Never Mind The Buzzcocks

Knock, knock, (bear with, it should be worth it) knock, knock . Who’s there? The Doctor. Doctor Who? Yes! Well, no, actually. I’m not quite sure who’s there because I’ve not yet worked out who’s going to knock four times. Obviously someone who has never had to actually knock on a door before because I’ve [...]

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Since Amstell left, my favourite remaining little pop show (RIP Popworld. RIP) Never Mind The Buzzcocks has lost its way. Depending on the guest host it has either left you wishing for the return of Simon Amstell, or, in some drastic cases, the return of Mark Lamarr. Which is No Good Thing and would possibly [...]

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I‘m sad to hear the news today that Simon Amstell has quit as the host of Never Mind The Buzzcocks. He’d reinvigorated the format after Mark Lamarr left and it seemed to be a good vehicle for him, post-Popworld. No word as yet what he’ll be doing next (hopefully not writing more worst-episodes-of-the-series of Skins). [...]

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Simons say laugh

by Ruth Deller on November 6, 2008

in Comedy,Highlights,TV

LAUGHS! Never Mind the Buzzcocks, BBC Two, 9.00pm and Beautiful People, BBC Two, 9.30pm As BBC Two has been telling us for several years, Thursday nights are funny. Or at least they’re meant to be (at any rate, there are more laughs than on a Friday, a subject we’ll return to tomorrow). So how have [...]

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CHEEKY! Never Mind the Buzzcocks, BBC2, 9pm DOUR! Lead Balloon, BBC2, 9:30pm WEIRD! The Mighty Boosh, BBC3, 10:30pm From time to time it has been insinuated that we are curmudgeonly old misanthropes. Or even misanthropic old curmudgeons. That we like nothing more than to sit back and cynically comment on the crapness of the world, [...]

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