Dr Gloom 19768 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Yep. Give it a go - you might be surprised. Mrs Gloom loves it. I was determined to hate it, given the premise. Such cheap TV. But it's pulled me in and made me laugh out loud a few times. Some of he families are such plebs though - the fat family from North London and the two birds from Brixton are rank. Love the County Durham family - the young lass with the orange face is mint. And the old perv from Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19768 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I did inspector calls at GCSE too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30327 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Bet nearly everyone did Of Mice and Men too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34299 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I did Macbeth and The Canterbury Tales. Both shit, but especially the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14028 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I think we mainly focused on Macbeth and To Kill A Mockingbird for the exams. And a lot of WWI (sorry, WW1) poetry. Obviously read a bunch of other stuff from the syllabus too but can I fuck remember any of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38654 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I had to do the poetry of Thomas Hardy, because his novels aren't fucking depressing enough (Even though we were the top stream, over 75% of the class failed eng.lit. at the first attempt due utter disinterest in the set studies.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Our class did something about my family and other animals while some of us at the back flicked through penthouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I did English Lit A-Level and that year the theme was 'Tragedies' Fucking hell, it was depressing. Oedipus Rex, Dr Faustus, Antony & Cleopatra, The Power and the Glory and the poems of Gerard Manly Hopkins, a manic depressive priest who eventually dies of typhoid. It was cheery stuff. For some reason A Midsummer Nights Dream was in there somewhere and was a little ray of sunshine. I love it to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38654 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Gerald Durrell, in English Literature class? What was the other book, The Beano? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Mrs Gloom loves it. I was determined to hate it, given the premise. Such cheap TV. But it's pulled me in and made me laugh out loud a few times. Some of he families are such plebs though - the fat family from North London and the two birds from Brixton are rank. Love the County Durham family - the young lass with the orange face is mint. And the old perv from Liverpool. They've got a pair of sisters from Leeds on this new series who are just thick as mince and very annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Gerald Durrell, in English Literature class? What was the other book, The Beano? I think we read that when I was about 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14028 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 They've got a pair of sisters from Leeds on this new series who are just thick as mince and very annoying. They seemed very aware of being on camera at first. At least I hope that was it, because christ, if that's their actual personalities... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30327 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Our class did something about my family and other animals while some of us at the back flicked through penthouse. You come across as a proper rebel like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12755 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Aye, we did most of these mentioned. Canterbury Tales was like learning another language, what a load of shite. Our theme for A-Level was Dystopian futures so we got to do A Handmaid's Tale and 1984 which was canny. Though, we had to do Great Expectations at GCSE and then again at A-Level. What a kick in the balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12755 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 You come across as a proper rebel like Writing Elton John lyrics in his jotter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30327 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Studying literature completely ruins any enjoyment to be had in reading the texts anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 We did 1984. Boiled my piss I had to read about the bloke leading the greyest existence imaginable and other classes were doing Animal Farm which sounded a much more fun-filled affair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 They seemed very aware of being on camera at first. At least I hope that was it, because christ, if that's their actual personalities... "And lahk, ma eyes wuh glazed urver, and auntie Jane said "Look, yuh eyes ah glazed urvah" and it wuh the nahhht we was watchin Stickeh Vickeh..." "That Stephen Fry - has he got a wife?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14028 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 "That Stephen Fry - has he got a wife?" "Nur, uh's gäääääääh!" Not the most attractive accent really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30327 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Writing Elton John lyrics in his jotter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19768 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I did Macbeth and The Canterbury Tales. Both shit, but especially the latter. i did canterbury tales at a-level. it made me want to hurt myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8973 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 i did canterbury tales at a-level. it made me want to hurt myself. So that's the root of it all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5899 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 You come across as a proper rebel like He's full of shit 'Yeah Mrs Taylor, you teach your books and shit, I'm going to sit here with the T birds and look at minge in this here porn mag' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34299 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Every classroom has the weird kid that sits at the back wanking like a gibbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 You come across as a proper rebel like Just found lessons very dull. Today I would have probably been labelled as one of those attention deficiency types. Luckily it doesn't show up in my later life #squirrel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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