Jinsy in the Times

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The Times 9 January

There is a weather forecaster on This Is Jinsy, SkyAtlantic’s sui generis sketch show set on an island rooted in 1970s fashions and violent medieval tradition. He is a white bearded reincarnation of Stanley Unwin who delivers his “element repord” by reciting warnings of festering fog and clenched cloud while dressed in a red mini-dress on a podium. The first of the double helping had Stephen Fry as a guest star. He played a follicator (look it up). The second had Ben Miller as a pair of feral accountants. Only some of the silliness comes off, but I love it a little for its absurdist folk songs. Especially the one yesterday about vegetable tricks.

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