educational programme. (So it does not shy away from poo jokes) My 
favourite sketch (song) shows the Great British respect for our monarchy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPtYmq5qFVA&feature=related

Or is it this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qSkaAwKMD4

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And lo On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:07:46 -0000, Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom>  
did spake thusly:

> For those of you that don’t know of it. It is a BBC children’s  
> educational programme. (So it does not shy away from poo jokes) My  
> favourite sketch (song) shows the Great British respect for our monarchy.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPtYmq5qFVA&feature=related
>
> Or is it this one
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qSkaAwKMD4

or possibly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2kyNbZc7oc ?

"Married Catherine Braganza she was a love so true
There would never be another
Well maybe one or two."

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On 26/01/2011 2:23 PM, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>
> or possibly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2kyNbZc7oc ?
>
> "Married Catherine Braganza she was a love so true
> There would never be another
> Well maybe one or two."

Or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51aHb_U8Zr0

Maybe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LhT7rCC6O8&feature=related


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     Stephen

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And lo On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:46:54 -0000, Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom>  
did spake thusly:

> On 26/01/2011 2:23 PM, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>>
>> or possibly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2kyNbZc7oc ?
>>
>> "Married Catherine Braganza she was a love so true
>> There would never be another
>> Well maybe one or two."
>
> Or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51aHb_U8Zr0
>
> Maybe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LhT7rCC6O8&feature=related

Not a song but oh boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjeqRHdBwkY

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On 27/01/2011 12:18 PM, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
> Not a song but oh boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjeqRHdBwkY

LOL.

I actually liked them so much I got series 1 & 2 out from Lovefilm.

Good to see you back Phil.

What second childhood?

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     Stephen

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And lo On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:32:03 -0000, Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom>  
did spake thusly:

> On 27/01/2011 12:18 PM, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>> Not a song but oh boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjeqRHdBwkY
>
> LOL.
>
> I actually liked them so much I got series 1 & 2 out from Lovefilm.
>
> Good to see you back Phil.

Nice to be back, just time, work  and blogging. Amazing how much of a  
time-sink that latter can be if you want to pepper your entries with  
something more filling than expanded tweets. Oh that and Minecraft :-)

> What second childhood?

I've said it before and I'll say it again - children's TV programming  
often excels compared to that targeted at adults. Then again are we just  
getting a large amount of rubbish these days? "Have I Got News for You",  
"Never Mind the Buzzcocks", and "Mock the Week" in the short bursts they  
do. "Misfits" which has been simply outstanding. "Being Human" which just  
gets better. "Doctor Who" of course and... hmm that's about it. I've ended  
up setting the box to record the re-runs of "Malcolm in the Middle" on  
Fiver for a half-hour 'fix' of something decent. Everything else is Soap  
or soap-like - real-life turned to 11 and painted in day-glo fluorescent  
colours; or reality shows that aren't. Just nothing worth watching for  
most of the week.

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On 31/01/2011 11:44 AM, Phil Cook v2 wrote:

> I've said it before and I'll say it again - children's TV programming
> often excels compared to that targeted at adults.

I can barely stand most of it.

Currently my mum is obsessed with Shawn the Sheep. It disturbs me how 
"into it" she gets whenever she hears the theme tune. (Does she sound 
like she has dementia yet?)

> Then again are we just getting a large amount of rubbish these days?

Otherwise known as "you're getting old". Apparently I share this 
affliction. :-(

> Everything
> else is Soap or soap-like - real-life turned to 11 and painted in
> day-glo fluorescent colours; or reality shows that aren't. Just nothing
> worth watching for most of the week.

Do you remember when "soaps" were just a few nosey old women standing 
around having a bit of a gossip? These days they have murders and 
stabbings... I used to quite like watching Heartbeat until it turned 
into a murder mystery / medical drama.

I still contend that the intersection of Big Brother and "reality" is 
the empty set. :-P

Then again, maybe I'm just bitter because you can't turn on your TV any 
more and watch science or nature programs. They just don't seem to make 
'em any more.

Still, the other night we sat and watched Quest, and I little thing 
called "How It's Made". Still not *quite* sure how you can have a 
production line with stages that operate at vastly different speeds, but 
I'm sure the designers know what they're doing...

And I guess there's always Dave.

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On 31/01/2011 11:44 AM, Phil Cook v2 wrote:

> Nice to be back, just time, work and blogging. Amazing how much of a
> time-sink that latter can be if you want to pepper your entries with
> something more filling than expanded tweets.

Isn't it just? >_<

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And lo On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:29:45 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did
spake thusly:

> On 31/01/2011 11:44 AM, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>
>> Then again are we just getting a large amount of rubbish these days?
>
> Otherwise known as "you're getting old". Apparently I share this  
> affliction. :-(

It's a glib answer, but is it true? I honestly don't think so - consider I
was raised with three channels BBC1 & 2 and ITV; to split into stereotypes
worthy, minority, and popular. Then the BBC needed to become 'relevant'
i.e. popular and the forgotten BBC2 used its minority status to take risks
on shows its elder sister would baulk at and ITV wouldn't want to pay for
unless they thought it a definite winner.

Then Channel 4 came along and tried to be all edgy and youth-orientated; a
combination of 2 and ITV. Then it started to mature just as Five appeared
and supped from the dregs that were left; and now the BBC is spread over
two more channels and two kids ones (discounting the news and parliament);
ITV's gained three plus a children's; Four's got at least two more as has
Five; plus all the other non-affiliated stuff. There's no extra content so
it's just being spread paper-thin over all these new channels.

> Do you remember when "soaps" were just a few nosey old women standing  
> around having a bit of a gossip? These days they have murders and  
> stabbings... I used to quite like watching Heartbeat until it turned  
> into a murder mystery / medical drama.

I have never, NEVER enjoyed soaps; they make my brain itch; fake  
purporting to be reality while obviously being fake. It's a level of  
self-deception I can't follow.

> I still contend that the intersection of Big Brother and "reality" is  
> the empty set. :-P

*rimshot*

> Then again, maybe I'm just bitter because you can't turn on your TV any  
> more and watch science or nature programs. They just don't seem to make  
> 'em any more.

Couple of Horizon's on the BBC, the odd Attenborough, but no other than  
that it's fairly bleak.

> And I guess there's always Dave.

There's always Dave.

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>>> Then again are we just getting a large amount of rubbish these days?
>>
>> Otherwise known as "you're getting old". Apparently I share this
>> affliction. :-(
>
> It's a glib answer, but is it true? I honestly don't think so.

I don't have enough data to say with any certainty.

(Also, the only "glib" I know of is the GNOME Foundation utilities 
library...)

> and now the BBC is spread over
> two more channels and two kids ones (discounting the news and parliament);
> ITV's gained three plus a children's; Four's got at least two more as has
> Five; plus all the other non-affiliated stuff. There's no extra content so
> it's just being spread paper-thin over all these new channels.

In other words, instead of having four or five quality channels, we have 
400 or 500 channels of filler. How sad.

> I have never, NEVER enjoyed soaps; they make my brain itch; fake
> purporting to be reality while obviously being fake. It's a level of
> self-deception I can't follow.

I hate soaps too. And yet, we seem to be drowning in them today.

>> Then again, maybe I'm just bitter because you can't turn on your TV
>> any more and watch science or nature programs. They just don't seem to
>> make 'em any more.
>
> Couple of Horizon's on the BBC, the odd Attenborough, but no other than
> that it's fairly bleak.

Hell, Horizon used to be good stuff. Now it seems to be "hey, look at 
this freak boy born without eyebrows, and watch the incredible reality 
story of how doctors perform ground-breaking surgery to make him normal 
again". To suffice, even Horizon is a reality TV show now.

> There's always Dave.

Dave. What are you doing Dave? This is highly irregular...

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