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Anyone watch this on BBC2 last night?

I thought the results (so far) were interesting but the whole thing is weird cause

a) it's not made clear how much the participants have to stick to the prisoner/guard rules (could the guards have got slung out for not locking them up at all and having one big party?)

b) the inevitable ban on violence means the guards had no rock on which to build their authority - if prisoners refuse to go to their cell they can't be frogmarched there so what do you do? The whole thing is a sham in that sense.

That reformed crack addict really wound me up, though with his philosophy on life. I was that conflict-avoidance internet entrepreneur.

― N., Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I was watching The Edwardian Country House instead which I bet is far more revealing, traumatic and gripping. Oh, the look on the hall boy's face when Master Guy nearly let the cat out of the bag re. his canoodling with the scullery maid! Sorry to go off on a tangent already.

― Archel, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Cutting It is the ULTIMATE in 9:00pm Tuesday viewing revelation, trauma & interest.

― Emma, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i don't want to start watching any new telly. thinking that teachers was coming to a close, i thought i'd try out spooks which made me cringe all the way through.

― Alan Trewartha, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Spooks was quality! Intrigue, bombs, dodgy Texan accents. Another winner in the mould of Bugs, Crime Traveller etc

― Jonnie, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

the main guy in spooks was TERRIBLE. and how about the split-screen thing for a knuckle-bitingly unfortunate choice. poor producers/directors. wonder if they saw 24 first, in which case "K- RUB" to them, or if they saw it after, in which case "oh dear".

― Alan Trewartha, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Are N. and I the only ones who watched it? I agree anyway, it was silly. The guards have no basis for authority whatsoever, and the whole thing is basically completely pointless. On next week's clips it looked like the internet guy was considering just letting the prisoners out altogether.

― Ally C, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Again this points to the fact we need real actual violence on telly to produce quality, exportable programming. Or something like that.

― Lynskey, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Perhaps that's the point - just give people a TV producer's instructions and a uniform and they assume they have to seriously slip into the roles when it's really just a glorified fancy dress party.

They should redo Milgram's obedience experiment with the 40 people left in the world who haven't heard of it.

― N., Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

By 'next week' I in fact mean 'tonight'.

― Ally C, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I will miss it. Tell me what happens.

― N., Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i was on holiday watching s4c

― mark s, Saturday, 18 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

What was happening on Pobbley cum?

― N., Monday, 20 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, you know N., people and valleys and so forth.

― Graham, Monday, 20 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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