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Ripping Yarns – Porterhouse Blue – 02 Oct 2007

First today, another Ripping Yarns – The Testing of Eric Olthwaite. “You boring little tit” always stuck with me as an insult, although I’m far too nice to use it myself. I wrote about this episode when it came up on one of my tapes.

Media Centre Description: The dark and tragic tale of the terminally boring Eric, whose mind-boggling tediousness forces his parents to leave home. Undaunted, Eric joins forces with a hardened criminal and proceeds to write his name in the history books.

Recorded from BBC FOUR on Tuesday 2nd October 2007 21:00

BBC Genome: BBC FOUR Tuesday 2nd October 2007 21:00

After this, there’s trails for Flight of the Conchords and Radio Week.

Then the recording ends with the first few minutes of Flight of the Conchords.

The other recording today is more classic Channel 4 programming with the first episode of Porterhouse Blue. That came up a couple of times on my tapes, here’s when I wrote about it.

Media Centre Description: Malcolm Bradbury’s Emmy-award-winning dramatisation of Tom Sharpe’s satire centred on a naive undergraduate’s experiences at a college hidebound by tradition. A new Master at the Cambridge college of Porterhouse announces that for the first time in six centuries the college will encourage scholars.

Recorded from More 4 on Tuesday 2nd October 2007 23:03

After this, there’s the start of Vic Reeves Big Night Out.

Here’s the ad breaks.

Adverts:

  • Control in cinemas
  • Peugeot 308
  • Mastercard
  • Apple iMac
  • British Airways
  • trail: Virgin 1
  • Bruce Springsteen – Magic
  • Saturday Night Fever DVD
  • trail: Whose Line is it Anyway?
  • trail: Vic Reeves Big Night Out
  • And When Did You Last See Your Father? in cinemas
  • Sainsbury’s – Jamie Oliver
  • Lloyds TSB
  • Argos
  • primelocation.com
  • BT Broadband – Kris Marshall
  • Tefal Hot Water Dispenser
  • Hellmann’s
  • trail: True Stories: Czech Dream
  • MFI
  • Duke Special – Songs from the Deep Forest
  • Macmillan Cancer Support
  • Saturday Night Fever DVD
  • Mr Brooks
  • Co-op
  • Apple iMac
  • Mazda 2
  • Sainsbury’s
  • Tiscali
  • And When Did You Last See Your Father? in cinemas
  • Heroes on DVD
  • WH Smith
  • trail: Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip