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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