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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated Bo Selecta in TV

Jul 8, 2019

Bo Selecta

2002 | Comedy

6.4

(18 Ratings)

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Bo selecta

Obsessive fan Avid Merrion, aided by the Bear and rubber masked celebrities, hosts his series from the squalor of his bedroom, guiding viewers through an eclectic mix of celebrity stories, interviews and gossip in his unique style.
First episode date: 6 September 2002
Final episode date: 18 December 2009
Program creator: Leigh Francis
Network: Channel 4
Spin-off: A Bear's Tail
Bo Selecta! is a British 'adult' television sketch show written and performed by Leigh Francis (avid merrion/keith lemon) that lampoons popular culture and is known for its often surreal, abstract toilet humour.
No. of series: 5
No. of episodes: 45
Original release: 6 September 2002 – 18 December 2009
Executive producer(s): Spencer Millman &
Keith Lemon

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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Scarfolk Annual 197* in Books

Mar 8, 2020

The Scarfolk Annual 197*

Richard Littler | 2019 | Horror, Humor & Comedy

9.0

(2 Ratings)

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Deeply twisted parody/satire manages to be unpleasantly disturbing and consistently funny throughout. You kind of have to be familiar with the conceit of Scarfolk - a 'lost' town in the north of England, trapped in the 1970s and run as a brutally right-wing totalitarian dystopia - to get the joke here, but the recreation of the sort of useless filler that made up the bulk of children's annuals in the 1970s is brilliantly done. The inventiveness and attention to detail is consistently impressive, and most of the jokes connect - there's a combination of silliness, savage political satire, and League of Gentlemen style macabreness that certainly won't be to all tastes. Gets the balance between horror and humour just about right; very funny, but also undeniably disturbing.