h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Politics:

Man in street to Jeffrey Archer: "Can I ask you a question Mr Archer?"

Jeffrey Archer: "Of course you can"

Man in street: "Why don't you f**k off?"

On Question Time:

David Dimbleby: "What are your thoughts on this, Robin Cock?" (Robin Cook's face was a picture)


Also in a compilation of TV moments when Jay Kay (from Jamiroquai) went up to a bunch of photographers, picked the littlest one, started abusing him and then the photographer head butted him and splatted his nose.

He deserved it.

Interesting.....

I have to agree in principl, but sometimes in practise it's a good idea. Take the new series of BattleStar Galactica, Genious! and the new series of Doctor Who. In my opinion boath work because they stay true to the heart of the show.

Though for everyone that works, five don't!

The final moments of Blackadder goes Forth gets me every time,
The 'Death' of Daniel Jackson in SG-1
The Final episode of M*A*S*H when Hawkeye realises the chicken was a baby
The Death of Marcus in Babylon 5

I'm sure I'll think of more

Why is it that when some1 dies it's great tv? I remember seeing a thing about Doctor Who and when Peter Davidson's Doctor was dying (or whatever you call it) it was only layter that everyone realised what a great view the audience had down the top of his assistant.

And the Death of Janet Fraiser in SG-1, I was blubbing for hours afterwards.

The Funeral of the Pope was memorable as was the Funeral of Prince Rainer

May I contribute? Merely personal faves, of course

The Iranian Embassy Siege
Holly's April Fools' gag on Red Dwarf
Angus Deayton 'exposed' on HIGNFY
Jay Kay and Diana Ross performing Upside Down at the Brits
Geoff Hurst, 19966. Need I say more?

MB

The Iranian Embassy Siege was one of the first 'And Now over to the Newsroom for Breaking News' things I ever watched, when they said they were sending in the SAS I seriously thought they were sending in the Swedish Airline, I was only 11 at the time

Does anyone else remember when Freddie Mercury died? I was only 8 at the time, but it realy hit me.

Me, I remember seeing the 'I'm going slightly mad' video and thinking how ill he looked then

HIGNFY, where Ian and Paul pulled up their shirts to show t-shirts with the front page of 'The News of the World'ow whatever paper Angus's indiscretions was in - you're right, that was hilarious!

I remember the first time I watched the X-Files, it was that episode with the guy who could crawl through small spaces and eat his victim's livers. It freaked the life out of me (I was only 11) and I have been an X-Files addict ever since.

Ooo. I remember that episode. Was a very freaky one. Do you remember the one with the cockroaches that got under peoples skin? that one *really* had me freaked.

If you're talking about death scenes than Angel deserves a mention. Just about all the regular cast members died during the series, with the last survivors making a last stand against hordes of demons in the final scene.

I remmber that, it was quite touching.

There was also an episode of the x-files where Scully sees a ghostly vision of her father just before someone phones her up to tell her he had died. My mum had a similar experience when her father died, but he appeared to her in a dream in a nice way and told her everything was going to be ok and that he was at peace, and she woke up to my aunt phoning to break the news that he had died. Scary!!!

Ooo. Very scary. I heard that Napoleon's mum had the same thing when he died.

Yeah, Angel had a few memorable bits too. When Cordelia had a two day pregnancy and they were demon babies or something. Quite icky.

Oh yeah that was desperatly Icky

That sounds like the birth of the twins in V. One was a human, the other was an alien. Scared the sh*t out of me as a child, even if the effects are terrible.

Oh yeah that was icky too, nice to see Freddy Kruger without his makeup