A TV show set in medieval times better than Game of Thrones?

Hey there Charlie.

So in Canada, since I didn't have much things to do in my family, I started to think while watching some anime, and I realised something: to me, GoT is not the best medieval TV series.

Yes! I dared to say that! Let me be clear, it is awesome, the plot is great, the characters too, it's really well directed and the locations are breath-taking... On the cons, I would say that the first seasons were too borderline for me (too much sex and gore).

But I know what you're about to say, what could be a better show than GoT? Well, actually, this series is not on the same type of series at all: it's actually a comedy series. And you know the best part? It's french! Yup! So maybe some of you now can guess what I'm talking about (please, I don't want to be the only one to know it). With no more waiting, the TV series that I'm talking about is...

So now you either know why this show is awesome, or you're just making fun of me for talking about a French TV show, but hold on! Let me explain why Kaamelott is awesome.

The show is divided into 6 seasons and 3 films are apparently in the making, the episodes are generally 5~10mn long (pretty much little sketches). The first 3 seasons are mainly dedicated to fun short stories, and the 3 last seasons are dedicated to the plot, so they tend to be less funny but very interesting to follow.

But I think I should present to you the reason why I love this show, it's because of one person: its writer, director, main actor and producer, the French equivalent of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss: Alexandre Astier!

If you don't know this man... first of all shame on you! and then, he's a very famous French artist, an actor, an awesome musician, a writer, a voice actor, a playwright and many others. He was in charge of the last Asterix movie (the god's domain), and he also made two stand-up/plays ("Que ma joie demeure" and "L'exoconférence"), I really advise you to see them, great stuff. Anyway! in this show, he plays the role of King Arthur, the king of Brtianny, foundator of Kaamelott and seeker of the Holy Grail.

And this leads us to the second point: the humor and wittines of the show. Basically, it tells the strugle of King Arthur in his quest to discover the Holy Grail with the knigts of the round table (I think this is how you say it)... but not everything goes as expected, particularly when the "knights" are for the most part complete idiots. The show is clever, the characters are extremely diverse and attaching (from the cynical King Arthur, to the stupid Perceval)... You laugh at every episode.

At the opposite of Game of Thrones, the show can be watched by pretty much everyone (I remember discovering it on M6 when I was probably 6 or 8, I didn't get all the gags at the time but it was still pretty funny). And if some jokes can be difficult to get, overall the show is pretty accessible to everyone.

And that's all, I would have love to share some of the different sketch but they are hard to find due to copyright and all... But you're free to look for them!

Have a good day Charlie, hope I made you (re)discover a good French TV show (at least there is one!).

Bye!

Kellian

The boat that rocked

Hello Charlie,
It's been long that I haven't written on the blog but here am I :)

So I want to talk about this film a friend suggested to me, normally it's not the type of films I Watch but I loved it .  Maybe it's because it was directed by Richard Curtis and I love love his movies ( Love Actually, About time...) or because I like comedy films but anyways the film is about a pirate radio station that was promoting Rock n roll music to the youth of the 60s in England, but the government wants to shut down the radio station.. (will they succeed ? You'll find out by yourself)
I know I didn't present the film very well ( my bad) but here's the trailer, you can watch it ;

Hope you'll want to watch the movie too ;)

Beverly

Taking advantage of the summer holidays to discover other cultures

Dear Charlie,
What are your plans for the holidays?
I imagine you'll be travelling the English-speaking world like many of our students.

To start with the international fun, here are a few multicultural acts by Australian comedian, Simon Taylor and Indian/Canadian  comedian, Russell Peters on language and identity

Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie

Dear Charlie,

Here's a relatively early two-part sketch (1987) of comedy partners Stephen "Oscar Wilde" Fry and Hugh "House" Laurie, with both parts connected to the World Wars. Some would say they're disrespectful. I would say they're completely absurd, and very funny!
Mr Leah
PS Apologies for one rude word at the end