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September 6th, 2007 — BBC
No, really. They’ve got a show where they put people in a garbage dump and see if they can survive on the trash that other people throw away for a few weeks. It’s something like the successful BBC show "Castaway," in which groups of people are left in remote places in the wilderness. Only for this show, they’re living in a landfill.
In other parts of the world, garbage-picking is a way of life: the Patayas landfill outside Manila is legendary for the number and organization of the people who make a living from it. This show should serve to demonstrate both the wastefulness of the contemporary UK lifestyle, and the kinds of hardships that some third-world residents go through on a daily basis. It should also serve up some laughs as people get completely grossed out by living in, on, and from trash.
We can only hope that the concept […]
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September 6th, 2007 — BBC
No, really. The UK’s Channel 4 (thanks to the commenter who points out it’s not the same thing as the BBC) has got a show where they put people in a garbage dump and see if they can survive on the trash that other people throw away for a few weeks. It’s something like the successful BBC show "Castaway," in which groups of people are left in remote places in the wilderness. Only for this show, they’re living in a landfill.
In other parts of the world, garbage-picking is a way of life: the Patayas landfill outside Manila is legendary for the number and organization of the people who make a living from it. This show should serve to demonstrate both the wastefulness of the contemporary UK lifestyle, and the kinds of hardships that some third-world residents go through on a daily basis. It should also serve up some laughs […]
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September 5th, 2007 — BBC
It’s been around in the UK for eight years, and now "Top Gear" is finally arriving in the US on BBC America. With any luck, we’ll see a dramatic improvement in domestic car shows as they try to improve enough to match the humor, insight, and driving skills of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, and the masked racer known only as The Stig.
What makes this show so great? Well they mix the usual car talk - testing the new Lamborghini Gallardo and racing luxury SUVs - with stunts like beating up used trucks to test their durability and getting celebrities to race family sedans, and really flogging the hell out of subcompacts in all kinds of torture tests. And then there’s the funny news segments, which are something like a "Daily Show" for automotive enthusiasts.
Still, the central appeal is a raw, childlike fascination with very expensive cars. Check out […]
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