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Also, what the flip is going on with Never Mind the Buzzcocks? This new series has been dire so far. Not that the jokes have been atrocious but something isn't quite right. I have some ideas.

Bill Bailey wasn't the crux of the show, he wasn't the funniest thing on it and it did feel a bit like he was in the wrong medium there. However, as my friend pointed out, he had an element of realness about him. Something has gone awry. Phil Jupitus looks a bit sad, I've noticed that at the minute he seems to be resorting to doing comedy shouting at people. It's easy & it seems like there isn't much of anything else going on.

Also, Amstell seems to have been neutered slightly. An element must be the whole Andrew Sachs thing, as a comedian he's excellent but he's at his best when he's excruciatingly preying on his guests. The best episodes of the last series was the Donny Tourette episode when he was merciless and really stuck into him. This series it's still a factor but it seems to have been reigned in a bit.

Finally, drop the novelty bullshit, scripted things. The 198th Episode, the Bunny Suit, reading facts off the autocue, it's all shit. Pretty soon it'll be Mock the Week,