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Old 27-12-2016, 20:49
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Just started to watch it.

Cell phone? I can undertsand Eric Idle saying that, but Brian Cox?
Perhaps they are hoping to sell it to our transatlantic cousins.
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Old 28-12-2016, 10:08
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Brian Cox seems up for any sort of nonsense and with Eric Idle we knew it was not going to be a formal lecture. However it ended up being nothing. There was no theme to it, the other players lent very little to it and it seemed like a long 57 minute drawn out introduction to the Universe Song. What a waste of talent and effort all round.
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Old 28-12-2016, 13:27
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Mixing science and comedy is a really shit idea though. Just look at how intrusive Dara o'Briain is on Stargazing Live.
There's nothing wrong with mixing science with a few laughs to make it more accessible.

This was OK as a one off but it's wasn't as good as Cox and Ince's Infinite Monkey Cage, the Christmas Special of which was broadcast yesterday and is available on iPlayer (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b085tq49) and wherever you get your podcasts from
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Old 28-12-2016, 13:31
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Brian Cox seems up for any sort of nonsense and with Eric Idle we knew it was not going to be a formal lecture. However it ended up being nothing. There was no theme to it, the other players lent very little to it and it seemed like a long 57 minute drawn out introduction to the Universe Song. What a waste of talent and effort all round.
So at what point during the 57 minutes you watched did you find out that your remote wasn't working?
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Old 28-12-2016, 16:34
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So at what point during the 57 minutes you watched did you find out that your remote wasn't working?
What does that even have to do with a critical discussion about this programme? In fact if you're making such posts, why are you even on this forum?
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Old 28-12-2016, 17:21
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I'm a big Brian Cox fan, but this show was an epic fail for me.
The premise of making science more accessible through comedy was a good one, but for me it completely failed at both. The science was poor and the comedy was cringe.

It was a nice idea and concept, and credit to them for giving it a shot.
But please, never again.
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Old 28-12-2016, 18:34
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I'm a big Brian Cox fan, but this show was an epic fail for me.
The premise of making science more accessible through comedy was a good one, but for me it completely failed at both. The science was poor and the comedy was cringe.

It was a nice idea and concept, and credit to them for giving it a shot.
But please, never again.
I suspect it was an idea which sounded far better in the bar after a few drinks than when they sat down with the first draft of the script.

I have friends who went to Cox and Ince's stage show which is currently on tour - unfortunately I left it too late to get a ticket - and they said it was really good but didn't have any singing and dancing.
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Old 28-12-2016, 19:45
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I'm a big Brian Cox fan, but this show was an epic fail for me.
The premise of making science more accessible through comedy was a good one, but for me it completely failed at both. The science was poor and the comedy was cringe.

It was a nice idea and concept, and credit to them for giving it a shot.
But please, never again.
The idea was pants, and as an attempt to convey science it was terrible.
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Old 28-12-2016, 19:55
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I have friends who went to Cox and Ince's stage show which is currently on tour - unfortunately I left it too late to get a ticket - and they said it was really good but didn't have any singing and dancing.
Yes, I went to the stage show last month, it was good. I was expecting this programme to be similar, it wasn't. I hit stop, and delete after 8 mins.
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:36
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Embarrassing.
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Old 30-12-2016, 16:56
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Just watching it on iPlayer. I lasted 20 minutes then had to turn it off because it was so so bad.
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Old 02-01-2017, 19:23
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I enjoyed most of it, except the blonde screechy lady.
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Old 02-01-2017, 19:36
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I really like The Universe song so I was looking forward to it until I actually watched it. It was awful! I can't stand it when people pretend they don't know what's happening in the show like what Brian Cox had to do.

I do like that Warwick Davies poked fun at himself and he did add some humour to it, but most of it was cringy panto stuff.
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Old 02-01-2017, 23:50
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Panto stuff you say?
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Old 03-01-2017, 10:04
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It must have been aimed at me. When it first started it seemed terrible but then I just took it as it came and ended up enjoying it. Liked the cast and I learnt stuff i didn't know before.
Wouldn't watch a series but as a one off it worked for me.
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