"The Undateables" - New UK Channel 4 Programme

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29 Mar 2012, 8:50 pm

I hope that Channel Bore don't make that show into another Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.
I do have to question the motives of channel four on doing the documentaries that they have done of late.

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29 Mar 2012, 11:20 pm

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I hope that Channel Bore don't make that show into another Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.
I do have to question the motives of channel four on doing the documentaries that they have done of late.

My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding is on over here. I saw a few of them. It should be called "The Tackiest Weddings Ever"

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30 Mar 2012, 11:53 am

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Chipshorter wrote:

I hope that Channel Bore don't make that show into another Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.
I do have to question the motives of channel four on doing the documentaries that they have done of late.

My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding is on over here. I saw a few of them. It should be called "The Tackiest Weddings Ever"

Thank god you haven't seen Desperate Scousewives, it makes a mockery of my city by playing on negative stereotypes.
Anyway I seen tacky and kitsch female fashion in my own city with some of the crazy street wear around (like going out wearing hair rollers & pajamas), plus at night especially the weekends (especially Hen parties) in the Ropewalks and at Ladies Day of the Grand National :roll:

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30 Mar 2012, 11:54 am

Chipshorter wrote:

Thank god you haven't seen Desperate Scousewives, it makes a mockery of my city by playing on negative stereotypes.

Are they true stereotypes?

And I'll have to upload the TV show when I get back from my MK/London trip.

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30 Mar 2012, 12:11 pm

It sounds interesting, I might try and watch it. I understand people's reservations about it though. Here's the trailor for it that I just watched.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the- ... -tv-trails

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30 Mar 2012, 12:19 pm

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Chipshorter wrote:

Thank god you haven't seen Desperate Scousewives, it makes a mockery of my city by playing on negative stereotypes.

Are they true stereotypes?

For a minority there true however the show generalized Liverpudlians. I dislike whatabe WAGs as there all dolled up with no personality.
Its this X Factor culture of people instantly wanting there 15 mins of fame & will do anything to get it, that IMO is to blame for the crap TV we got in our country.

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30 Mar 2012, 12:23 pm

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Fair enough. And you didn't rise to the bait. Good on you.

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30 Mar 2012, 1:11 pm

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Chipshorter wrote:

Fair enough. And you didn't rise to the bait. Good on you.

I know when a downrigger is trying to reel me in now :wink:

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03 Apr 2012, 6:12 am

Watching this right now, the guy with AS is a bit of a dick tbh and seems to be his own worst enemy.
I really like the guy with Tourettes, I'm rooting for him, 'cause the girl he's met is gorgeous, seems to have a very nice personality and they seem to get really well. Fair play to him.

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05 Apr 2012, 1:05 pm

I watched the first episode. I actually thought it showed them in a positive light.

I thought Richard seemed like a nice guy, and I'm sure he will find someone.

I think Luke just needs to find someone who can see past the tourettes - although I did think he deals with his tourettes in his stand up routine brilliantly, a genuinely funny guy!

Penny, I thought she was a little discriminatory. She instantly dismissed her date just because he's in a wheelchair.

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05 Apr 2012, 1:28 pm

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I will wach it, but Channel 4 are exploitative *edit*.
Constantly producing shows that are supposed to be compassionate, when they know that a large portion of the audience are tuning in for LOLs. It's a no-lose situation for them.

Exactly this. It's like they can't even be assed to pretend it's not for laughs anymore.

This is basically all of Channel 4's "documentaries" (it says Five but it's much more applicable to Four these days):

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WSUYyWLyGQ[/youtube]

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05 Apr 2012, 2:11 pm

Southpark did that first. ^

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05 Apr 2012, 4:20 pm

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Southpark did that first. ^

How did you know they didn't do it afterwards? Did you check airing dates?

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05 Apr 2012, 8:22 pm

didnt turn out to be a bad program imo, i got the impression it had been produced in a responsibly way. suprisingly it turned out closer to 'feelgood' than freakshow.

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06 Apr 2012, 5:31 am

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didnt turn out to be a bad program imo, i got the impression it had been produced in a responsibly way. suprisingly it turned out closer to 'feelgood' than freakshow.

Yeah, I'd agree with that. The AS guy's issue wasn't portrayed as the AS, it's that he's a twat.

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06 Apr 2012, 3:57 pm

Despite the name "Beauty and the Beast", I liked the first episode a lot due to how good looking the burns victim was that I thought "Why is this exploitive again?"

It'll be interesting to see how it goes though, since Aspergers isn't a physical disability.

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