Just creating a thread for this sitcom as it starts next month. It's part of BBC2's on-going attempts to find a sitcom that works in the Thursday's Are Funny slot (how many failed sitcoms have we had in a row in that slot now?!?)

The cast includes talented people like Olivia Colman which is promising, but it is about young gay boys which could prove to be a bit too, um, 'issue filled' for a BBC2 sitcom? We'll have to wait and see how they present it I guess.

http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/tv/beautiful_people/
 

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Mark
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Exsqueeze me?

*runs to link*



*edit*

Oh.

You really do mean young.

DAMMIT.
 

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Everything should have a bobble on it
 

HAHAH! Just your cup of tea, zooo. Well, your glass of Coke anyway. Interesting to see Olivia blonde. I shall wait with intrigued hesitation.


Damn, yes, a bit young after all.
 

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Aaron
BSG Forums & DVDs Editor
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It does look interesting though! I'm sure I'll watch.
 

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Everything should have a bobble on it
 

A glorious Facebook Page has been started in honour of BBC Two's Beautiful People. It tells you all you need to know about the show and a bit more.

http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/BEAUTIFUL-PEOPLE-BBC-Comedy/26559017967

Join up... and watch the show Thurdsdays at 9.30pm from October 2nd.
 

Now this looks to be very entertaining after the disasters that were 'The Cup' and 'Lab Rats' maybe Thrusday will be funny again.
 

Here's a preview clip...
http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/tv/beautiful_people/videos/

I'm all for a bit of camp on my box (ahem, no jokes please), but I'm starting to worry this show is just going to be too much of a camp overdose for me to handle!
 

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Mark
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Quote: Mark @ September 27 2008, 12:08 PM BST

Here's a preview clip...
http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/tv/beautiful_people/videos/

I'm all for a bit of camp on my box (ahem, no jokes please), but I'm starting to worry this show is just going to be too much of a camp overdose for me to handle!

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I agree. I don't think the signs look good. Too camp for it's own good. It almost makes you want them to bring back Section 28 so that anybody openly promoting homsexuality in this way could have a short spell in prison.
 

From the clips I've seen it neither looks like Reading (which I know very well) and no one seems to have a Reading accent. Reading has much comic potential but it doesn't look (from the little I've seen and heard) like this show is using this. Maybe it shouldn't have been place specific?
 

Does Reading have an accent?
 

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Aaron
BSG Forums & DVDs Editor
Half man, half Internet, half TV.

 

It certainly does. Ricky Gervais has got one.
 

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"'Reality,' sa molesworth 2, 'is so unspeakably sordid it make me shudder.'"

 

Does he?

Maybe I'm just too "local" to notice.
 

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Aaron
BSG Forums & DVDs Editor
Half man, half Internet, half TV.

 

Quote: Griff @ October 1 2008, 1:03 PM BST

It certainly does. Ricky Gervais has got one.

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Precisely. It's quite a difficult one to do too.
 

Y'know, I didn't laugh very much, but I really thought that that was ace. Great story, great cast - and a really good theme tune too. Not too camp, as some had feared it may be. Nicely balanced.


 

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Aaron
BSG Forums & DVDs Editor
Half man, half Internet, half TV.

 

I thought it was cack. Might just be a case of bedding in,but I just found it painful, and not at all funny.
 

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Just like the Vikings!