The Trip -- new Coogan/Brydon vehicle

[littlebabyjesus]

I just tried and no luck

thanks anyway, though

Yeah, they will block it because they will sell it to the US later.

You may have to wait, but don't worry, it's good again.

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

Not as good as the last one.

 

[Badgers]

Not as good as the last one.

Yep. A nice watch but barely half the entertainment the first one was. Shame really, I was really looking forward to it.

 

[Part 2]

I just tried and no luck

thanks anyway, though

It's possible, check out the 'Is iPlayer only available in the UK thread'...

http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/bbc-iplayer-uk-only.322961/#post-13104394

 

[girasol]

I don't know, I liked the first series, but this time all the impressions are just annoying. It's just not working for me. Something's missing. (Watched 3 episodes so far, maybe it will get better)

 

[gabi]

I just tried and no luck

thanks anyway, though

Download mediahint. Iplayer then works anywhere in the world..

This thing is utter shit though, better stuff to watch on the beeb.

 

[kabbes]

This thing is utter shit though, better stuff to watch on the beeb.

Shockingly enough, other people differ from this view.

 

[Gavin Bl]

thoroughly enjoyable i thought.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Occasionally it's really funny.

 

[Miss Caphat]

thanks for the tips guys!

I just watched all 5
yeah, a bit different than the first, for the first 10 mins or so I felt a bit sulky because it was so polished and I wanted the gritty feeling of the first series back, also Coogan and Brydon seemed to have a hard time finding their stride, but once it got going it really took off.
Also Italy's just so gorgeous.
The casual sexism of this series and lack of any female characters with minds and wit of their own has really started to grate on my nerves though.
Also, Alanis Morrisette? The Abba thing was great in the last one... but here I almost feel like this is used to show what a common, uninteresting woman Brydon's wife is, so that we'll perhaps excuse him for cheating on her

 

[Gavin Bl]

I thought the opposite, that the wife is justifiably tired of him with his daft voices and gallivanting around while she's slogging along.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I really like the way they portray themselves as difficult, vain and fearful of age....agree that the conquests are a bit tedious.

And yes, that part of the world is absolutely stunning!

 

[neonwilderness]

The Frankie Howerd/Anthony Hopkins bits in Pompeii were great

 

[goldenecitrone]

The Frankie Howerd/Anthony Hopkins bits in Pompeii were great

Yep. Don't see enough good Frankie Howerd impersonations these days.

 

[Utopia]

The Cumquat / Roger Moore part was genius!

 

[skyscraper101]

I want this show to go on forever. Funniest thing I've seen for ages.

 

[Miss Caphat]

The Cumquat / Roger Moore part was genius!

I have found myself laughing about the kumquat bit all day

 

[skyscraper101]

Coogan's De Niro face was great too.

 

[BlueSquareThing]

The Cumquat / Roger Moore part was genius!

Wasn't a kumquat though :-(

 

[zoooo]

The casual sexism of this series and lack of any female characters with minds and wit of their own has really started to grate on my nerves though.

Agree.

Wasn't a kumquat though :-(

Yes, I thought kumquats were bigger, more the size of a satsuma or something.

 

[Miss Caphat]

no, it was a kumquat alright

 

[BlueSquareThing]

no, it was a kumquat alright

It was (I'm fairly sure) a Physalis - brown and papery sort of leaves, smooth fruit and round:

I think usually three leaves as well.

 

[Orang Utan]

Yup it was a physalis not a kumquat

 

[Miss Caphat]

ok, but physalis is nowhere near as funny.

 

[Onket]

Saw some of one episode the other week. Two unfunny self indulgent twats battle for screentime by being unfunny self indulgent twats. It was rubbish.

 

[Betsy]

Last Friday's episode left me gasping at the gorgeous scenery and had me drooling over the lovely food that was being served.
Steve and Rob were very much minor players in this last episode.

 

[Part 2]

It does look really beautiful. My mate's going around some if the places visited this summer, I knew she wouldn't enjoy the comedy but told her to watch just to see where she's going....and the food she obviously won't be eating.

I wonder how it really works with the bill? I mean is the observer picking up the tab, how much have the Italian tourist office put in etc

 

[Onket]

Last Friday's episode left me gasping at the gorgeous scenery and had me drooling over the lovely food that was being served.
Steve and Rob were very much minor players in this last episode.

The programme I saw really; really needed to shift attention to the food/scenery.

 

[Santino]

It does look really beautiful. My mate's going around some if the places visited this summer, I knew she wouldn't enjoy the comedy but told her to watch just to see where she's going....and the food she obviously won't be eating.

I wonder how it really works with the bill? I mean is the observer picking up the tab, how much have the Italian tourist office put in etc

It's fiction.

 

[strung out]

Do people not realise that they're all actors?

Guess what, Steve Coogan doesn't actually have a teenage son, and Rob Brydon isn't cheating on his wife.

I thought that this series was glorious. Not as many genuinely laugh out loud (lol) moments, but the character work and scenery more than made up for it.

 

[goldenecitrone]

It's another Cock and Bull story.