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The Grumpy Guide To...

The Grumpy Guide To...

  • TV comedy
  • BBC Two
  • 2007 - 2011
  • 16 episodes (2 series)

A grumpy perspective on aspects of modern life from a group of celebrities. Stars Jenny Eclair, Kathryn Flett, Justin Moorhouse, Germaine Greer, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and more.

Episode menu

Series 1, Episode 4 - Design

A grumpy guide to design. Nowadays everything from your cork-screw to your coffee-pot via your handbag and pied-a-terre has to be "designer". It's the law.

Further details

Design. What is that all about? Time was when you bought your T-shirt from Marks and your table from Habitat and that was about it. Nowadays everything from your cork-screw to your coffee-pot via your handbag and pied-a-terre has to be "designer". It's the law. Result - designers and all things designer have taken over the world and if you don't know your Philippe Starck's from your post modernism this is the programme for you. Alternatively, after seeing this you might simply enjoy sneering at all those posh twits all the more.

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 9th March 2007
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Friday 25th March 2011 9:40pm CC Extra
Sunday 15th May 2011 9:40pm CC Extra
Monday 27th June 2011 9:40pm Comedy Central
Sunday 7th August 2011 10:40pm CC Extra
Tuesday 20th September 2011 10:40pm CC Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Jenny Eclair Self
Justin Moorhouse Self
Germaine Greer Self
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Self
Nigel Havers Self
Gerry Robinson (as Sir Gerry Robinson) Self
Jenni Trent Hughes Self
Helen Lederer Self
Oona King Self
Diarmuid Gavin Self
Wayne Hemingway Self
Jim Broadbent Narrator
Guest cast
Stephen Bayley Self
Maxwell Hutchinson Self
Jonathan Meades Self
Production team
Judith Holder Producer
Stuart Prebble Executive Producer
Dave Hindmarsh Editor
Claire Storey Editor

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