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Gogglebox seems to be going through it at the moment. Didn't the three Bristol brothers have a family loss earlier this year? And Chris Eubank's other son, not the one he was on the celeb version with, also died last month.
 
stavros said:
Gogglebox seems to be going through it at the moment. Didn't the three Bristol brothers have a family loss earlier this year? And Chris Eubank's other son, not the one he was on the celeb version with, also died last month.
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There was also Pete - the older Pete, from Essex, I think - who died earlier this year.
 
I think it shows my impending middle age that I wasn't sure who some of the celebs on last nights were. Because Amira and Amani, Marcus and Mica and the three brothers were on there I wondered if they'd slotted in some new regulars.
 
Christ I hate this stupid fucking show, my housemate watches it and I have no idea why it is 'amusing'. I just dont get it.
 
It’s turned into a voxpop of the non specific UK .Cabinet Advisors probably lap this up looking for ideas to jazz up their empty politics
 
stavros said:
I know that the party/not party story will be on tonight's episode, so I hope everyone tears into the government, including Giles and Mary.
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Haven't watched yet, but I expect they will. Mary is an etiquette expert/writer, so I doubt she's ever felt favourably of Bozo or any single member of his cabinet. Giles is soo rural Lib Dem, he must have begun painting with his own jizz when Nick Clegg became DPM.
 
We're rewatching episodes from the start of the pandemic. So interesting. I'd completely forgotten we were only allowed out once a day at first.
 
The Siddiqui cat is always on Sid's lap, but always seems to be on a cushion or even a tray. Strange.

Highlight of this week was Marcus and Mica discussing where to find batteries for their fire alarm.
 
In one of the new episodes, the Goggleboxers laid into Mary Beard. The brother version of whatever his name and his little sister, Sophie, described Mary Beard as "you remember those kids who use to eat crayons at school? She's that, grown up," and his sister laughed. Then a couple of the other regulars disparaged her and the show she was presenting.

Fuck that. Gogglebox is meant to be comfort TV, not being weak little bully wannabees. You do not talk about people that way, ever. And it was a history programme being presented by an expert.

The Mary Beard Show is great, though. Mary Beard's Forbidden Art:

www.bbc.co.uk

BBC Two - Mary Beard's Forbidden Art

Mary Beard art that has been fought over, removed from view or simply 'forbidden'.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
 
I managed to catch this on the TV in my hotel room while away on business. I thought it was very interesting to see what is basically an entire genre of YouTube - reaction videos - being adapted for broadcast TV.
 
The couple of new groups aren't bad, the young Scottish couple, and Simon and Jane, somewhere in London, I think.

Ellie and Izzi seemed to have been absent the past few weeks.
 
I read that Ellie's boyfriend was hit by a car a few weeks ago and really ill in hospital.
 
Ah OK. That's fair enough. You need both of them, and can't sub in someone, like the Siddiquis sometimes do.
 
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