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• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: "In a bizarre incident, [Jeremy] Kyle's show was cut short one evening when three monsters burst into the studio and pissed on him."
• Broken Base: The "Poetry of Tim Key" segments. Some people find it funny, other people find it tedious and awkward.
• Heartwarming Moments:
  • Charlie's tribute to Oliver Postgate.
    All of the Smallfilms shows radiate a gentle and natural warmth. Watching them feels like snuggling up in front of a fireplace, listening to a kindly uncle reading a bedtime story. [...] Postgate's voice - sometimes soothing, sometimes playful - was as modest and charming as everything else in the programmes. There's almost a hypnotic quality. Your consciousness seems to alter slightly the moment he starts to speak. [...] And it's probably only now that he's gone that we'll truly appreciate the perfectly-formed little gifts that he left for us.
  • On a similar note, Mark Gatiss paid tribute to Nigel Kneale.
  • Any time Charlie breaks character or corpses can be this, because it shows that despite Charlie's onscreen cynical Caustic Critic persona, deep down he's actually a very lovable, sweet guy, and the staffers he is often seen bullying in almost every episode really do enjoy working with him. It also quite often doubles as Funny Moment.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: The segment on TV's manipulative editing and flat-out lies included Konnie Huq's apology for Blue Peter faking a phone-in quiz, which Charlie describes as "the sexiest apology ever", long before the two were married.
• Retroactive Recognition: Luke Westaway had an appearance on the show, years before he joined OutsideXtra.
• Unintentional Period Piece: The series is a "programme all about television", but as it was in the late 2000s. As well as reviews of specific shows that were airing at the time, most of which have been forgotten by history, it's a good time capsule of television as it was after the boom of reality TV and the launch of multichannels but before streaming services gained popularity.
• The Woobie: The show's crew don't really have the best jobs in the world, especially as they become extras during some of the segments. The woobiest of the bunch is researcher Mike Bradley, who has been forced to jump around in a leotard with "BBC" on it and dress up as a TV show and have shit rubbed in his face.
  • Forced is a strong word. It's perfectly possible that these people enjoyed their comedic appearances on the show, which must have been an interesting break from their typical job.

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