DM has aniridia, a condition which causes the iris (the coloured part) of the eye not to develop properly, giving him his distinctive dark eyes.
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Well luckily they look jolly nice once you get over the shock. 
Quote: johnny smith @ September 20 2009, 2:07 PM BSTDM has aniridia, a condition which causes the iris (the coloured part) of the eye not to develop properly, giving him his distinctive dark eyes.
Never noticed before. Some doc I am. Though opthalmology was never my strong point. Quite rare as I recall, but fortunately not linked to any serious conditions I think.
Out-of-interest was the slight change is the visual appearance of the show the result of this new-fangled HD technology, or am I simply imagining things?
A couple of times I noticed my screen jumped a bit or went a bit swishy (technical term). Maybe it was that?
Quote: johnny smith @ September 20 2009, 1:34 PM BSTThey really are starting to go over old ground now,
Seems fresh and funny as ever to me, and that's all that matters.
I'm trying to figure out a way to watch it. Loved the show so far. I have a friend with the same eye condition and I have to admit that once I noticed it I have a hard time not continuously noticing it.
That said, his eyes are very intense and very sexy. <3
Quote: johnny smith @ September 20 2009, 2:07 PM BSTDM has aniridia, a condition which causes the iris (the coloured part) of the eye not to develop properly, giving him his distinctive dark eyes.
Thanks Johnny - in which case I apologise if my comment was out of order, although I agree with Zooo it's aesthetically pleasing. A bit like my dad who after an op on his eye had two different coloured irises, like Bowie.
Back on topic though I love Peep Show. It's great to have a new series of a favourite show to look forward to.
Quote: johnny smith @ September 20 2009, 2:07 PM BSTDM has aniridia, a condition which causes the iris (the coloured part) of the eye not to develop properly, giving him his distinctive dark eyes.
He's said before that this is not actually true. He's just got eyes like me. Really, really dark, practically black.
Sad to say IMDB isn't always accurate. I know the hard way.
Then there's that goofy Starmeter thing that shoots up and down for no apparent reason.
Quote: johnny smith @ September 20 2009, 2:07 PM BSTDM has aniridia, a condition which causes the iris (the coloured part) of the eye not to develop properly, giving him his distinctive dark eyes.
I remember a girl who had that - or just very black irises. Her nickname was 'shark eyes'.
My friend's eyes have that "vampirey" Being Human look.
He hasn't got aniridia - you can see his eyes are just a very, very dark brown sometimes when the light catches them.
And as we all agree, he's bloody lovely.
Not so sure about episode one - also thought there was a bit of going over old ground; I also thought there should have been more words from Sophie as there are loads of unanswered questions about how everyone feels - but am sure this series is going to be great.
Regarding the Americanism in speech - I'm glad someone else has pointed that out, cos they never ring true to me either (they're actually throughout all the series). I always put that down to the way the writers must speak.
Anyway...
I liked it. Good start, agree with Tim about characters having to develop over the series. If it was still like series 1, it would probably be very boring by now. Good on them; Mark & Jeremy feel like old friends now (albeit friends you wouldn't introduce to other friends or admit to knowing!)
Re: exposition. I think if you absolutely need it (as you do sometimes) you have to make it a joke (or at the very least a feedline), which Mark did in the case of the job. If you didn't hear the over-stated irony, there is something wrong with your comedy compass 
Dan
Did anyone else love the scene where Super Hans said "You've f**ked it up again haven't you?" to Mark? Classic.
Super Hans + Mark = HILARIOUS
Quote: Tim Walker @ September 20 2009, 12:15 PM BSTIf you're watching any programme as a writer, as opposed to just watching it as a fan wanting to be entertained, you will always find something to complain about.
There was far more exposition in Fawlty Towers, Partridge and just about any other revered sitcom I can think of.
Yes, I think the whole idea of trying to avoid exposition can be posibly detrimental. It is a purist writers notion and no non writer would ever complain about a show for having too much exposition. I wrote what I felt was a good script recently but got sliglty carried away with trying to take out all of the exposition and as in hindsight made it impossible to follow the story.
Quote: Ronnie Anderson @ September 20 2009, 6:31 PM BSTYes, I think the whole idea of trying to avoid exposition can be posibly detrimental. It is a purist writers notion and no non writer would ever complain about a show for having too much exposition. I wrote what I felt was a good script recently but got sliglty carried away with trying to take out all of the exposition and as in hindsight made it impossible to follow the story.
If a show has too much exposition even a non writer will notice trust me. Loads of people say it about CSI and not all of those people are writers.
Peep Show does fairly well with it, although that dialouge from Mark about Jez's new job was a little clunky. Of course these people don't use the term exposition but it doesn't mean they don't see it.
I've been rewatching Series 1 recently to get back in the Peep Show mood and although I still very much enjoy the show and think it's better than pretty much every other British sitcom on TV, the first series is a lot better. I'm constantly laughing out loud with the first series, whereas the last couple of series I tend to have a few laugh out loud moments and the rest are kind of smirks and chuckles.