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Bellamy's People

soransoran Posts: 1,646
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Anyone else looking forward to this new series tonight?

Not seen much about it really, and hardly any promo's for it, but could be good with Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse writing and starring.

From what I have seen, it looks like a cross between the Fast Show and Little Britain. :D
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    From the clips i've seen it didn't look that good. Is had a kind of an Alan Partridge feel about it but I only saw 30 secs or so.

    But it looked as though Whitehouse & Higson just wanted to get their mates together and are well past their best writing form than a decade back.

    Will still give it a watch though - you never know :)
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    HeadancerHeadancer Posts: 463
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    ace..totally ace... :)
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    IzzySIzzyS Posts: 11,045
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    Its kind of boring so far :-/ but maybe thats just me...
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    IzzyS wrote: »
    Its kind of boring so far :-/ but maybe thats just me...
    Nope, I agree.

    Doubt i'll be watching it next week.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,285
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    I like the 'community leader' character,:D
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 59
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    Fooled one or two people into thinking it was an actual phone in on R4! But with familiar faces on TV not sure how it will pan out...still lookin' good tho!
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    TungstenTungsten Posts: 2,883
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    This is actually quite boring, the old gangster was alright, that was about it!
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    HeadancerHeadancer Posts: 463
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    its superb......:)
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    culturemancultureman Posts: 11,701
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    It's sort of Little Britain as if it had been made properly, and with humour.
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    tangsmantangsman Posts: 3,661
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    Mr. Khan was so funny.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 21,405
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    this was great :D LOL, I liked the range of characters
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    AdamDowdsAdamDowds Posts: 2,598
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    I didn't like it. I thought it could have been much better, for me there wasn't much more than a smile on certain characters. I might watch it next week, don't know yet though.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 14
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    i was really looking forward to this as the radio show was hilarious.. the tv version fell very flat unfortunately, real shame as i had high hopes.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 255
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    I thought this was great stuff and I enjoyed it as much as the radio version so look forward to the rest of the series. I especially liked Felix Dexter's character; "the Lion of Harlesden" - a spot on observation and very funny indeed because of it!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 59
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    armorium wrote: »
    this was great :D LOL, I liked the range of characters

    And they've all phoned in to Gary Bellamy's 'Down the Line' for 3 series already!.. It's nice that he actually wants to meet them! :D
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    IzzySIzzyS Posts: 11,045
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    I liked the scene with the ladies talking their own language. The rest didn't seem all that funny to me but each to their own :)
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    mike65mike65 Posts: 11,386
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    I'm not familiair with the radio series, for some reason I never caught up with it. I enjoyed it though, I suspect it'll be a grower as we see more revealed about various charcaters.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 255
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    mike65 wrote: »
    I'm not familiair with the radio series, for some reason I never caught up with it. I enjoyed it though, I suspect it'll be a grower as we see more revealed about various charcaters.

    It's just finished now on BBC7 but I suggest you have a listen to it on the iPlayer as it's really funny stuff.
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    mike65mike65 Posts: 11,386
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    Cheers :)
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    DVDfeverDVDfever Posts: 18,535
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    I was about to give up after 10 mins, but stuck with it and it was more hit than miss, but it's got a way to go. I never got into Down the Line but this has potential. Whitehouse and Rhys Thomas were on Breakfast the other day saying how it's mostly unscripted (ie. Rhys has to reacts to what the characters come out with) but that doesn't come across anywhere near as well as, say, Outnumbered. I'll stick with it though, for now.

    However, I'd rather have a second series of Help, but I doubt the BBC would put Chris Langham back onscreen.

    Just having a look at the red button extra stuff. Just more of the same.
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    cobaltmalecobaltmale Posts: 21,119
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    I liked it and will tune in again. Don't know how clever it is scheduling it directly after "Rab C Nesbitt" though - they're polar opposites in humour terms.

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    anotherlongersanotherlongers Posts: 1,792
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    I thought it was a shambles. Unscripted comedy very rarely works. There were too many egos and too many characters trying to outdo one another and shouting across one another.

    It was like badly rehearsed school play.
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    darnall42darnall42 Posts: 4,080
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    after the dissapointing mock the week and rab c nesbitt ,i quite enjoyed this programe so i'll tune in to the rest of the series :)
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    CrazyeyeskillerCrazyeyeskiller Posts: 4,869
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    Similar to the Fast Show i liked about 1 scene for every 6 I had to endure.
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    Miss C. DeVilleMiss C. DeVille Posts: 6,042
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    I thought it was really good.
    I've met characters like these in real life and thought they really captured them. Had quite a few laugh out loud moments and will definately watch again.
    We've all got different senses of humour so it's to be expected it's not going to suit some people.
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