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[News] New ‘ Friday nite dinner ‘ Tonite 10pm Channel 4
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Not Andy Naylor
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I wonder why I'd never found Tamsin Greig remotely attractive before I saw her in this.
Oedipus Complex?
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Not Andy Naylor
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I rule nothing out, especially in a world where she and Paul Ritter can appear in both the brilliant FND and the utterly dreadful Belgravia. Everyone has to eat though, I suppose.
"Hello Jackie. You look.... nice".
She is very attractive tbf (to you and to Jim).
Steve Foster
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Has to be the best comedy programme on tv at present - Friday nights opener was even funnier than usual.
So good to have something to laugh at/with in the current climate that is not offensive or rude.
So good to have something to laugh at/with in the current climate that is not offensive or rude.
bluenitsuj
Listen to me!!!
Since Dr Alan Statham at least!
Ahhh. Green Wing. Watched these on binge last week, again. Brilliant, underrated comedy.
Greg Bobkin
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This.
The eldest Bobkin Jnr very rarely watches TV with us, but made a point of being downstairs in anticipation. We thought it was a promising start, but not as good as some earlier episodes. However, Mrs Bobkin was less than impressed with her first exposure to the Goodmans
Since Dr Alan Statham at least!
That's my gripe with the show. He and Simon Bird are essentially playing the same characters they've played previously.
Green Wing is a brilliant comedy.
AmexRuislip
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Fridat Night Dinner 10 years & a lovely bit of squirrel, C4 tonight 9pm.
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/friday-night-dinner-10-years-and-a-lovely
Going to be great to watch
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/friday-night-dinner-10-years-and-a-lovely
Going to be great to watch
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super-seagulls
Soup! Why didn’t I get any Soup?
To get you in the mood!
https://youtu.be/0ok0glLJsr4
Miike Snow- Animal.
https://youtu.be/0ok0glLJsr4
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super-seagulls
Soup! Why didn’t I get any Soup?
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/friday-night-dinner-10-years-and-a-lovely
Going to be great to watch
Thanks for posting
SK1NT
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I do enjoy this. Paul Ritter is one of my fav comedy characters in many a recent year.
My fav episode is with the Frozen fox. Not many things have me laughing out loud.
My fav episode is with the Frozen fox. Not many things have me laughing out loud.
Wow, upset me did this documentary. I came across the frozen fox episode by complete fluke six or seven years ago and I’ve been hooked ever since - mainly thanks to the sheer, deadpan comic genius of Paul Ritter.
I’ll be honest, I found myself fast forwarding much of the show. I don’t really care much for what Claudia Winkleman or Krishnan Guru-Murthy think of this or that episode - in fact I hate that kind of Sky One-style ‘Premier League’s funniest ever moments’ format whereby a load of D-list celebrities are drafted in to comment on moments that, for the most part, they’ve blatantly just seen for the first time in the green room about an hour before filming.
But wow, massive kudos to Paul Ritter for having the courage and energy to take part in this. Clearly very, very poorly at the time and virtually unrecognisable, it must have taken some incredible strength to be involved.
It took me back to my childhood, I’d have been about 7 or 8, when we went to visit my uncle who was dying from an asbestos-related disease having worked for British Steel back in the day. I had to ask my mum who the strange looking man was in my uncle’s chair. It was, of course, my uncle - but through the simplicity of a child’s eyes I could not comprehend it was the same person I had seen looking his normal self just a couple of months earlier. Cancer is such a cruel illness.
RIP Paul - this thread is testament to the fact that you will be missed.
Ten years?!! Crikey. Been brilliant from episode one.
Brian Fantana
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I found the documentary a very tough watch indeed. Since Paul’s passing, I’ve not really been able to enjoy any of the episodes. I’ve never really been THAT bothered about an actor dying before, but this one has really got to me. I think it’s because FND has been my tonic in various times of mental struggles, so to lose the lynchpin of the show has been tough to take. I’d echo [MENTION=17745]Poojah[/MENTION]’s comments above, it was so sad seeing Paul looking so unwell, but displaying amazing courage, fortitude and humour to want to get involved in the programme, knowing that he didn’t have long left to live and also how much fans of the show would appreciate his input.
It’s funny you say that, because I distinctly remember this final series of FND coinciding with the initial lockdown last year. The billboards advertising the show had gone up and stayed there for about five months - I guess it’s a slow time for out of home advertising when people aren’t really allowed out of their homes.
It’s easy to overlook how hard those first few weeks of the pandemic were. The fear and uncertainty, not knowing what was to come - the sheer boredom of it all. Friday Night Dinner was definitely a chink of light in those dark days, a little something to look to when there wasn’t much at all to look forward to. I was very grateful for that at the time.