Smokewriting Recommends, Again

August 6th, 2008

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Posted by ChrisG at 9:30 am

One of the defining moments of early 90s TV (at least as important as, say, Between the Lines), remembered by ther ever-spangly Taylor Parkes over at new collective music blog Quietus.com:

Quoting this stuff does not do it justice – you have to watch. The magic only works in context: the scrawny, strange-smelling world of teenage boys, perfectly captured, that inescapable tangle of hope, hopelessness, heartfelt doziness and buggered ambition, flashing between a howl and a horse-laugh. With its startling blend of shabbiness, hilarity and genuine hurt, and its utter lack of glamour, In Bed With Chris Needham is the only authentic document of the British teenage experience, and we can all learn something from it.

Oh yes. A VHS of this hilarious, poignant, toe-curling 60 minutes of genius was, at one point before the Millennium (along with a copy of Horror Hospital) perhaps the most treasured possession of the shared house I lived in.

Believe me, you absolutely need to see this. ALL of it, and NOW.