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Look Around You: Season 1 Pilot - Calcium

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What it is

The pilot of the British comedy series Look Around You, a deadpan parody of 1970s and 80s school science programmes, in which the scientists examine calcium.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as a surreal, perfectly observed parody of old educational films, and quote it in jokes.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Original footage of one of the best of these was recently rediscovered and finally made available on the web”

    Rediscovered BBC-style educational science series pilot

    nkurz, 2016-02 · Strong recommendation · in “James Burke: Connections, Episodes 1-10 (1978) [video]”

  2. “a lot of HN readers might love it. It's a surreal but perfectly observed parody”

    Surreal parody of 80s/90s school science videos

    cal85, 2023-07 · Strong recommendation · in “When did Alan Partridge first appear on television?”

  3. “you might find them pretty amusing”

    Parody series with the famous 'Thanks ants... Thants' line

    wcarss, 2021-04 · Recommendation · in “Let us now praise tiny ants”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: look around you, parody, educational films, british tv, deadpan

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