Charlie Brooker's "You Have Been Watching"

Basq · 28-06-2009 09:08PM #1

Starts 7th July on Channel 4. Details here

Doesn't sound too bad.. sorta like a Harry Hill's TV Burp mixed with 8 Out Of 10 Cats.

You Have Been Watching is a new eight-part series which will air this summer. It involves host Charlie Brooker airing his familiarly trenchant views on broadcasting, alongside "funny and famous" guests who will, each in turn, be quizzed on the week's TV shows.

Each week Charlie offers his unique interpretation on the curious, wonderful and often inglorious world of television, and four guests in turn will be quizzed on the week's TV highlights.

You Have Been Watching features the highs and lows of programming both in the UK and worldwide, presenting a unique take on the shows that command the greatest following - but perhaps shouldn't - and reveals some of the worst programmes that claim to be entertainment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uazcDxkCYXU

Mr.Nice Guy · 28-06-2009 09:13PM

Ooh good stuff. I'm a big fan of Charlie and David Mitchell is usually good fun on these types of shows.

dmcg90 · 28-06-2009 09:50PM

Huge fan, sky +'ing (since when did that become a verb :L) this one.

mike65 · 28-06-2009 10:44PM

Goodo.

anonymous_joe · 28-06-2009 10:48PM

Yay, more Charlie.

amacachi · 28-06-2009 10:49PM

Yay, yet another TV panel show!

mike65 · 28-06-2009 10:52PM

No, not yay another panel show. Yay another Charlie Brooker series in the guise of a panel game show. Subtle but important difference.

amacachi · 28-06-2009 10:55PM

mike65 wrote: »

No, not yay another panel show. Yay another Charlie Brooker series in the guise of a panel game show. Subtle but important difference.

Still a panel show.

anonymous_joe · 28-06-2009 10:57PM

amacachi wrote: »

Still a panel show.

But with Charlie Brooker!

/remembers PC Zone.

phasers · 29-06-2009 06:55AM

I love Charlie Brooker, but like any panel show it depends on the guests.

If they have a token woman/David Walliams etc. it won't be good.

Mossy Monk · 29-06-2009 07:15AM

amacachi wrote: »

Still a panel show.

You're a panel show.

Aidric · 29-06-2009 11:16AM

I'm not sure about this concept even though I love Brooker's work. He works best when he isn't restrained by a format. His writing and screenwipes were all about him letting rip with no interference. He may well be constrained by a panel format and certainly by the guests he has on.

amacachi · 29-06-2009 12:33PM

Mossy Monk wrote: »

You're a panel show.

Shut up, that's why!

phasers wrote: »

I love Charlie Brooker, but like any panel show it depends on the guests.

If they have a token woman/David Walliams etc. it won't be good.

Oh Christ, David Walliams. Talking about nothing in a stupid voice ain't funny, if only someone would tell him.

aidan_walsh · 29-06-2009 02:10PM

/remembers PC Zone.

Ah yes, the infamous photo of Charlie Brooker "eating his own arse".

transylman · 29-06-2009 03:07PM

Yeah, heard about this on his twitter account. If this idea does not appeal you might be pleased to hear he is working on a series called Gameswipe, which will be like screenwipe. Except with games. Probably.

Elmo · 29-06-2009 04:45PM

dmcg90 wrote: »

sky +'ing

Plusing might be a better verb or just simple recording

Don't know about this show. Unless it does something different than the usual quiz-com it won't be worth it.

amacachi · 07-07-2009 09:07PM

So far he doesn't seem to work with an audience, and the panel, wow, looks like not many people were available.

BroomBurner · 07-07-2009 09:12PM

I like reading Brooker in the Guardian, but not sure on this. It's never a good idea to spend a whole TV show ripping the proverbial out of other TV shows.

Funny autocue gag though :pac:

Basq · 07-07-2009 09:12PM

A quiz show with shag all pace!

At least he addressed Mini-Hitler immediately.

Brooker's bit about The One Show was the only funny bit so far.. and that's because it could have been straight outta Screenwipe.

phasers · 07-07-2009 09:13PM

Jamelia ffs :rolleyes:

Not thrilled so far, but I'll give it a whole episode before I decide.

amacachi · 07-07-2009 09:13PM

The autocue bit has to have been written by Brooker, the stuff he's reading from the the autocue ain't great.

BroomBurner · 07-07-2009 09:17PM

amacachi wrote: »

The autocue bit has to have been written by Brooker, the stuff he's reading from the the autocue ain't great.

Yeah, maybe he's not writing his own stuff, which would be a shame and a waste.

Good to see they made decent use of the old Strike it Lucky set. Recycling ftw.

rovert · 07-07-2009 09:27PM

A black eye in his body of work this.

Everyone has to make a living I guess.

Rjd2 · 07-07-2009 09:30PM

Cheap rubbish telly taking the piss out of cheap rubbish telly. :rolleyes:
Garbage stuff so far.

phasers · 07-07-2009 09:32PM

SHUT UP JAMELIA

That woman never says ANYTHING of value

Now that guy is defending the show that put the IRA against the Taliban :rolleyes:

Rjd2 · 07-07-2009 09:38PM

phasers wrote: »

SHUT UP JAMELIA

That woman never says ANYTHING of value

Now that guy is defending the show that put the IRA against the Taliban :rolleyes:

Unlike Rufus ****ing Hand?

amacachi · 07-07-2009 09:39PM

Have to say that was hilarious, though it may have been more down to the subject matter than anything else.

Anyone else notice how the yanks had a feckin red hand next to "IRA"? Good ol' research.

Elmo · 07-07-2009 09:40PM

Eh! IRA of course, more experience.

phasers · 07-07-2009 09:40PM

Rjd2 wrote: »

Unlike Rufus ****ing Hand?

At least the other two are saying things, she keeps going

"I don't like it, it's bad and....I dunno it's just like.... *laughs*"
:mad:

All three guests suck though, Hitler man being the least offensively bad

Elmo · 07-07-2009 09:40PM

amacachi wrote: »

Anyone else notice how the yanks had a feckin red hand next to "IRA"? Good ol' research.

It was their ulster unit :rolleyes:

mike65 · 07-07-2009 09:46PM

I fcuking forgot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone else who did likewise -

Channel 4 Plus 1 11:00pm
E4 July 8th at 11:00pm
E4 Plus 1 July 9th at 12:00am
Channel 4 July 10th at 12:15am
Channel 4 July 10th at 12:15am

BroomBurner · 07-07-2009 09:47PM

Lol the IRA Taliban thing was actually very funny. Slingshots indeed. American TV though, should have been obvious who would win.

Yeah, the guests suck on this.

Ah, Death Wish, lol

Basq · 07-07-2009 09:48PM

mike65 wrote: »

I fcuking forgot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wouldn't be too pushed.. really wasn't great!

Like I said, the best bits were the bits that could have been outta Screenwipe.

phasers · 07-07-2009 09:49PM

Well that was rubbish... Charlie Brooker is better than that crap

amacachi · 07-07-2009 09:49PM

Please go back and do more Screenwipe Charlie.

Also I told yas, I told yas it'd be shoite!

Elmo · 07-07-2009 09:50PM

BroomBurner wrote: »

Yeah, the guests suck on this.

Have to agree the where disappointing.

But good to know if the Scottish and Irish got together we could rule the world hahahahahahahahah <<< evil laugh (in an English accent).

mike65 · 07-07-2009 09:52PM

Ah I'll tape it now and give it a spin out tomorrow. I owe Charlie that much at least.

Aidric · 07-07-2009 10:26PM

phasers wrote: »

Well that was rubbish... Charlie Brooker is better than that crap

Sad to hear that, forgot to tune in tonight. Like I said in my earlier post though I had reservations about this format.

phasers · 07-07-2009 10:37PM

Aidric wrote: »

Sad to hear that, forgot to tune in tonight. Like I said in my earlier post though I had reservations about this format.

It was very scattered, C4 should ditch the guests and just make another Screenwipe :pac:

doh.ie · 07-07-2009 11:22PM

phasers wrote: »

It was very scattered, C4 should ditch the guests and just make another Screenwipe :pac:

Except they didn't make it the first time - it was Zeppotron, an Endemol company, for BBC(4). But that did give a good laugh when he was exposing wonky Big Brother editing practices and was sneering at the Celebrity BB with Shilpa and the race row, and then had to point out that his own programme was also part of the Endemol beast!

Mossy Monk · 07-07-2009 11:25PM

I have to watch this just out of pure curiosity. I know i will probably hate it

lostexpectation · 07-07-2009 11:57PM

don't see the difference between this and screenwipe, ie when yerman calls him out for criticising deadliest warrior and then indulging in it, thats his career isn't it.

amacachi · 08-07-2009 12:41AM

doh.ie wrote: »

Except they didn't make it the first time - it was Zeppotron, an Endemol company, for BBC(4). But that did give a good laugh when he was exposing wonky Big Brother editing practices and was sneering at the Celebrity BB with Shilpa and the race row, and then had to point out that his own programme was also part of the Endemol beast!

Think phasers knows that, probably meant a ripoff.

Rjd2 · 08-07-2009 01:39AM

lostexpectation wrote: »

don't see the difference between this and screenwipe, ie when yerman calls him out for criticising deadliest warrior and then indulging in it, thats his career isn't it.

Brooker made his career out of picking on easy targets, if its not broke etc...:D

Elmo · 08-07-2009 07:41AM

lostexpectation wrote: »

don't see the difference between this and screenwipe, ie when yerman calls him out for criticising deadliest warrior and then indulging in it, thats his career isn't it.

He has become one of them! :eek:

BaZmO* · 08-07-2009 08:04AM

Jeez, a lot of you have very high standards it seems. Either that or are just impossible to please. I actually thought it was quite good. Loved the bit with the IRA versus the Taliban.

08-07-2009 09:02AM

I actually enjoyed it. I'm not normally one for this kind of show, I reckon there's already way too many panel shows, but damnit it, I laughed a lot.

The two guys were carrying Jamelia though, she was hopeless, comedically speaking.

MikeHoncho · 08-07-2009 10:07AM

I thought it was fine and will probably watch again. Not the most original program by any stretch but Brooker is good enough to keep me entertained for the duration. Found Jamelias tits very distracting but enjoyable none the less. Better guests will be needed though.

BaZmO* · 08-07-2009 10:12AM

MikeHoncho wrote: »

Found Jamelias tits very distracting but enjoyable none the less.

Ha. Me too :pac:

Mossy Monk · 08-07-2009 10:37AM

Not a bad show. I will watch again.

Elmo · 08-07-2009 10:48AM

I suppose I was expecting something different. Kind of like Frost but about the media.

Charlie Brooker's "You Have Been Watching"

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