Quote: Griff @ November 18 2008, 10:30 AM GMTNo, I can imagine Abingdon wouldn't have satisfied the hopes and dreams of a young Dolly Dagger. It is utterly devoid of redeeming features.
Well, it used to have the Morland brewery. (Ponged a bit, mind.)
I would never live in Didcot. I would have sold myself on the streets of Reading to avoid Didcot.
Beautiful countryside north of Reading and into Oxfordshire, though. I've done a lot of walking and riding out in those parts.
And linking back to RFTP I did try to write a sketch about a railway official I met on the platform of Didcot station...
I went to university in Reading. I prefer Oxfordshire.
Quote: Timbo @ November 18 2008, 10:34 AM GMTWell, it used to have the Morland brewery. (Ponged a bit, mind.)
Gawd, even the memory of that smell makes me gag.
Quote: Marc P @ November 18 2008, 10:36 AM GMTI went to university in Reading. I prefer Oxfordshire.
Did you go out in Reading?
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ November 18 2008, 10:35 AM GMTI've done a lot of walking and riding out in those parts.
Don't say that, Chip will want a pic for his avatar.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ November 18 2008, 10:37 AM GMTDid you go out in Reading?
Not a lot into the centre!
Quote: Marc P @ November 18 2008, 10:39 AM GMTNot a lot into the centre!
Wise move. Though Whiteknights and Cemetery Junction aren't much better. Did you ever drink in the Turk's Head - that was quite studenty?
Quote: Griff @ November 18 2008, 10:46 AM GMTThe Turks Head is dreadful.
Haven't been in there for many years. It was my local. Well, it was next door to my school.
Quote: Pripyat @ November 13 2008, 7:46 PM GMT"Keith Allen's f**king chutney" was also broadcast....
I'm not sure about that - I believe that the sketch in question made the preview copies but was never actually transmitted. Even bleeped out. Apparently, the BBC believe that a bleeping is effectively the same as the word itself.
Quote: Afinkawan @ November 18 2008, 9:44 AM GMTAnd yes, I get to send my sketches direct to the script editor, so I actually get some feedback occasionally. I just thought it was odd that the Two Ronnies thing seems to keep coming up. Maybe I should stick with that and pitch a completely inoffensive Saturday evening BBC1 sketch show.
Which script editor? I've had nothing.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ November 18 2008, 10:35 AM GMTI've done a lot of walking and riding out in those parts.
When you say riding, what exactly do you mean by that?
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ November 18 2008, 10:43 AM GMTWise move. Though Whiteknights and Cemetery Junction aren't much better. Did you ever drink in the Turk's Head - that was quite studenty?
I can't remember the name of the pub near Whiteknights. The main pub I can remember drinking in was The Roebuck somewhere, some trips out to the country and the SU. I'm not sure if I ever went in the Turks Head but might have done in a a rag week. The most memorable one I occasionally went into was the chapter house for the south of England Hells Angels - something to do with Barrels I think, and not just the double variety.
Quote: Nigel Kelly @ November 18 2008, 11:33 AM GMTWhen you say riding, what exactly do you mean by that?
Horses of courses!
Quote: Marc P @ November 18 2008, 11:33 AM GMTI occasionally went into was the chapter house for the south of England Hells Angels - something to do with Barrels I think, and not just the double variety.
Sounds like we moved in the same delightful social circles...
Quote: Antrax @ November 18 2008, 10:56 AM GMTWhich script editor? I've had nothing.
I've worked on the writing team for RFTP before so I send mine direct to a personal email rather than the rftp@bbc.co.uk address.
The Beeb seem pretty poor at feedback for stuff like this so don't take it personally. I tried a couple of times to get feedback from Play & Record and nothing, so I'm just waiting to see if it gets in when they broadcast.
Quote: Antrax @ November 18 2008, 10:56 AM GMTI'm not sure about that - I believe that the sketch in question made the preview copies but was never actually transmitted. Even bleeped out. Apparently, the BBC believe that a bleeping is effectively the same as the word itself.
Which script editor? I've had nothing.
Ah, ok. To be fair I never heard it broadcast but it was on an MP3 that was sent out. At least, I'm sure it was..... wasn't it??
As for feedback, I submitted a couple of sketches to a personal e-mail about three weeks ago. I've heard nowt since and don't expect to unless I'm a comedy genius, which I'm rapdly appreciating I'm probably not. As much as I'd love feedback, this is no longer a 'new talent' show, so I'm sure they'd rather stick their head in a blender than waste time teaching me the finer points of sketch-writing - I've had enough one-on-one time with actual comedy writers already!
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ November 18 2008, 10:43 AM GMTWise move. Though Whiteknights and Cemetery Junction aren't much better. Did you ever drink in the Turk's Head - that was quite studenty?
Don't knock Cemetary Junction - I lived there till this time last year. Actually, it didn't have any good pubs, and I moved away on purpose, so knock away...
Quote: The Producer @ November 18 2008, 1:53 PM GMTDon't knock Cemetary Junction - I lived there till this time last year. Actually, it didn't have any good pubs, and I moved away on purpose, so knock away...
The fact that the highlight of the place is a cemetary says it all really. People are dying to get in there.