Because it's disappearing from Now TV today, I've been binge watching seasons 4-6 of Veep over the past four days or so. It's a hugely entertaining show with some instances where I wasn't sure whether art has imitated life or the other way around. The cast are uniformly excellent and the cinéma vérité style, which was used in The Thick of It, is perfect for this type of comedy.
After I'd finished the latest season, I had a browse around what else was available and found something my brother had recommended: Tour de Pharmacy, a faux documentary about the 1982 Tour de France in which everyone is on drugs and, through various means, they ended up with very few people able to ride. It's from the guys behind The Lonely Island, and stars Andy Samberg, Orlando Bloom, Freddie Highmore, John Cena, Kevin Bacon, Lance Armstrong, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Danny Glover, Julia Ormond, Jeff Goldblum and many more household names. It's also very funny and highly recommended.
I did finish the evening with the first two episodes in season five of Baywatch, which Demdike reviewed very well sometime ago. It's a two-part premiere which introduces Yasmine Bleeth as a regular cast member, has people in peril due to earthquakes, trapping them above and below water, slow motion montage rollerblading and (cringeworthy) music video sequences and is a great way to unwind before going to sleep.
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