is "down the line" on radio 4 a real programme with real callers?

[frogwoman]

I turned on radio 4 last night while this was on, and i couldn't believe some of the stuff people were ringing up and talking about, i thought it must be a joke, but it seemed to be real coz they were saying to people to phone in with their opinions ... i mean, anyone who listened to it last night will know what i'm talking about ... it CAN'T be real, can it?

the nutters that phoned up were worse than those on bloody LBC ...

 

[gentlegreen]

listen again :-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/shows/rpms/radio4/downtheline.ram

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Each week in a series of interviews, short location reports, scripted monologues, phone calls etc, Jon Ronson delves into a world of personal stories surrounding the central theme which all shed light on the human condition.

Sometimes Jon goes in search of answers and stories himself, sometimes his team of contributors do it for him. The end result is an original, fascinating, funny, poignant and often philosophical journey through the human experience.

There are contributions from comedian Danny Robbins, Writer Jeremy Dyson, and journalist Simon Jacobs.

The programme also sounds like nothing else before. It is populated by an eclectic mix of music tracks used creatively to enhance the speech and give a particularly late night feel to it - a kind of living nightmare in the chill out room feel.

The series includes Jon Ronson On ... 'Amateur Sleuths', 'Going West' and 'How to Disappear'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/jonronson_on.shtml

 

[frogwoman]

i hink you got the wrong programme mate

 

[gentlegreen]

i hink you got the wrong programme mate

how so ?

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[onemonkey]

i heard about 5 minutes of it..

if there was a joke i didn't get it..

and if there wasn't, i really didn't get it.

 

[gentlegreen]

i heard about 5 minutes of it..

if there was a joke i didn't get it..

and if there wasn't, i really didn't get it.

Curiously. the "host" sounds to me very like Heston Blumenthal - the world's trendiest chef.

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[frogwoman]

i heard about 5 minutes of it..

if there was a joke i didn't get it..

and if there wasn't, i really didn't get it.

yeah, it just made me scared and confused

 

[trashpony]

yeah, it just made me scared and confused

Me too

Best thing is to hit the off switch

 

[DJWrongspeed]

errr.......it's a comedy innit! (u lot a slow aren't cha)

anyone hear this last night, hilarious, some of the characters are a bit hit'n'miss but it's thrilling how suggestive some of'em are and how radio is just right for it, it'd be crap on tv, u imagine dave in leytonstone.........the inflections and accents are excellently done.

 

[purves grundy]

Sounds like a Blue Jamesque rip-off kinda thing

The programme also sounds like nothing else before. It is populated by an eclectic mix of music tracks used creatively to enhance the speech and give a particularly late night feel to it - a kind of living nightmare in the chill out room feel.

I'll give it a listen

 

[DJWrongspeed]

there's actually no incidental music , it's not like Blue Jam, it's much more a piss take of talk radio. Worth sticking through to the end where you get Mr 'SHUT IT' shouting at his dog incessantly.......

 

[The Boy]

Worth sticking through to the end where you get Mr 'SHUT IT' shouting at his dog incessantly.......

Left the radio on for the dog last night and came home to hear the last half of this. The woman ranting about muslims was on - "you wouldn't cut me off if I was a muslims would you?"!!

Loved the greek guy wanting to name the new colour greekquoise. "ees all Turk this, and Turk that...."

 

[rubbershoes]

i found it funny as hell

maybe i'm odd

 

[UTJF]

heh, i think it's funny too

 

[sorrell]

I must be odd too. I'm finding it hilarious morning listening.

Thanks for sharing

 

[sorrell]

the new colour called 'a tinge of minge'

 

[Leon]

I've never heard the show but on my way back home on the train last night I heard some Radio 4 workers raving about it.

They were saying its the best thing on radio, the messages are fake and what they do is when the show is on people ring in to complain and then they use those messages too.

Great idea.

 

[frogwoman]

yeah ... im seeing it all in a new light now

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Presume you've seen this by now?

"Not for the first time, Radio 4 listeners are up in arms. The cause is a 'sexist', 'racist', 'rubbish' phone-in show called Down the Line. But we've been had. As G2 can reveal, it's a spoof - from the creators of The Fast Show.

 

[colacubes]

Loved the greek guy wanting to name the new colour greekquoise. "ees all Turk this, and Turk that...."

I was in bed and laughed so hard I nearly fell out

 

[rubbershoes]

loads of people on the BBC boards didn't realsie it was a spoof even though it was at 11pm on a weeknight

that's comedy time, though admittedly the comedy is sometimes rather shite

 

[gentlegreen]

It's just been featured on "feedback"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/shows/rpms/radio4/feedback.ram

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[Binkie]

Yeah not bad. Some bits hilarious-ish. Uneven. Groundbreaking perhaps. Earthshattering no.

 

[Genghis Cohen]

'sahm of em fink the earth is carried on the back of a terrrrtal.'

 

[frogwoman]

ha ha i was listening to it last night ... animals in war ... priceless !

 

[trashpony]

Oooh tonight it's the return of the music quiz - which is about 100x better than NMTB

 

[Binkie]

I liked the African traffic warden - thinking it was natural to drive around wanting to kill someone - and bare-knuckle fighting in Sainsbury's car park as a normal healthy way to solve disputes.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

ha ha i was listening to it last night ... animals in war ... priceless !

i was cacklin to this as well, it's class, so radio, it'd all be lost on tv, was that nasal guy Paul Whitehouse? i like the little details, the scouse socialist getting about 5secs on air!