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This week the wonderful Anna Brain joins us to talk about Project Runway, we continue our investigation into timeslot classification and there’s some Crap TV in there as well. Oh yeah, and the quiz, thanks to Crumpler and some news as well.
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This week ? A GREAT BIG LANGUAGE WARNING!!!
We discuss classifications and what not and it leads to some rather blue language, so be warned.
Also, the usual smattering of Pork, some News, a little Reality upfront, the Quiz, and a Things We Did Miss ? the excellent UK comedy The Thick Of It.
Enjoy
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Big show this week with James Talia calling in from Greece, the long awaited return of Ray Watch and a review of the new BBC drama Ashes to Ashes. Also listen closely for the Quiz, Pork and News all in the places where you would normally expect them to be in the show.
122 reasons to listen:
Many more reasons to let us know what you’re thinking.
This week we discuss new HBO drama In Treatment. There?s a rural I Don?t Buy It. We complain about Channel 9?s shoddy Oscars telecast. There?s some Biggest Loser Quotes as well as the usual News, Quiz and Pork.
121 – rhythms with fun!
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Uninformed opinion comes home to roost in this episode of Boxcutters. We discuss Cashmere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle, have an open inspection of Monster House and talk more about Underbelly than we probably mean to. Plus News, Crap TV, I Don’t Buy It, The Quiz, and PORK!
Wrap your laughing gear around a…*
* Technically this means your mouth but you should listen to the show with your ears.
Hugely exciting show this week.
We chat to David Knox the man behind the always informative TV Tonight website about television and television blogging.
We risk life and limb and possible defamation with a review of Underbelly.
There?s a couple of Crap TVs.
And an extra helping of Pork.
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James Talia joins us all the way from London to talk about journalism, celebrity and parochialism. Also we discuss Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and dumb ads with no common sense. News and Pork fill out the show.
No time to dilly or dally:
We?re back baby!! Cutting up them boxes and causing strife.
This week we review what kept us interested televisually over the summer months. Debate rages over the inherent hilarity (or lack thereof) in UK import Peep Show. And we Don’t Buy some ads from the tennis (both long and short form).
Plus all the usual news views and slander you’ve come to know and love.
117 — Hungry for your ears.
One One Seven:
Executive Producer of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, Rob Brearley, joins us in our second interview session for the Summer. He talks to us about quiz shows, dealing with 10 year olds and building a career in television.
Tell us what you think about our Summer Series.
Alex Papps is in the hot seat for the first of our Summer interviews. With an acting career spanning over 20 years, he lets us know just what it takes to move through the highs and lows of being an actor in this fine country of ours.
Ladies and gentlemen, Alex Papps:
Please, let us know all about your TV Week pin-up collection and your fondness for Humpty and Big Ted.
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