I was pleasantly suprised by this programme on BBC2 tonight. It was quirky, but gave a good idea about the wartime diet. I had no idea that parafin was sometimes used as a fat substitute, or that it had the effect of a mild laxitive...
I laughed out loud a few times, and would be worth watching if available.
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I was totally disappointed with it, and Jane and I could only stick the ridiculous humour for ten minutes. It was a great idea, but completely spoiled in our opinion by those two idiots presenting it. The final straw was when they shovelled all their food in her handbag.
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Agree - I gave up in the end too. There was a lot of interesting information - the parafin thing fascinated me too - but the constant mumming and gurning of the presenters really annoyed me - just not my type of humour. My final straw was the way they were behaving in front of the Americans - I just found it cringy in the extreme.Moonraker wrote:I was totally disappointed with it, and Jane and I could only stick the ridiculous humour for ten minutes. It was a great idea, but completely spoiled in our opinion by those two idiots presenting it. The final straw was when they shovelled all their food in her handbag.
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I missed this as I was working. However Giles Coren is a restaurant critic for The London Evening Standard newspaper and, as a former worker in the restaurant industry, I often read his articles. He is an insufferable prat in print, God only knows what he must be like in person. This sounds like it could have been a very interesting series. A pity about the presenters.
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I watched it, very wary of what the reviews of it had said, and was expecting to see a whole load of S***!
The presenters were awlful prats, but I was interested in what was eaten and how everything was rationed down completely!
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I was anticipating totally awful, but unlike the F5 cartoon, my expectations were not exceeded, with some bits quite acceptable!
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