Whites: New Comedy on BBC2

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There is a new comedy series starting next Tuesday on BBC2 called Whites.

Have you heard anything about it? Good, bad?

The best thing about it will probably be Katherine Parkinson. She's excellent in everything.
 
I think it's reasonable to assume that this is not supposed to be a laugh out loud sitcom. It's a kind of humorous drama, or at least that's how it's coming across to me.

I also realise that it's not a documentary and can have artistic license but there were a couple of niggling issues in last nights epsiode

- Shay is a 3* celebrity chef and is Bib's idol, yet Bib doesn't know where or who he trained under? Even a person with a slight interest with a celeb will nip online and read a bio or wikipedia page and that's if they already haven't got a autobiography etc.

- If it was implied that Roland used the "dead man's fingers" to poison Shay then i'm not sure that's correct. I've not gone searching but Rick Stein has said that they are not poisonous, just unedible as they are feathery and could get stuck in your throat and would not be pleasant to eat.





and...Does raindeer taste a little bit like horse? ;) :D
 
I am just not finding it that funny. It has (as someone else has suggested) been a similar plot for the first two episodes and it just seems like The Office but in a kitchen.
 
That's exactly what I said to my OH. Also, I find it hard to believe that any chef (or indeed any half decent human being) would be able to bring themselves to poison someone deliberately. I know it was a comedy, but it seemed to me to be one of those comedies with a strong basis in truth, so I thought it was a shame they had compromised the character's credibility by having him do something so awful (and with such potentially awful consequences for himself as well as his victim.)

Loved the font list. More of that sort of thing is what we need! :)
 
I liked it, but it was very similar to the aforementioned Chef, just without the canned laughter. Having worked in the industry for ten years, the Alan Davies character was nothing like any Head chef I've ever come across (he seemed way too laid back and un-preoccupied with what was going on in his kitchen), but it's early days I guess. His comments to 'Scuse' about listening to his Sous chef re. the lamb were spot on though (although the Scuse character didn't ring true), also the dis-belief of a customer asking for an eggless omlette and then having to explain to the waiting staff it's impossible. Every chef has a story like that (I remember someone asking for rare steak tartare and trying to explain to a waiter that it's always raw, not cooked even a little bit. The waiter, bless 'im, who had to explain this to the customer, was certain I was winding him up and refused to go back out until someone showed him a recipie for it :D). The Kiki character was brilliant, but how could she not be played by the lovely Dobby and Katherine Parkinson's always worth watching. I'll stick with it.
 
Yep, I agree. As per my earlier post, I have been giving this the benefit of the doubt, but last night's episode was dire.

I'm not writing it off totally yet, but Ive got a Priest on standby ready to read the last rites ...
 
That's weird.

I checked the Radio Times website last night to see if there would be a repeat of episode 1 and it was listed for 11:20pm - 11:50pm this thursday.

Since I checked the website last night it's been replaced by a deifferent program ... Today at Conference.
 
Fair enough, that would explain it. I hadn't seen or heard any publicity before I watched it, so I didn't 'get' that from the episode. No doubt there will be the cliched soul-searching moment next week.
 
I`m quite looking forward to this although it clashes with 71 Degrees North, guess i`ll set sky+ for this one..Alan Davies is just Jonathon Creek though..:D:D
 
My favourite of those is from City Slickers:

Phil's wife: 'I hate you!'
Phil: 'I hate you more! If people were hate, I'd be CHINA!'

White's wasn't up my street
 
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