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insane_in_da_membrane · 27 May 2003, 22:12

I work for directory enquiries, and tonight I've had at least 2 dozen calls for BBC complaints, and apparently people want to complain about some new BBC advert or something. Has anyone seen it? I dunno what its like, but apparently its pretty bad

pablissimo · 27 May 2003, 22:13

Is it the one where they kick that old man in the head until he goes blind to advertise BBC Three?

Love that one.

poshphil · 27 May 2003, 22:14

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Originally posted by pablissimo
Is it the one where they kick that old man in the head until he goes blind to advertise BBC Three?

Love that one.

Please say you're not joking. That woudl be class!

Dookie Velvet · 27 May 2003, 23:37

There's one where this woman is hanging onto the edge of a cliff by her fingertips, shouting for help, while a couple sit right in front of her, eating biscuits and drinking tea, watching and just generally not being bothered with her, right before she falls. It's an advert for BBC Three I think.

sayonara · 27 May 2003, 23:39

Anybody else want to seek out and destroy whoever conceived of that 'Scuzz' advert on Sky?

Not only did they create that abomination, but some wank****face gave them the go-ahead to make a second...

Phang · 27 May 2003, 23:42

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Originally posted by sayonara
Anybody else want to seek out and destroy whoever conceived of that 'Scuzz' advert on Sky?

Not only did they create that abomination, but some wank****face gave them the go-ahead to make a second...

that thing rocks

sayonara · 27 May 2003, 23:43

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Originally posted by Phang
that thing rocks

TIMEWASTERERER

Go eat your ill-gotten liquorice.

Phang · 27 May 2003, 23:45

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Originally posted by sayonara
TIMEWASTERERER

Go eat your ill-gotten liquorice.

'the fist of fury'

pablissimo · 27 May 2003, 23:52

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Originally posted by Phang
'the fist of fury'

I'll fist... wait

SYMM · 27 May 2003, 23:56

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Originally posted by Dookie Velvet
There's one where this woman is hanging onto the edge of a cliff by her fingertips, shouting for help, while a couple sit right in front of her, eating biscuits and drinking tea, watching and just generally not being bothered with her, right before she falls. It's an advert for BBC Three I think.

It said BBC 1 at the end... i think

Jammers · 28 May 2003, 00:22

Maybe people are just realising that the BBC has been stealing their money, and then not actually caring about their viewers.
They replaced Hunt For Red October with some documentry about some stupid kid who got herself killed.
They replaced Tron with the Popes Easter message
They repaced Star Trek\Buffy the Vampire Slayer with tennis, snooker, darts, 40yr old repeats of Top of the Pops, Treasure Hunt, and The Second Persian Gulf War.(I'm not complaining about the last one, the special effects were better)
They insist on churning out crap like Generic Makeover Show #186, as opposed to showing decent stuff which they made when they still cared about their viewers. I doubt I am alone in prefering Monty Python to Fame Acadamy.
The BBC should be disbanded, and David Dickinson should be executed for being conman who beats up old ladies and steals their valuable antiquities.(he is a convicted conman, the rest may or may not be true)

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Deffeh · 28 May 2003, 00:33

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Originally posted by Jammers
Maybe people are just realising that the BBC has been stealing their money, and then not actually caring about their viewers.
They replaced Hunt For Red October with some documentry about some stupid kid who got herself killed.
They replaced Tron with the Popes Easter message
They repaced Star Trek\Buffy the Vampire Slayer with tennis, snooker, darts, 40yr old repeats of Top of the Pops, Treasure Hunt, and The Second Persian Gulf War.(I'm not complaining about the last one, the special effects were better)
They insist on churning out crap like Generic Makeover Show #186, as opposed to showing decent stuff which they made when they still cared about their viewers. I doubt I am alone in prefering Monty Python to Fame Acadamy.
The BBC should be disbanded, and David Dickinson should be executed for being conman who beats up old ladies and steals their valuable antiquities.(he is a convicted conman, the rest may or may not be true)

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TOTP2 Snooker and darts have always been staples of the beeb. Buffy etc were not replaced. Treasure hunt was a successful idea then, and still a good watch now

Also, as far as Fame Academy goes, it was a lot better than people were willing to give credit for. If you dont like reality tv shows, thats fine, ok, but as far as that genre of TV goes, it was an excellent program.

PS is DD really a convict, or was his mother just australian, or are you just bitter?

poshphil · 28 May 2003, 00:42

I disagree with them removing the Simpson's for anything.

ESPECIALLY TENNIS.

Jammers · 28 May 2003, 00:45

The way I see it if a program isn't shown when it's supposed to be, then it's been replaced. Perhaps "preempted" would be a better word to use, but it means essentially the same thing.
And yes, the much loved David Dickinson is convicted criminal. I can't remember what he did exactly, but it involved deception of some kind.

Deffeh · 28 May 2003, 02:33

hes only deceptive about the colour of his skin

Radical Edward · 28 May 2003, 08:29

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Originally posted by Jammers
I doubt I am alone in prefering Monty Python to Fame Acadamy.

TV is now populated by pretty young things who want the limelight, rather than not so pretty Oxbridge/other top university students with brains and wit.

Tobe · 28 May 2003, 17:42

if i wasnt so lazy id complain about the indian dancing advert, like why the hell do we need to see that, infact why does bbc 1 need adverts for bbc1 like your already watching it.

also jasper carrot and that bird from ggm series was **** cant remember what it was called

Marilyn Manson · 28 May 2003, 18:06

The problem with the terrestrial BBC is that it increasingly tries to please everybody who is too poor to have Cable or Digital, and in doing so, pleases nobody.

Oh, and they haven't made a decent sitcom in about 5 years. Probably longer.

mbushell · 28 May 2003, 18:10

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Originally posted by Dookie Velvet
There's one where this woman is hanging onto the edge of a cliff by her fingertips, shouting for help, while a couple sit right in front of her, eating biscuits and drinking tea, watching and just generally not being bothered with her, right before she falls. It's an advert for BBC Three I think.

I saw that one, I was like,

That's just gay and doesn't make me watch bbc anymore than I was planning to. ffs ****ing **** ****ing wanking twating ****ed up ****. ffs.

poshphil · 28 May 2003, 18:33

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Originally posted by Marilyn Manson
Oh, and they haven't made a decent sitcom in about 5 years. Probably longer.

My family has its moments.

Marilyn Manson · 28 May 2003, 18:35

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My family has its moments.

My girlfriend says this, but I refuse to believe her.

MrL_JaKiri · 28 May 2003, 18:39

The good stuff is on channel 4.

The reason being that before the BBC was the home of 'alternative' stuff, like Monty Python, however they've recently (read: since John Birt became DG [dyke hasn't changed a thing]) they've been in a dumbing down war with ITV, so all the good stuff goes on C4.