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ventaOh that explains it. I've been struggling for some time to work out why I'd heard of Benedict Cumberbatch (surely the most unwieldy name in showbiz) prior to his playing Sherlock. IMDB didn't really offer any clues. Anyway, it turns out he played the rather inept Captain Martin Crief in Cabin Pressure
Cabin Pressure is a II. When I was regularly commuting to work by car my commute often involved being in the car during the thirty minutes between 1830 and 1900, so I often caught the half six comedy slot.
Grade I programmes in the comedy slot include The News Quiz, The Now Show, Old Harry's Game, or anything featuring either Mark Steel or Jeremy Hardy. They're the shows where you make sure you leave work on time so you'll definitely hear them.
Grade II programmes are the sort you listen to if you happen to be in the car. This covers a wide range of things - basically everything not I or III - and typically includes The Museum of Everything, Chain Reaction, The Party Party or anything featuring either Giles Wemmbley-Hogg or Shappi Khorsandi.
Grade III programmes are the ones where the instant they are announced you have to lunge for the off button. Severe cases require the operation of said off button to take precedence over driving safely. Grade IIIs include Count Arthur Strong, Rudy's Rare Records and various other sitcoms too dreary to recall.
Special cases of Grade III are The Archers and anything featuring Chris Moyles, though they feature in a different timeslot and on a different station, respectively.
Cabin Pressure is a II. When I was regularly commuting to work by car my commute often involved being in the car during the thirty minutes between 1830 and 1900, so I often caught the half six comedy slot.
Grade I programmes in the comedy slot include The News Quiz, The Now Show, Old Harry's Game, or anything featuring either Mark Steel or Jeremy Hardy. They're the shows where you make sure you leave work on time so you'll definitely hear them.
Grade II programmes are the sort you listen to if you happen to be in the car. This covers a wide range of things - basically everything not I or III - and typically includes The Museum of Everything, Chain Reaction, The Party Party or anything featuring either Giles Wemmbley-Hogg or Shappi Khorsandi.
Grade III programmes are the ones where the instant they are announced you have to lunge for the off button. Severe cases require the operation of said off button to take precedence over driving safely. Grade IIIs include Count Arthur Strong, Rudy's Rare Records and various other sitcoms too dreary to recall.
Special cases of Grade III are The Archers and anything featuring Chris Moyles, though they feature in a different timeslot and on a different station, respectively.
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Date: 2010-08-12 11:01 am (UTC)I think the god-awful programme must have been Loose Ends, because that's what Ned Sherrin was famous for (I think!) but I never heard it.
My listening in the last decade or so has largely been limited to commuting times, so (various) Today (not great, but informative and if nothing else yelling at John Humphries wakes me up), the serialised book (not bad if you can catch it regularly), and Woman's Hour which I can tolerate. And in the evening PM, the news, and the half six comedy slot. Admittedly followed by The Archers, but later redeemed by Front Row.