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Friday, January 16, 2009

Chow / TV Reason No. 1,284 I Need to Get a Television

Posted by Erica C. Barnett on Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:40 PM

The BBC is running a talent show in which Britain's top butchers compete to become "Young Butcher of the Year." According to the Telegraph,

the show will focus on the technical skills involved in different trades. "We'll start with a great number of butchers, and whittle them down during a series of butcher challenges," said [Danny] Cohen [controller of BBC-3]. "The way you cut a joint requires a lot of technical skill. Then there's the thing where you stuff a number of different birds into one bird. We'll have quite unusual joints of meat from quite unusual animals - seeing whether the butchers can cope with animals that they don't usually deal with."

This show sounds AWESOME. If I can't get it on Netflix, I may break down and buy a big-screen after all.

Via The Ethicurean.

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That'll be an interesting TV that pulls in BBC-3 here in Seattle. I don't think BBC America's going to carry this one. Too bad; I'd watch it. Reality shows involving actual skills are more interesting than ones based on who is stupidest or craziest.

Posted by Fnarf on January 16, 2009 at 12:51 PM

Just download all your BBC. Sure it's stealing, but I'm not about to wait years to see Top Gear, The F Word, Doctor Who, and Torchwood. That doesn't even include the shows they never bother to show here.

Does it count as stealing if I can't even buy it?

Posted by arbeck on January 16, 2009 at 1:06 PM

You don't have a teevee? Heck, I've got two, a 53 and a 27. Of course, neither one of them is hooked up to anything.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on January 16, 2009 at 1:14 PM

I hope they get a Daoist butcher who never needs to sharpen his cleaver.

Posted by dwight moody on January 16, 2009 at 1:31 PM

Funny. When I read this earlier, it actually made me think of you. I imagined how it would read if someone was to replace the word "television" with "automobile". But it might not be all that necessary.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/286…

Posted by clint on January 16, 2009 at 1:40 PM

The best part of this show is that it will totally send PETA into apoplectic fits.

Posted by P to the J on January 16, 2009 at 1:41 PM

As Top Chef showed on Wednesday, butchering really does require a lot of skills...

If BBC America does decide to air this, I'd definitely watch.

Posted by Abby on January 16, 2009 at 1:51 PM

@2: is it stealing if it was distributed for free in the first place and you aren't depriving anyone else from enjoying it by obtaining your copy? There's probably a BBC lawyer that thinks so but I fail to see the logic...

Posted by Henry on January 16, 2009 at 2:03 PM

Not to be all dense and old dude, but how can you download BBC programs? I know you can stream the radio off their internet page, but TV?

Posted by Fnarf on January 16, 2009 at 2:05 PM

Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/286…

Posted by burgin99 on January 16, 2009 at 2:08 PM

Fnarf: The best way is via Usenet (downloading is virtually untraceable) but there are plenty of public BitTorrent sites that have BBC content and even a few that specialize in it. You'll have to decide for yourself if it's immoral though.

Posted by Henry on January 16, 2009 at 2:15 PM

Usenet is the shit.

Posted by w7ngman on January 16, 2009 at 2:22 PM

I torrent them. I am a member of a british television only torrent group that I use to get the majority of them.

But the big series (Doctor Who, Top Gear, Torchwood) all are on the big torrent sites soon after they air.

I only need the other one to download things like Chateau Monty, James and Oz's Big Wine Adventure, and the F Word.

Posted by arbeck on January 16, 2009 at 2:26 PM

I think you can see the content from BBC America online - but maybe it is pirated. Best are the Aussie releases, since they come from a pro-piracy culture and have nice clean streams.

Posted by Will in Seattle on January 16, 2009 at 2:30 PM

Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/286…

Posted by Better on January 16, 2009 at 2:35 PM

@5 you won

Posted by Better on January 16, 2009 at 2:36 PM

Way to read the thread, Better

Posted by Henry on January 16, 2009 at 2:38 PM

Good butchery is a rare skill these days. The super markets all get ready-cut, mediocre, mass-market dreck. I couldn't even get suet from the QFC this year for X-mas puddings, the trimmings are all unsanitary now. You have to schlep over to Beacon Hill to find a real butcher shop.

Posted by Inkweary on January 16, 2009 at 4:07 PM

The first time I came to Austria I watched a reality show where contestants compete for a prestigious apprenticeship at a butcher shop. It was fascinating.

Posted by ams on January 17, 2009 at 6:34 AM