10 Shows That Prove BBC Three's Cancellation Is Actually A Good Thing

9. Great Movie Mistakes (2010-)

Every channel needs filler, and there are only so many times you can repeat Family Guy (actually, best not tempt fate). That doesn€™t excuse the joyless Great Movie Mistakes, which has lingered on the margins of BBC Three like a pub quiz bore on a party cruise. Nobody wants it there, and nobody acknowledges it, but every once in a while you lock eyes, and realise that one day, that€™ll be you. The format is recession-bustingly simple. Bloopers from familiar Hollywood movies are played and a funny person narrates. The original funny person was Robert Webb, whose career has benefitted from a mysterious decree that he will always be in work, despite being Coldplay€™s idea of a good comedian. More recently it€™s been the sketch troupe Pappy€™s, and the show now has a framing device that removes the sense it was cobbled together five minutes before airtime. Unfortunately, Pappy€™s are Coldplay€™s idea of a funny sketch troupe, but even George Carlin would struggle to wring laughs out of the changing direction of Nicolas Cage€™s forelock. We all like spotting the occasional blooper- it makes us feel superior to people who earn our wage in thirty seconds- but Great Movie Mistakes sucks the fun dry. It tries to be a laugh, like that pub quiz bore after a few tequilas€but you still saw it sitting in the lifeboat, crying bitter tears because Taylor Lautner€™s chinos go from crimson to maroon between shots. And that€™s something you never wanted to see.