I don’t usually spend my time whinging about current television on Dirty Feed. I don’t find it much fun to write, and this is supposed to be a pleasant hobby. I’ll write about the stuff that depresses me if somebody wants to pay for it.
But today, I randomly found myself researching material broadcast on the 16th February 1996. Not a special date, particularly. And I realised on that night on BBC2, you got:
- The first episode of Series 2 of The Fast Show,
- The first episode of Series 2 of Fist of Fun, and
- Series 2 Episode 8 of Fantasy Football League.
And it strikes me that you don’t need to be the most miserable person in the world, or hate all of pop culture in 2024, or even to love all three shows listed above, to suggest that we’ve lost something. The reasons for that are long and complex, and could fill thousands of words.
But stuff the reasons. Sometimes, all I can feel is the loss.