retired_openmic100

Just wondering whether anyone else on here has ever watched this piece of comedy genius following a discussion I had with a mate who tells me the final episode had an audience of just 70,000.

retired_Monica65

Totally Mexico

retired_C Mack

70,000 is good for that pathetic attempt at comedy.

retired_openmic100

Written by Charlie Brooker and anyone who has seen screenwipe will know how ****ing jackson he is

retired_kpr

Yes, I like it, is there going to be a new series?

retired_rockstar

"Younger...younger...illegal. Technically, a Polanski"

Excellent series, that grew as it went on. Most people went into the first episode expecting it to be centred on Barley itself, and had all their perceptions of what he would be like due to their own interpretations of '****' - which was fair, but what came out was clearly more influenced by Morris than by Brooker.

Barley as the device that served Ashcroft as the 'everyman', the person we could empathise with in the battle against the media twatnode - Brooker laid the foundations, but Morris added the padding that made it 'work' as a TV series.

retired_calhoun_s

Everything Ned said.

retired_openmic100

I doubt it, it's been a few years since it was first shown so you would have thought if they were gonna make a new series they would have done so by now? Btw I should add it's also co-written by Chris Morris so any brasseye fans who haven't already should really get into barley it really is well wasp

sgtsmileyII

I'm always trying to quote that but can never remember the Polanski part which is pretty much key.

Barley is well Jackson.

retired_thomilee

Keep it futile!

Barley is fantastic, a spot on piece of commentary and damn funny too. And Screenwipe was excellent, too.

Should definately get a second series.