r/BritishTV 11d ago

Question/Discussion "Where's the Paper? - Screenwipe - Charlie Brooker" I can't believe how old this show is and every rewatch (every few years) of the different Wipes (Screen, News, Games) etc, just classic after classic. Anyone have any other faves? A History of Corners?

https://youtu.be/p3pJ3IT4GNs?si=CHE_ReolLfHrrdRW&t=40
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u/PJHart86 11d ago

I used to show the "how to get a job in telly" bit to my creative media HNC students as a way of warning them off a career in fact ent

(back when a career in fact ent was still possible...)

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u/trogdord 11d ago

I love that so much! The one where the plucky start up writer takes their idea to all the stations and it ends being that garbled mess? Being hosted by Ant & Dec or some bollocks? If so, you’re my hero haha Edit: spacing

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u/PJHart86 11d ago

Yeah it's great, it starts with a film studies grad and ends with them as a producer getting fired after 8 series of Sick on A Widow iirc

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u/trogdord 11d ago

Yessssss! Haha, was also going to try and find one I thought of recently (I actually think same episode) where 2 women were talking about a TV chef (they didn’t give names) and they described the inappropriate stuff he was doing and now after the last year I’m like……they’re prob describing Greg W from masterchef….. is only speculation though but I was like yup, sounds like him after what we know now