10 O'Clock Live - Series 2 Page 3

Quote: Tokyo Nambu @ February 9 2012, 1:23 PM GMT

It's essentially the Top Gear "News" section stretched out over an whole programme. Carr as Clarkson, Brooker as May, Mitchell as Hammond, Laverne as a Star in a Reasonably Priced Dress. Carr's opening monologue was terrible: what's the expression and hand spread he makes after every punchline (and I realise that "punchline" implies "joke", but you know what I mean)? Why is Brooker spreading his hands as well?

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I think they're giving an indication of how big their punchline is.

Quote: Ian Wolf @ February 9 2012, 3:08 PM GMT

I think they're giving an indication of how big their punchline is.

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They wish.

I like Clark Carlisle.

Quote: Aaron @ February 9 2012, 12:48 AM GMT

I don't quite know how they managed to squeeze so much in: everything (apart from the Mitchell interview - good move) from Series 1 seemed to have been kept.

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They all used to have two individual slots each, they now only have one (I miss David Mitchell's green wallpaper segment). Generally though, the changes definitely are for the best because, as commented, it leaves more room for the sections to 'breath'... there's no longer the panicky "talk quick because the advert break is going to cut us off" feel.

All a bit meh so far tonight.

It seems so awkward and forced. Can someone tell me the point of that NHS sketch?

The show is generally doing OK, I feel. No significant steps forward or back from last week's opener, which did take into account some of the flaws from last time around.

So disappointed about how mediocre this show has become. No pizzazz, no fire, no controversy and no real satire.

The filmed sequences with Abu Qatarada's Cribs and Eddie Milliband appear to have been written by first year university students.

As cutting edge, late night, topical fare on Channel 4 goes, it fails miserably.

I'm not so keen on the sketch bits, but the rest of it I'm rather enjoying. Brooker's good at monologuey rants and Mitchell's good with the interviews.

Ditto. This was always pushed as a comedy alternative to Question Time, and it feels much more like that to me now. Some proper, relatively unbiased discussions on topical issues, with a bit of comedy injected.

I was holding out against the naysayers on this one, but last night's show broke my spirit. It started with the lighthearted gags about baths 'n drugs and kind of slithered downhill from there.

I guess if we find out later that the entire research and writing team were wiped out by the same cold and they had to fill up the hour with eavesdroppigs from the pub next door, it might have a chance.

Lauren Laverne's really coming through though, eh?

Mr Brooker's poetry slam on The Sun was awesome.

I completely forgot this was on last night, which pretty much says it all about the show.

Jimmy Carr did a Muslim joke.

(just saying, so next time I'm in an argument about how nobody does Muslim jokes I can do a forum search and find this post)

Quote: Bob Hicks @ February 16 2012, 10:52 AM GMT

Mr Brooker's poetry slam on The Sun was awesome.

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Agreed. That was brilliant. Charlie's bit at the desk is always a highlight (despite my feelings that he could just do a new series of Newswipe and do the same thing). I actually like that they spent more time this week with all 4 of them sat round the table. I think the programme's strength is when they are all bouncing off each other. I thought it was much improved this week but I have no idea what is was that felt different!