Quote: Tim Walker @ November 10 2009, 1:04 AM GMTI don't understand C4's interest in trying to spark debate on a matter which will never become even a serious proposition in the foreseeable future of this country.
Evidently, they have no such interest. To state such was a pathetic attempt at justification for a moronic, satiate-the-mob 95 minutes of television.
Oooh, now I really will have to watch it! 
I doubt that there was any nudity in it.
I should hope not too, considering the "star" of the programme. 
Quote: Aaron @ November 10 2009, 1:41 AM GMTEvidently, they have no such interest. To state such was a pathetic attempt at justification for a moronic, satiate-the-mob 95 minutes of television.
I mostly agree with you, but I'm still thinking that the original idea behind this drama was to provoke thought, or at least had thought-provocation as one of its various goals.
I agree, it utterly failed on that count. But I wouldn't say it was on the same level as Big Brother or Justin Lee Collins, for examples, on the satiate-the-mob scale.
Jesus, what kind of "mob" would Justin Lee Collins satiate? A mob of para-suicidal farm hands?
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 10 2009, 1:56 AM GMTJesus, what kind of "mob" would Justin Lee Collins satiate? A mob of para-suicidal farm hands?
Well, by "satiate the mob" I meant "give idiots what they want". But if there's a movement out there wanting to hang Collins, then I'm happy to support them. If there's a Facebook group devoted to that goal, I'd join it.
The thing with Justin Lee Collins is that I bet he'd actually be a really fun and lovely bloke to meet down a Bristol pub. Just don't let him on telly, that's all I'm saying.
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 10 2009, 2:02 AM GMTThe thing with Justin Lee Collins is that I bet he'd actually be a really fun and lovely bloke to meet down a Bristol pub.
And if I met him in such a scenario, I'm sure I'd have a lot of fun.
But only one of us would leave.
Nonsense. I reckon as soon as Justin got going with his warm, enthusiastic and inclusive banter, you'd instantly fall under his spell. By 2am it would be just you and him, in Hawaiian shirts, doing a mini conga out a club, on your way to the kebab van. 
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 10 2009, 2:08 AM GMTNonsense. I reckon as soon as Justin got going with his warm, enthusiastic and inclusive banter, you'd instantly fall under his spell. By 2am it would be just you and him, in Hawaiian shirts, doing a mini conga out a club, on your way to the kebab van.
You underestimate my powers of resistance.
If you told me right now that in a month's time I would be sharing a pub with Collins and David Walliams, I'd start researching suicide vests tonight and I'd be waiting outside B&Q before it opened in the morning.
If it was only Collins, I'd go for a manslaughter charge and arrange for the conga to pass in front of a bus. It'd need great timing, but I'd be willing to put in the work.
I saw bits of this and like everyone else found it be rather odd and pointless. I'm not sure why Glitter was togged up in a Gitmo-style orange jumpsuit or why his last words on this mortal coil were "this is a wind-up". The script was pretty terrible from the parts I saw.
The portentious end credit announcement of an online debate over this drivel was undercut by the sight of Gordon Ramsey's gurneying face appearing in half screen. For a moment I envisioned this might be the first part of a series of celebrity executions with Ramsey the subject of the next one.
The beheading of Gordon Ramsey is something I could really warm to, followed by perhaps the impalement of Jonathon Ross.
Quote: Cheesehoven @ November 10 2009, 5:23 PM GMTThe beheading of Gordon Ramsey is something I could really warm to, followed by perhaps the impalement of Jonathon Ross.
I would buy a TV license to see that.
Quote: Cheesehoven @ November 10 2009, 5:23 PM GMTThe beheading of Gordon Ramsey is something I could really warm to, followed by perhaps the impalement of Jonathon Ross.
Nice idea.
We could continue with The garrotting of Graham Norton or The burning of Biggins.