Channel 4's Alternative Election Night

Stumble Bum · 6 May 2010 at 13:44

Channel 4's Alternative Election Night

David Mitchell, Jimmy Carr and Lauren Laverne present irreverent coverage of the General Election results, featuring contributions from Charlie Brooker and an audience made up of comedy enthusiasts of varying political persuasions. As the night unfolds, pundits and an in-studio bookmaker give a no-nonsense analysis of the developments and offer their predictions.

Specially recorded programmes will be shown throughout the evening, including You Have Been Watching, Fonejacker and Come Dine with Me Election Special, featuring Edwina Currie, Brian Paddick, Derek Hatton and Rod Liddle.

Anyone else really excited about this tonight?

4 hours of a comedy take on the general election, has potential, i'll certainly be watching.

Channel 4 9:00pm-1:00am (4 hours ) Thu 6 May

Irish_Tom · 6 May 2010 at 14:08

I will certainly tune in to see how it goes. Not sure if I can cope with a 1pm finish mind.

reflux · 6 May 2010 at 14:10

Definitely watching it - sounds like it could be very good.

Tombstone · 6 May 2010 at 14:13

Big fan of David Mitchell, so will keep an eye on this. Will have to flick between Sky News and this over the course of the night so that I can keep up with the happenings.

Cosimo · 6 May 2010 at 14:19

It will be something to flick over to when the going gets heavy with the election programming.

starfighter · 6 May 2010 at 14:50

Brooker and David Mitchell = good.

will be watching.

Jock Dodds · 6 May 2010 at 15:45

I could watch Brooker and Mitchell all night but 5 seconds of that **** Carr is more than enough!

IceBus · 6 May 2010 at 15:54

I'll be watching this alone rather than anything BBC/Sky. I can't do anything to influence the outcome of the Lib Dem/Labour/Tory tussle, so I'd rather be entertained and read the analysis tomorrow.

Marky · 6 May 2010 at 16:10

Will definitely watch

Better than watching the other boring formal programmes

SideWinder · 6 May 2010 at 21:23

Well...not impressed so far...

Cosimo · 6 May 2010 at 21:32

SideWinder said:
Well...not impressed so far...

It's carp with canned laughter and not very funny. I feel sorry for the poor people in the audience.

jp_bl_68 · 6 May 2010 at 21:34

It's been a bit naff so far, switched over to outnumbered. Hopefully it'll pick up once the polls close and they can start ripping the **** out of people.

scorza · 6 May 2010 at 21:37

S'alright. Liked the Come Dine with Me with Derek Hatton lol wtf? :confused:

yermum · 6 May 2010 at 23:53

Enjoyed Rich Hall

jp_bl_68 · 6 May 2010 at 23:56

Yeah, Rich Hall was good as was You Have Been Watching. Bit dull otherwise.

mrmoose · 7 May 2010 at 00:41

Anyone who drops the C-you-next-Tuesday bomb on tv gets my attention.

"andy" · 7 May 2010 at 00:51

i was enjoying this but then turned over to find the bbc loads more hilarious. drunk politicians on live tv. cant be beaten

Amp34 · 7 May 2010 at 02:56

Mitchell and Carr are definately a good match. Loved it, just a shame they had to intersperse it with that **** that is come dine with me and fonejacker...

jp_bl_68 · 7 May 2010 at 03:05

Amp34 said:
Mitchell and Carr are definately a good match. Loved it, just a shame they had to intersperse it with that **** that is come dine with me and fonejacker...

I turned off the second I saw Edwina Currie. I can't stand that *****.

Pestilence · 7 May 2010 at 03:50

The "Come Dine With Me" was the WORST episode I've ever seen, and I absolutely love that show.

The "Fonejacker" stuff was just OK.

Best thing about it was Charlie Brooker and some of the random quips made by people throughout, but overall I don't think it was worth sticking with.