Parks and Recreation on BBC4

Serial thread killer · November 22 2012, 02:06 PM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-rad...ecreation-bbc4

Few television-related stories have been more welcome this autumn than the news that BBC4 has confirmed its aquisition of the wonderful Parks and Recreation.

I have heard good things about this, so I will give it ago.
I just hope if it turns out to be a hit over here sky does not end up stealing it.

Bob The Skutter · November 22 2012, 02:40 PM

Apparently they have 2 seasons signed so it's there for those at least. I've also heard good things so will check it out. But I'm surprised BBC 4 got it. Given that they cut the drama and comedy and import budgets.

1001001 · November 22 2012, 05:27 PM

I will be interested in seeing what you all think of Parks and Recreation. I wonder how it will translate?

I absolutely adore the show. One of my all-time favorite comedies. It has a great heart to it.

And it has Ron Fucking Swanson, and his Pyramid of Greatness.

Enjoy, and be sure to post what you think from time to time.

MacLeod · November 22 2012, 11:31 PM

I might give it a look, any airdate yet?

The Grim Ghost · November 23 2012, 02:21 AM

Hope you enjoy the show. One thing I like about P&R is that it is a genuinely funny show that is not based around all of the characters being nasty and insulting each other. I am so burned out on stuff like that. The show is funny, refreshing and upbeat.

Kegg · November 23 2012, 02:27 AM

We've had it on RTE (the main Irish channel) since... I forget how long.

It's pretty funny. Excellent ensemble comedy. Sure Nick Offerman gets all the justified praise for Swanson, but Amy Poehler's unstoppable enthusiasm is what keeps the show both hilarious and touching.

And Aziz Ansari's smile never stops being funny.

shivkala · November 24 2012, 03:56 AM

The Grim Ghost wrote:

Hope you enjoy the show. One thing I like about P&R is that it is a genuinely funny show that is not based around all of the characters being nasty and insulting each other. I am so burned out on stuff like that. The show is funny, refreshing and upbeat.

That is exactly why I love it. They are all friends and work together. Too many shows degenerate into making their characters into mean caricatures of their original selves. The characters on Parks and Recreation are all decent. Except Jerry. And Jean Ralphio. Especially Jean Ralphio.

the G-man · November 24 2012, 11:11 PM

I'm catching up on this season on-demand and I have to say Leslie's character is not working as a city councilman as well as she worked as the park director. it's becoming a little too 'ripped from the headlines' and 'very specially', with the sex Ed and the soda tax and all of that.

November 22 2012, 02:40 PM	#2
Bob The Skutter Admiral Location: Bob The Skutter	Re: Parks and Recreation on BBC4 Apparently they have 2 seasons signed so it's there for those at least. I've also heard good things so will check it out. But I'm surprised BBC 4 got it. Given that they cut the drama and comedy and import budgets. __________________ It's all right, children. Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it. I am sure that we shall never forget Tiny Tim, or this first parting that there was among us.

November 22 2012, 05:27 PM	#3
1001001 Putting the F-U Back in FUN! Location: People's Gaypublic of Drugafornia	Re: Parks and Recreation on BBC4 I will be interested in seeing what you all think of Parks and Recreation. I wonder how it will translate? I absolutely adore the show. One of my all-time favorite comedies. It has a great heart to it. And it has Ron Fucking Swanson, and his Pyramid of Greatness. Enjoy, and be sure to post what you think from time to time. __________________ “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States...The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge'.” - Isaac Asimov

November 22 2012, 11:31 PM	#4
MacLeod Vice Admiral Location: Great Britain	Re: Parks and Recreation on BBC4 I might give it a look, any airdate yet? __________________ On the continent of wild endeavour in the mountains of solace and solitude there stood the citadel of the time lords, the oldest and most mighty race in the universe looking down on the galaxies below sworn never to interfere only to watch.

November 23 2012, 02:21 AM	#5
The Grim Ghost Fleet Captain Location: Thee Olde Spook Shack	Re: Parks and Recreation on BBC4 Hope you enjoy the show. One thing I like about P&R is that it is a genuinely funny show that is not based around all of the characters being nasty and insulting each other. I am so burned out on stuff like that. The show is funny, refreshing and upbeat. __________________ Life looks better in black and white.

November 23 2012, 02:27 AM	#6
Kegg Rear Admiral Location: Ireland.	Re: Parks and Recreation on BBC4 We've had it on RTE (the main Irish channel) since... I forget how long. It's pretty funny. Excellent ensemble comedy. Sure Nick Offerman gets all the justified praise for Swanson, but Amy Poehler's unstoppable enthusiasm is what keeps the show both hilarious and touching. And Aziz Ansari's smile never stops being funny. __________________ 'Spock is always right, even when he's wrong. It's the tone of voice, the supernatural reasonability; this is not a man like us; this is a god.' - Philip K. Dick

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November 24 2012, 11:11 PM	#8
the G-man Commodore Location: to your immediate right	Re: Parks and Recreation on BBC4 I'm catching up on this season on-demand and I have to say Leslie's character is not working as a city councilman as well as she worked as the park director. it's becoming a little too 'ripped from the headlines' and 'very specially', with the sex Ed and the soda tax and all of that.