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yes i can! i threw that on drive here x

you can always grab this from the sub r/DownUnderTV

I'M GAGGED GOOPED AND GOT TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!

first of all HOW LONG have i been saying JAMES FUCKING BLUNT!!!!!!!!!!!! he is so weird!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i need him to be a traitor i need i need i need he will be an agent of chaos

and richard e. grant my beloved 😩 i got some people off my dream list i'm so BUZZINNNNnnnnnnNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bella ramsey seems like a such a get omg and myha'la??? after the universe knows i just caught up on industry?? and i can't wait to see miranda again AHHHHHHHHHHHH 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ and goon out over prof. hannah she is wife

what are the chances rob and romesh are not on the same team (one traitor, one faithful)? omg would gag me because everyone's going to think they have an alliance off the bat! such a good comedians lineup

OMG thank you for the heads up!!! i added it to my drive i'm 1000000% watching it this weekend so excited!!! missing him in nyc earlier this winter is probably going to be my biggest fomo of the year i'm furious i couldn't go

(now that the show’s on a 1 week break this week)

for sketch comedy, i think it's really decent! i talked about sketch comedy expectations here before the series, and i really stand by that — idc if you're monty python or fry & laurie or whoever, like, sketch is always a risk. as a viewer, what we need faith in is less the writing and more the performers, who can still be funny and engaging when the material is lacking, and i do think snl uk is building up great impressions of its cast!

one thing i'm a liiiiiiiittle frustrated by is how much screentime a select 2–3 cast members are getting? and i know that's very typical of snl — like kristen wiig or bowen yang carrying screentime during their eras — but i was hoping that the uk version may be more even-keeled? like, the first episode felt like 80% george fouracres, and since the princess diana impression landed we've had a steady amount of jack shep. and i like both of them! but i am a little desperate at this point for more celeste, emma, ayoade, and especially larry, you know? and part of me is disappointed paddy is stuck on weekend update when he's sooo funny and i was hoping to see him in sketches lol but he's killing it behind the desk! i do stand by my criticism of ania though, i just feel like her delivery reading cards isn't there and hasn't particularly improved, but it's not a huge deal

i do understand the show is smaller in scale and budget compared to the original snl, and i've been really impressed with the sets, a lot of the costumes, and the pre-recorded content! it doesn't bother me that it's a 50/50 split between live and pre-recorded, i really think they're doing their best with what they've got!

that said, i've been miiiiiiildly let down by the hosts. i love riz ahmed, i get why tina kicked off the series, and i know nicola makes sense for the format, but snl is an opportunity to see quite prestigious actors doing silly things, right? i was hoping it might have slightly stronger pull 👉👈 but maybe if this series ends with a bang and the reaction is good, more actors will be down to do it?

because GOOD NEWS it was greenlit for six episodes but it's been extended two more eps! so that's very promising!!!

and i agree with everything richard osman said on trie about uk comedy needing this vehicle and this opportunity for comedy writers & performers, so i'm really rooting for it! at the end of the series i think i'll do a ranking of my top 5 sketches...

i know that my masterpost link for the first 19 series of mock the week died. it was one of the only links that i share that wasn't my own, so big up to whoever left that on their drive and shared it with us for so long! you are a legend (ෆ˙ᵕ˙ෆ)

and even though i'm spending real human money every month to host as much as i can on my own drive, all of mtw is 120+ gb... in simple terms it be very very very big... so i spent the last month uploading the series to archive.org lol free? yes! slow upload speeds? don't get me started!

i know that mock the week is, historically, a bbc series. i know the bbc is much stricter about copyright striking than channels like dave and c4. i take a risk with my drive and it's working out, i took a risk on youtube and they deleted my account. this is why they're called risks! sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. so it's totally fine if, in the end, all of the effort i put into archive.org is nuked and i end up hosting mtw long-term on my drive. but i want to try this out!

so —

the panel show masterpost is updated with most of mtw on archive.org and the rest on my drive. i do plan to get the full series on arhive.org so it's all in one place, but i just need more time and didn't want to leave you guys hanging without a good resource in the meantime!

like drive, archive.org is great for a quick download. when you click an episode, simply go to the 'download details' on the page and you will see multiple options!

you can always find the torrent for the full series on r/panelshow > collections

let me know if there are any issues or bugs for you guys! my hope is that using archive.org makes it easier to stream, especially on mobile, since i get soooooo many messages about exceeded playbacks on drive (nothing i can do sadly!) 👉👈

PS. as many of you know, last year i tried to upload house of games to youtube à la mundo and my youtube channel was deleted. it's not coming back LOL so i made a new youtube channel where i plan to upload some radio shows, tv specials, and even some homemade compilations? more tbd. (no pressure to subscribe because it's just another upload resource, but feel free!) please give me this week to get some of the playlists from my previous channel — such as wilty, in order — set up on my new channel, and i'll make sure the masterpost is updated and squeaky clean!

PPS. new content on the drive includes...

new mtw, hignfy, taskmaster

snl uk

the claudia winkleman show

unspeakable s3

miranda

dara ó briain – re-creation

lucy porter – no regrets

rob beckett – giraffe