Twenty Twelve - the Olympics as it really is (or might be)
Discussion
No, the BBC series at 10pm on Tuesdays, catch last night's episode on iPlayer here
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01l1bl9/Twenty_Twel...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01l1bl9/Twenty_Twel...
RicksAlfas said:
I think this is the third series.
They have all been absolutely excellent.
Third? I thought there'd only been the one - and that was truly excellent.They have all been absolutely excellent.
There's so much mileage from the incompetence of such projects, quite a lot of it could be applied to any large corporation.
It is brilliant!
Just like everyone had a boss like 'Brent' I think anyone that has worked with a PR company knows a 'Siobhan Sharp' from Perfect Curve.
Having listened to Jessica Hynes on the radio she said they have a great following from the 'actual' Olympic delivery team and obviously had to work quite closely with them at times.
Just like everyone had a boss like 'Brent' I think anyone that has worked with a PR company knows a 'Siobhan Sharp' from Perfect Curve.
Having listened to Jessica Hynes on the radio she said they have a great following from the 'actual' Olympic delivery team and obviously had to work quite closely with them at times.
clonmult said:
RicksAlfas said:
I think this is the third series.
They have all been absolutely excellent.
Third? I thought there'd only been the one - and that was truly excellent.They have all been absolutely excellent.
Papa Hotel said:
Siobhan Sharp is a brilliantly horrible character, an endless stream of vacuous buzzwords and nothingness. I can imagine a dozen of her sitting in on the real organisation of the games.
I've worked with half a dozen people like her. Jessica Hines has somehow managed to get that 'accent' they all have regardless of where they're from (university-acquired generic Home Counties southerner, bit with rising inflections). Her parody of that kind of person is so spot-on it's uncomfortable, especially that constant undertone of threat, fear of being found out and not actually listening to a word anyone else says.As far as comedy creations go, Siobhan Sharp is up there with David Brent and Sir Humphrey IMO.
Papa Hotel said:
And the broken clock fiasco, done on the show before the real-life screw-up.
Siobhan Sharp is a brilliantly horrible character, an endless stream of vacuous buzzwords and nothingness. I can imagine a dozen of her sitting in on the real organisation of the games.
Resurrecting this thread from years ago to say I've watched a couple of these after one was repeated on the BBC the other night. I also watched an episode of The Thick of It the other day but as a civil servant of 40 years (sorry if anyone's heard that multiple times) found that rather OTT. But for me all of the cliches, buzzwords, and meaningless corporate nonsense in Twenty Twelve is a funnier take on modern civil service life than all of the stressed up swearing in The Thick of It. Siobhan Sharp is a brilliantly horrible character, an endless stream of vacuous buzzwords and nothingness. I can imagine a dozen of her sitting in on the real organisation of the games.
The clock that nobody could admit was a waste of space and then the coach trip across London were both hilarious. I'm definitely watching more.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01l8vfg/twe...
Randy Winkman said:
Resurrecting this thread from years ago to say I've watched a couple of these after one was repeated on the BBC the other night. I also watched an episode of The Thick of It the other day but as a civil servant of 40 years (sorry if anyone's heard that multiple times) found that rather OTT. But for me all of the cliches, buzzwords, and meaningless corporate nonsense in Twenty Twelve is a funnier take on modern civil service life than all of the stressed up swearing in The Thick of It.
The clock that nobody could admit was a waste of space and then the coach trip across London were both hilarious. I'm definitely watching more.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01l8vfg/twe...
The recruitment interview episode!The clock that nobody could admit was a waste of space and then the coach trip across London were both hilarious. I'm definitely watching more.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01l8vfg/twe...
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