Programmes you should watch or hear
TV Comedy:
- The IT Crowd
- Porridge - possibly the best comedy acting anywhere
- The Mighty Boosh - just weird, in a good way
- Scrubs
- The Thick of It - if only for Malcolm’s and Jamie’s incredible obscenities
- Yes (Prime) Minister
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Radio Comedy:
- Armando Ianucci’s Charm Offensive
- The Consultants
- The Russell Brand Show - most people probably think he’s a c*ck. In fact, he may well be. I have never seen him on TV so perhaps that’s is why I was willing to listen to his radio show. It is genuinely funny, with him taking a different character to his TV persona and generally being the butt of the jokes from his sidekick Matt Morgan or regular caller Noel Gallagher, who, it turns out is also quite funny
- Chain Reaction
- Mark Watson makes the world…
- The Now Show
- Genius
TV Drama:
- The Wire - if you haven’t heard of this then you are an idiot, if you have well done. If you have heard of this but haven’t watched it then you are an idiot, if you have then well done. If you have heard of this, and have watched it but don’t think it is the best series ever to be broadcast then you are an idiot, if you do then well done.
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