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Really looking forward to seeing this!

So I'm Brand BBC consultant okay. So what that involves is, it involves giving the BBC brand a unique footprint like a gotta-have-it takeaway.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/26466624

 
Posted : 11/03/2014 10:04 pm
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Posted : 11/03/2014 10:09 pm
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Bit of a bump as it's on tonight!

“I totally am listening…what it is is, you guys aren’t saying the right stuff.”

 
Posted : 19/03/2014 10:01 am
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I thought W1A was your postcode Flashy 😉

 
Posted : 19/03/2014 10:07 am
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Already in the diary 🙂 Looking forward to it...

 
Posted : 19/03/2014 10:08 am
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heard an ad. on rad 4 this morning. very much looking forward to it

 
Posted : 19/03/2014 10:10 am
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Really looking forward to seeing this!

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Posted : 19/03/2014 10:11 am
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She's back - Siobahn is er ... here's the thing ... brilliant. 😀

 
Posted : 19/03/2014 10:11 am
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Spacemonkey, North of the Palace? I don't think so! 🙂 (Not in London any more, anyway, sadly!)

 
Posted : 19/03/2014 10:12 am
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So will there be sustainability or legacy?

 
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(Not in London any more, anyway, sadly!)

Berkshire?

 
Posted : 19/03/2014 10:18 am
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Oi! Cheeky sod...!

 
Posted : 19/03/2014 10:19 am
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Bumpity bumpity bump. 😀

 
Posted : 19/03/2014 8:07 pm
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I'll give this a go, ta.

 
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Yentob v Rushdie arm wrestling. Superb!

 
Posted : 19/03/2014 11:20 pm
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Every detail is perfect.

 
Posted : 19/03/2014 11:22 pm
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Ok, but tried a bit too hard. Hopefully will settle down in next episodes.

 
Posted : 19/03/2014 11:32 pm
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"This is not a hot desk". Love it.

 
Posted : 19/03/2014 11:33 pm
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just more usual bbc navel gazing guff - "ooh look, let's commission a comedy about ourselves"...

 
Posted : 19/03/2014 11:39 pm
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I used to work there, not far off the mark 🙂

 
Posted : 19/03/2014 11:40 pm
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Better than Twenty Twelve, which showed everything in the first episode. I work in a technology company, and I recognize much of the same behaviour in many of my London based colleagues.

But I agree - the BBC laughing at itself is hardly new - and sort of says everything about a self-obsessed capital city and its media mouthpiece.

 
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Well, I enjoyed it 🙂

Latte?

 
Posted : 20/03/2014 12:00 am
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Yentob Rushdie was surreal 😆

Would of missed this, thanks for heads up.

 
Posted : 20/03/2014 8:38 pm
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Immagonna reserve judgement till the next episode. It was funny, but nowhere near as good as I expected. The voiceover in 2012 was more like a reality TV documentary - whereas in this one, it was taking the piss as much as the script - which didn't work for me.

 
Posted : 20/03/2014 8:50 pm
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Let's hope this episode is better than last week's. 🙂

10.00 pm tonight.

 
Posted : 26/03/2014 8:57 pm
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Agreed, reign it in and don't try too hard to be funny and it will work. Loved 2012 but first episode was only 6/10. Second episodes are usually better....we shall see!

 
Posted : 26/03/2014 9:06 pm
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Well?

I liked it, but then I did last week. I'm just pleased I'm not the only person around who views corporate "culture" with a mixture of alarm, disgust and disbelief.

 
Posted : 26/03/2014 11:53 pm
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It was a better episode tonight to be fair. Less VoiceOver. More Siobhan. Totes.

 
Posted : 27/03/2014 12:00 am
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Yes better tonight - an 8. Enough painful humour without using a brick in the face to deliver it.

 
Posted : 27/03/2014 12:06 am
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I enjoyed that. 😀 As dd says, more Siobahn which is a good thing. Do chuckle at the silly 'cool cool' intern.

Tis warming up nicely.

 
Posted : 27/03/2014 12:06 am
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Asked a colleague who's an ex-BBC producer* about it and his reply was "scarily accurate".

I agree with DD (again - boring!) that it's totes about Siobhan.

*now enjoys a job title similar to Ian Fletcher's.

 
Posted : 27/03/2014 12:43 am
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Bit disappointed really. There is nobody really cringeworthy, totally awful like a Brent, anti-hero like Malcolm Tucker or an "Everyman" type to contrast with the others. At the moment they're all just really annoying: hopefully Bonneville's character will have some kind of eruption, otherwise there's too much gentle self-mocking in it for my taste. Will still watch, but BBC2 comedy has set the bar high.

 
Posted : 27/03/2014 12:54 am
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How funny was it tonight! 😆

 
Posted : 02/04/2014 10:40 pm
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"If you wanna upsize your footprint, you're gonna have to get different shoes." 😆

MOAR Siobhan!!!!!

EDIT: I can't wait for the re-brand pitch next week.

 
Posted : 02/04/2014 10:50 pm
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Isn't she fab? 😀

 
Posted : 02/04/2014 10:51 pm
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I thought last week's was better. I do love those meetings though. Mind you at least they get round a desk instead of sodding video conferencing.

 
Posted : 03/04/2014 12:20 pm
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Just caught up - how funny was it? 😆 Do hope that wasn't the final episode, anyone know?

 
Posted : 10/04/2014 7:15 pm
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Yes , only four episodes. Curates egg IMO, not as good as 2012 but still funny. Tried a bit too hard at times - or maybe Auntie really is that bad?

 
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Yes, Auntie really is that bad.

 
Posted : 10/04/2014 7:33 pm