I have to admit I had no idea what this show was when I first started watching it. I know for a fact that it’s a very popular show on ABC in America, but how would the jolly old English version play out instead?
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Tap Tap Revenge Is Retiring
Why should you care?
Well because it’s one of the best games ever created for an iOS device, ever.
Anchorman 2 Review
I had the utter joy of seeing this film just before Christmas, and let me say, if you liked the first one, you’ll love this new rendition.
The Bridge Returns To BBC Four This Saturday
Why should you care?
It’s bloody brilliant, that’s why.
A fellow co-author of this website, Alice Rose, used to watch these live at the same time I was, we would feverishly text at the moments between one episode and the next. Being a public programme broadcast in Sweden and Denmark, the BBC has rights to it, there are no ad breaks, and you have to pay attention to the screen for the subtitles all the way through. This means opportunities to text or tweet about the show are few and far between.
Many people are thrown off the thought of watching a show if it involves subtitles (lazy), but I assure you the quality of the script and listening to the lovely Nordic languages more than makes up for it.
Last time around, the programme followed a “truth terrorist”, who was basically a mass murderer who was killing people to make a point about each of his victims (he poisoned a nursing home to point out how little we care about old people, for instance). It’s dark, twisted, and I cannot wait.
The two detectives on the case are a man from Denmark and a woman from Sweden. He spends his life trying to explain to her social etiquette, she’s hired as she’s brilliant, but mildly autistic, meaning she will come out with things like “we probably won’t find your son, by the way”, this sounds very dark, but this kind of humour in an otherwise murky series is often needed.
If you didn’t see Season 1, they’re all available on iPlayer for another week, and I’d strongly advise you watch this excellent series before everything restarts after Christmas. Set up iPlayer downloads on your computer every week, and enjoy. It is simply fantastic.
Here’s a trailer.
What To Expect From TV In 2014
Let’s be honest, it’ll be mostly shit.
But, let’s also try and be positive, it may now all be that bad.
I’ve tried to get together a list of the stuff which I think will be worth watching out for, the stuff you should be watching if you’re not, and compiled them into a sort of “list”.
Only Connect – BBC Four (moving to BBC Two) – This may look boring as hell, and also as difficult as trying to pull a nipple off, but it is actually brilliant. Watch an episode and I promise you it’ll intrigue you enough to watch the next episode on iPlayer, you have to find connections between seemingly unrelated objects. This is the hardest episode ever produced and is available on YouTube. You’ll also see how unbelievably British the whole affair is.
If you don’t get a single question right in that whole episode, don’t worry, no-one does. But isn’t it relaxing to watch, what with it’s nice music and lack of audience? I can’t stop watching it. The first few episodes of every series usually has a few easy questions and then you feel AMAZING having watched it and got a few right. So yeah.
Top Gear – BBC Two – This will invariably return, it always does. Despite it being presented by an idiot and his two much nicer friends, it’s always enjoyable to watch. I find myself increasingly wanting to watch the special episodes these days, and I’m not so bothered about the normal episodes. Judging by Idris Elba hosting a number of shows recently on BBC Two about Motor Racing, it looks like he’s up to take Clarkson’s job upon his eventual leaving of the show. This would make it actually perfect. In case you hadn’t gathered, I dislike Clarkson intensely.
Big Brother – Channel 5 – Am I the only one who stopped watching this once it moved to Channel 5? I actually stopped watching it before then. It’s apparently still around, though.
Sherlock – BBC One – This is a “modern” programme even my parents like (and that is seriously saying something, they hate most things they see), and I love it too. Returns early January, I can’t wait. Presumably he’ll actually be alive this series, I mean, he did die at the end of the last series and all that, unless they’ve got a morbid sense of humour I presume he faked his own death.
Music “In Da Club” – December 2013
One of the first posts we ever did on this site was called something along these lines, and I looked at “big club anthems” and what was likely to be played. The irony is that I never go out because I dislike loud, cramped spaces and hot sweaty people standing too close to me.
But I’ve just discovered this which changes my whole view on clubbing.
If Home in Lincoln can play this (or indeed any other equally good establishment, we’re not advertising), it will make my evening and I will start attending nights out.
I can’t help but feel that if Miley Cyrus had released stuff like that to begin with, then we wouldn’t have the problem we’ve got now.
Also, this, “Wideboys Club Remix” of the annoying foetus of pop Conor Maynard has even managed to make one of his more boring songs (and that’s saying something) actually listenable.
Lincoln, you have been challenged. Start playing terrible pop but amazing remixes, then I shall attend your clubs once more.
(Oh yeah, also I don’t like alcohol, which kind of kills it for going out for me).
Our Favourite Spam Comments Of The Year So Far
It’s been about ten weeks since we started this project, and in that time, being a WordPress blog, we’ve accumulated some fantastic spam comments.
Unfortunately, if you’ve ever managed a WordPress blog, you’ll know that this is just a fact of life, but we do have some personal favourites here at Lincoln & That. It’s fortunate that WordPress is so very good at removing these.
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Canada Goose Jackets on Sale
This was on a post about a restaurant.
Excellent story, bro.
Parks and Recreation – A Show Not About Parks
What a deceptive title, it isn’t all about parks, but it is a little bit.
If you haven’t had chance to see Parks and Recreation yet, you really should.
The comedy stars Tina Fey’s best friend Amy Poehler, and she’s just as good as playing the head of the department in Pawnee, Indiana as Tina Fey is in managing her staff as Liz Lemon from 30 Rock.
The show features the same level of dysfunctional office politics. You also feel from day one as though you are really in on the jokes they exchange in the office. You quickly learn that Jerry is the butt of all office jokes (who has a timeshare in Muncie, IN, much to the amusement of the other staff). Tom starts all the office jokes, and April isn’t as bad really as she first appears.
The story lines always seem to be potential real situations for local councillors everywhere, a lack of funding, lack of public interest, and lack of interest from other councillors. You feel as though this could almost be a real fly on the wall documentary, if it weren’t so funny.
The first series does start poorly, but the second season onwards is where it gets better. The first season is only six episodes (about two hours in total), so still worth watching for all the character introductions.
The show seems to evolve in countless ways, always relevant, and always amusing. If you enjoyed 30 Rock and are still mourning the loss of the show, you will definitely love Parks and Recreation.
It’s also available on BBC Four, which 30 Rock isn’t, how distressing.
Lincoln Christmas Market – Live Blog
Every year the delightful city of Lincoln puts on its Christmas Market.
We’re here covering the goings-on at this pleasant event, and to make you jealous
You can follow the liveblog here.
On the Tellybox – December 2013
There’s currently a lot of notable programmes on your telly, so we thought, alongside the typical student diet of chilli con carne, pizza, lectures and drinking, that we’d tell you what is on that box in the corner of the room, what’s currently worth watching, and what’s not.
PRISM Review
When I first heard that Katy Perry’s intentions with this new album was to create something with “darker elements” than her other works, which means presumably she’s stopped spraying whipped cream from her breasts, I wondered what the result would be.
Lincoln Christmas Lights Switch On – Live Blog
Something electrical is afoot.
Lincoln is switching on it’s Christmas Lights tonight for the coming “festive period”.
The “celebrity” in “charge” of the “switch-on” will be actress Sue Hodge.
Sue played Mimi in ‘Allo ‘Allo and she played Mimi in the stage production of ‘Allo ‘Allo. She was also controversially chosen for the role of Mimi in the Return of ‘Allo ‘Allo.
A nice, wide ranging career then.
Anyway, the live blog is here.
UPDATE: Sue Hodge actually had another role in a BBC3 sitcom called “The Lads Club”. She played Connie. We can’t seem to find any record of such a show anywhere on the internet, so one could presume that it was not a particular success.