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[Necroyeti]

I'm really sad that Current TV UK is closing its doors on Saturday. No doubt one of the most overlooked channels on Sky, mostly because of their excellent choice in documentaries. (Hoop Dreams, Food Inc, Gasland, King of Kong, Bus 174, Capturing the Friedmans, Sigur Ros Heima, The Thin Blue Line etc)

[Androo]

I'm really sad that Current TV UK is closing its doors on Saturday. No doubt one of the most overlooked channels on Sky, mostly because of their excellent choice in documentaries. (Hoop Dreams, Food Inc, Gasland, King of Kong, Bus 174, Capturing the Friedmans, Sigur Ros Heima, The Thin Blue Line etc)

I'm afraid I've gotta be proof to that theory. I don't think I've ever had it on? But I'm pretty sure More4 has shown some of those documentaries as part of their 'True Stories' presentations. Gasland has been one I've wanted to see.

[Necroyeti]

I'm afraid I've gotta be proof to that theory. I don't think I've ever had it on?

It didn't help that the channel was nestled between public services (that show nothing but teleshopping and public domain films) and Nigerian channels... I only discovered it by accident! Sky Arts 1 and 2 had similar problems since they were also in the late 100s-200s zone of death, but hopefully they'll earn some more viewers now that they've been moved in amongst the big dogs.

But I'm pretty sure More4 has shown some of those documentaries as part of their 'True Stories' presentations.

More4 used to be so excellent and cutting-edge when it first came out, and now it's shrunk down to almost nothing. The only thing they've done recently that has interested me is their 15-part series The Story of Film: An Odyssey, which seems to be the greatest series of 2011 that nobody watched. (I downloaded it after the fact)

Gasland has been one I've wanted to see.

Gasland is great. I thought the actual "documenting" and presentation of the facts could have been done a little better, since it all starts to come off as very dry and a touch repetitive by the middle of the film, and it drags a bit.... But the filmmaking is just so fucking pretty, it makes up for any of its shortcomings. It's all just very visually appealing:

Colossal oil rigs spewing plumes of black smoke into the motherfucking atmosphere interspliced with shots of TREEZ and RIVAZ and shit.

A cool redneck dude with a killer tash lighting the damn tapwater in his double-wide on fire, followed by little animations showing you a bunch of xHaRdCoRe ScIeNtIfIc ChEmIsTrYx shit.

A bad ass cunt destroyer strumming a banjo in a post-apocalyptic looking drill site while wearing a gas mask, as if he was Mad bastarding Max himself.

Yeah, it's a good timewaster like. (edit: it's also better than that Kony bollocks)

[Robstar]

More4 used to be so excellent and cutting-edge when it first came out, and now it's shrunk down to almost nothing. The only thing they've done recently that has interested me is their 15-part series The Story of Film: An Odyssey, which seems to be the greatest series of 2011 that nobody watched. (I downloaded it after the fact)

My brother just told me about this, he's going to show it to me. (Pretty sure that's what he was talking about)

I'm really sad that Current TV UK is closing its doors on Saturday. No doubt one of the most overlooked channels on Sky, mostly because of their excellent choice in documentaries. (Hoop Dreams, Food Inc, Gasland, King of Kong, Bus 174, Capturing the Friedmans, Sigur Ros Heima, The Thin Blue Line etc)

Lol, we have UK TV on cable here and I can safely say I might have only heard of 2 of those shows. Maybe they give us more English cop shows like Inspector Morse or Taggart and property and lifestyle shows, as well as the fair share of soaps

[bearkg88]

So did anyone else watch The Big Bang Theory tonight?

[Tomsta666]

So did anyone else watch The Big Bang Theory tonight?

I'd rather rinse my eyes out with acid. Awful awful show!!

[bearkg88]

I'd rather rinse my eyes out with acid. Awful awful show!!

Oh Tomsta...if it wasn't for your awesome sig..I'd think your a silly guy lol

[Shaz11]

PhoneShop
Shockingly, Eastenders (Ikr)
Waterloo Road
Inbetweeners
Family Guy
American Dad
Cleveland Show
Gavin and Stacey
Shameless
Celebrity Big Brother

[Shaz11]

and the Big Bang Theory

[Robstar]

Sorry JSullivan, but this is getting merged with the current TV thread. Meet you there