big train

man, this is being repeated on a channel here at the moment

it's written by linehan/matthews, who wrote father ted

i never caught it first time round; it's great

synth lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwsflF5Fyho

chairman mao leaves his deathbed to perform virginia plain by roxy music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tFF2oB4n6M

florence nightingale:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWtXSKSQSY

staring contests:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4ovvsUG-KY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHM-z_rHz9M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWgg20IqibM

Absolutely. The skit in which there's a giant dog pawing at the windows of a leaving car used to have me in stitches.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cwhDDKCWrc

Yes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKH9ECC_Qa4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMh9CDNQhBg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQZDFv0aTlk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcMuTsBFQTE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8VAJSXsIFo

Thanks for reminding me

I'm just glad that the wanking at work sketch is here.

I adore it to this day

I dont think its under rated. Anyone who knows about it rates it very highly.

Big Train is so good. It only had 2 series but every episode that was made is flawless.

Genius show. I forget the exact words but the repeating sketch involving huge hands was excellent

I remember watching the first episode of that show, and the first sketch was the "I'm sorry, I don't speak English" sketch and I knew I'd like it.

i love how all the best british comedies seem to use many of the same (fantastic) actors. i just saw three people from morris' jam.

chris morris co-directed the pilot, which never aired - instead they used bits of it all over season one.

everyone involved in season one except simon pegg was in jam.\

edit: we get two episodes every weeknight at the moment here. we are lucky.

  On 5/20/2010 at 7:02 PM, -Ad- said:

Genius show. I forget the exact words but the repeating sketch involving huge hands was excellent

fat handed twat, but I think it was only in one episode

  On 5/20/2010 at 8:23 PM, Coalbucket PI said:

  On 5/20/2010 at 7:02 PM, -Ad- said:

Genius show. I forget the exact words but the repeating sketch involving huge hands was excellent

fat handed twat, but I think it was only in one episode

it was on last night. when they gave him the PDA with the tiny keys for christmas, i lost my shit.

  On 5/20/2010 at 8:20 PM, kaini said:

edit: we get two episodes every weeknight at the moment here. we are lucky.

bbc?

  On 5/20/2010 at 8:25 PM, ms-dos said:

  On 5/20/2010 at 8:20 PM, kaini said:

edit: we get two episodes every weeknight at the moment here. we are lucky.

 

bbc?

3e - sorta the sky one of ireland.

Yesterday I was thinking about this sketchshow i've seen a long while back where they had this grey cartoony skits of staring contests, and how much I loved that. And then this thread pops up.

Uncanny.

Thanks!

I love Big Train, but what's even more awesome is its twisted, deranged counterpart, Jam (and it's tangled and warped remains, Jaaaaam). Do you think it will ever be shown on TV again? Jaaaaam episode 5 has still never aired, dammit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_mOf4kJ7dE

still makes me cringe/wince, every time.