Author: Simon Dunn
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How To Watch Television
Charlie Brooker’s first show on television about television wasn’t Screenwipe, it was an episode of The Arts Show on Channel Four in 2003, called How To Watch Television.
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Rush Hour
A year before he made a bigger splash with Dead Set, Charlie Brooker created a sketch show for BBC Three. Rush Hour featured Adam Buxton, Miranda Hart, Katy Wix, Marek Larwood, Kerry Godliman, Lorna Watson, and a few more. It aired on the channel in March and April of 2007. It’s quite a nice conceit,…
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Games Republic
Games Republic was a Gamesmaster clone, hosted by Trevor And Simon, which aired on the .tv channel at the turn of the millennium. It’s notable as it marks the first regular TV appearance of Charlie Brooker, often dressed as a monk, and billed as The Pundit. Brooker tells a story to Richard Herring that the…
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Pils An Asshole
Yesterday, I had a memory flash of a British show that featured filmed inserts of Denis Leary, in black and white, delivering his stand-up to camera, with a junk yard in the background. Apparently, this is from Saturday Zoo, a show I was convinced I had never seen, but now looking at clips of it,…
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George And Plenty
Here’s a brief appearance from a pre-Seinfeld Jason Alexander in an advert for Good And Plenty. Not sure why, but he reminds me of William Shatner here for some reason. Good And Plenty is a brand of candy in the US, what we here in the UK call Liquorice Comfits. Looks like he’s having a…
