
(actually half decent, since lots of BBC2 documentaries and scifact
series, *Horizon* and stuff, end up there)?
It's just lots and lots of shows of people tearing up their neighbors'
living rooms, alternating with the same three episodes of "Coupling."
Oh, and the news.
I've just checked the schedule and am reasonably impressed with the
comedy and drama. Here are some which I would watch again:
Cold Feet (which is an ITV production)
Waking the Dead (aka Shoestring Rides Again, featuring Warrington's
favourite daughter, Sue Johnston)
Coupling
Hamish Macbeth
but you've probably seen these in Ireland.
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Nobody has mentioned the counfounded commercials
on BBC America, and also on BBC Canada, some
Australian bloke screaming about taplights every five
minutes. |
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Laura F Spira
Guest
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:16 am
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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Ross Howard wrote:
| Quote: | On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:30:34 +0000, Mickwick <mickwick@use.reply.to
wrought:
In alt.usage.english, Sara Lorimer wrote:
It's just lots and lots of shows of people tearing up their neighbors'
living rooms, alternating with the same three episodes of "Coupling."
Oh, and the news.
Same as BBC One and BBC Two then. (And ITV, Channel 4, Five and every
other bloody channel in Reithland.)
We used to get Robert Robinson. Now we get Anne.
We used to get Burt Ford and Michael Fish. Now we get a blonde with a
bluescreen.
We used to get The Old Grey Whistle Test. Now we get Fame Academy.
We used to get Coronation Street. Now we get Coronation Street.
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We used to get Barry Bucknell. Now we get Laurence Llewellyn Bowen.
We used to get Fanny Craddock. Now we get Nigella Lawson.
We used to get Philip Harben. Now we get Jamie Oliver.
We used to get the Flowerpot Men. Now we get the Telly Tubbies.
we used to get Dixon of Dock Green. Now we get The Bill.
We used to get Emergency Ward Ten. Now we get Casualty.
We used to get Rolf Harris. Now we get Rolf Harris.
--
Laura
(emulate St. George for email) |
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Peter Moylan
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:06 am
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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Charles Riggs biped:
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Where credit is due, credit should be given: once in a Blue Moon or
two Coop comes up with something useful. After watching CNN again for
an hour or two yesterday morning, I yearned for good old BBC news, not
that CNN is all that bad.
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If you manage to get any Australian TV, try CNNNN.
"CNNNN: We Report, You Believe!"
--
Peter Moylan peter at ee dot newcastle dot edu dot au
http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au (OS/2 and eCS information and software) |
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John Dean
Guest
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:06 am
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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Laura F Spira wrote:
| Quote: | Ross Howard wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:30:34 +0000, Mickwick <mickwick@use.reply.to
wrought:
In alt.usage.english, Sara Lorimer wrote:
It's just lots and lots of shows of people tearing up their
neighbors' living rooms, alternating with the same three episodes
of "Coupling." Oh, and the news.
Same as BBC One and BBC Two then. (And ITV, Channel 4, Five and
every other bloody channel in Reithland.)
We used to get Robert Robinson. Now we get Anne.
We used to get Burt Ford and Michael Fish. Now we get a blonde with a
bluescreen.
We used to get The Old Grey Whistle Test. Now we get Fame Academy.
We used to get Coronation Street. Now we get Coronation Street.
We used to get Barry Bucknell. Now we get Laurence Llewellyn Bowen.
We used to get Fanny Craddock. Now we get Nigella Lawson.
We used to get Philip Harben. Now we get Jamie Oliver.
We used to get the Flowerpot Men. Now we get the Telly Tubbies.
we used to get Dixon of Dock Green. Now we get The Bill.
We used to get Emergency Ward Ten. Now we get Casualty.
We used to get Rolf Harris. Now we get Rolf Harris.
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We used to get Sylvia Peters. Now we get ?
We used to get MacDonald Hobley. Now we get ?
We used to get Eamonn Andrews. Now we get Des Lynam.
We used to get Richard Dimbleby. Now we get Jonathan Dimbleby.
We used to get Muffin the Mule. Now we get Sponge Bob Squarepants.
We used to get I Love Lucy. Now we get Will and Grace.
We used to get off our arses to change channels. Now we get fat.
--
John Dean
Oxford |
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Tony Cooper
Guest
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:06 am
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:29:45 +0100, Ross Howard <gguiri@yahoo.com>
wrote:
| Quote: | On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:31:00 -0800, Charles Riggs
chriggs@comcást.net> wrought:
Where credit is due, credit should be given: once in a Blue Moon or
two Coop comes up with something useful. After watching CNN again for
an hour or two yesterday morning, I yearned for good old BBC news, not
that CNN is all that bad. Remembering that Coop had mentioned he
received what he called BBC America, I looked but couldn't find it
either among my TV's channels or in TV Guide. Checking with Comcast, I
found it is a $7.99/month add-on, packaged with some crap channels
except, perhaps, for Independent Films, which might prove interesting.
I got it and the 10-channel HBO add-on since the girl on the phone was
rather convincing, but I may well dump what I think may be channels
carrying mostly Grade B Hollywood movies.
What is it, a sort of hybrid of Bibbacy World (news and current
affairs, with special regional programming, e.g. "Asia Today", or
perhaps it's now "Red States Are Go!" for Bibbacy America), Bibbacy
Prime (repeats of sitcoms and game shows) and Bibbacy Learning
(actually half decent, since lots of BBC2 documentaries and scifact
series, *Horizon* and stuff, end up there)?
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You could look and see at: http://www.bbcamerica.com/bbcamerica.jsp
where the weekly schedule is shown.
Note to Charles....bookmark the above since BBCA's schedule will
probably not appear in your TV guide or newspaper. I click to the
http://www.bbcamerica.com/schedule/WeeklySchedule.jsp and print it
out. |
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don groves
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:06 am
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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In article <ubm4p0psiap4gbef287cfsd85hei77h4pr@4ax.com>, Charles
Riggs at chriggs@comcást.net exposited:
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Where credit is due, credit should be given: once in a Blue Moon or
two Coop comes up with something useful. After watching CNN again for
an hour or two yesterday morning, I yearned for good old BBC news, not
that CNN is all that bad. Remembering that Coop had mentioned he
received what he called BBC America, I looked but couldn't find it
either among my TV's channels or in TV Guide. Checking with Comcast, I
found it is a $7.99/month add-on, packaged with some crap channels
except, perhaps, for Independent Films, which might prove interesting.
I got it and the 10-channel HBO add-on since the girl on the phone was
rather convincing, but I may well dump what I think may be channels
carrying mostly Grade B Hollywood movies.
Comments?
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We get BBC Am. as part of our privider's digital cable package.
It's an extra tenner a month but we also get the Science Channel
which has some good stuff on now and then. I did mangage to catch
a very early Hyacinth episode on BBC-A.
--
dg (domain=ccwebster) |
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Django Cat
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:03 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 01:52:23 +0100, "John Dean"
<john-dean@frag.lineone.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Laura F Spira wrote:
Ross Howard wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:30:34 +0000, Mickwick <mickwick@use.reply.to
wrought:
In alt.usage.english, Sara Lorimer wrote:
It's just lots and lots of shows of people tearing up their
neighbors' living rooms, alternating with the same three episodes
of "Coupling." Oh, and the news.
Same as BBC One and BBC Two then. (And ITV, Channel 4, Five and
every other bloody channel in Reithland.)
We used to get Robert Robinson. Now we get Anne.
We used to get Burt Ford and Michael Fish. Now we get a blonde with a
bluescreen.
We used to get The Old Grey Whistle Test. Now we get Fame Academy.
We used to get Coronation Street. Now we get Coronation Street.
We used to get Barry Bucknell. Now we get Laurence Llewellyn Bowen.
We used to get Fanny Craddock. Now we get Nigella Lawson.
We used to get Philip Harben. Now we get Jamie Oliver.
We used to get the Flowerpot Men. Now we get the Telly Tubbies.
we used to get Dixon of Dock Green. Now we get The Bill.
We used to get Emergency Ward Ten. Now we get Casualty.
We used to get Rolf Harris. Now we get Rolf Harris.
We used to get Sylvia Peters. Now we get ?
We used to get MacDonald Hobley. Now we get ?
We used to get Eamonn Andrews. Now we get Des Lynam.
We used to get Richard Dimbleby. Now we get Jonathan Dimbleby.
We used to get Muffin the Mule. Now we get Sponge Bob Squarepants.
We used to get I Love Lucy. Now we get Will and Grace.
We used to get off our arses to change channels. Now we get fat.
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We used to get bored stupid with one channel with nothing you wanted
to watch on it. Now we get bored stupid with 700 channels with
nothing you want to watch on them. |
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