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The Year In 30 Seconds (7/99)
An ad man is commissioned to make a 30 second commercial that
sums up 1998. Mostly we see him discarding ideas (and providing a
look back at the year), and finally creating the finished
concept, in this Channel 4 special.
Yellowbacks (11/90)
This BBC Play For the Day takes place in the near future
where paranoia about AIDS has created a police state where any
"HIV suspects" can be arrested and even sent to camps.
Roy Marsden (Sandbaggers) and
Bill Paterson star in this intense 90-minute drama about two
people "brought in for questioning" to an abandoned
hotel by authorities looking for an escaped HIV activist.
Chilling and fascinating.
You Are Here (7/99)
Channel 4 comedy special about a small village called Here,
founded in the Middle Ages by a magnet fanatic. His descendent
(Matt Lucas) maintains the magnet museum and owns the entire
village which he boldly announces to everyone one day he is
selling in order to build a prison. The other eccentric villagers
(including Keith Allen and Nigel Planer) connive to thwart the
plan, and it gets all a bit bizarre.
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
(7/99)
BBC-2 theme night, this one for “Dance Night,” begins
with Alexei Sayle’s DIY Guide To Shaking Your Booty, which
actually contains some good tips on how to appear to know some
dance steps. Other programs including sketches featuring dancing,
and interviews with famous dancers throughout the night.
The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A
Rock Star (5/99)
Recent winner of a Royal Television Society award, this channel 4
comedy series is a hilarious "How To" look at achieving
success in the music scene. An ambitious young Scottish rocker
narrates the entire series, deadpanning his trials and
tribulations in love and business, although the events aren't
always quite as cut-and-dried as he describes. But his motley
collection of friends actually are good enough as a band to get
noticed, although not without experiencing the downsides of fame
along the way as well. On-screen captions highlight every
incident, making this appear like some kind of demented
documentary, but there is no mistaking the comic tone which
permeates every scene and colorful character. There are great
laugh-out-loud moments, as well as scenes which are horribly true
to life, all of which add up to a brilliant series.
You Rang, M'Lord (3/90)
A series from the 'Allo 'Allo people, best described
as a comedy version of Upstairs, Downstairs. Running jokes
make up most of the humor, but the characters are engaging.
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