NJ: The Decommissioned Miss Dahl

Denied!

Dan

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The Decommissioned Miss Dahl
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MILES:
It seems that Sophie Dahl's cookery programme is not to everybody's *taste* (PAUSE), as the BBC have decided against recommissioning a second series. Let's hope she doesn't do anything silly like throwing herself into her food.

GRAMS: IRRITATING PLINKY-PLONKY BACKGROUND MUSIC FROM 'THE DELECTABLE MISS DAHL'

F/X: KITCHEN NOISES, CLANK-CLANK OF WOODEN SPOON ON MIXING BOWL, LICKING OF FINGERS.

SOPHIE DAHL:
(LICKS LIPS) Mmmm -- this is delectable. It's so... soft and de-lish! This is what takes you through life's metaphorical hurricanes. Mmmm -- *that* is the taste I associate with... well, it reminds me of when I used to have my own television programme on BBC Two. Yum! I would cook and reminisce about old times. What *great* memories! Fab-o!

(MELANCHOLY) Now, I'm just talking to myself in my non-studio kitchen, whilst everybody's licking their lips at the thought of thirteen episodes of that pornographic Nigella-woman ...

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Sorry Dan, I've never seen her programme so this one is over my head.

Yes, I think that's the general consensus of those who have read!

Cheers anyway

Dan

I've seen the show, so get where you're coming from, but there needs to be something else going on to make it unexpected and/or funny.

Haha -- you watch it! Caught you out there with my cunning plan!

Yeah, I understand what you mean. It was my attempt at a very short sketch for the female actors but missed the 'good' bit out of the criteria required.

Dan

I agree with Matt. Also, didn't they do a Sophie Dahl sketch last week?

I agree there needs to be another element. Merge her and another story, if possible. Plus the show not getting recomissioned wasn't big news. Or even medium news.

Hey, I'm necessarily niche!

Dan

And didn't they already do a Sophie Dahl joke last week?

So I guess you kind of shot yourself in the foot there, unless you were trying to turn it into a Fergus Sternly Celtic repeater?

Personally the only Fergus Sternly Celtic gag I want to hear now is the one where the entire Newsjack team are forced to listen to his catchphrase endlessly repeated over and over again until they all die ...

... and then it starts again.