April 29, 2008
The British are coming, the British are coming…to iTunes
Posted Apr. 29, ’08, 8:08 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | iTunes » iTunes Store
Last night, I vowed to start using more Anglicisms even if meant holding up under the disparaging looks of my colleagues: it’s worth the sacrifice just to be able to refer to someone as a complete muppet. What fuels this passion of mine? Well, much as I’d like to merely chalk it up to those months that I lived in the UK back in the early part of the decade, I have to admit it’s mainly a function of the excessive amounts of British TV that I watch.
That’s just gotten even easier, as Apple’s added shows from BBC America to the iTunes Store (iTunes link). You can now pick up episodes from three series: Torchwood, Little Britain, and Robin Hood. I’ve watched both the first and last of those shows, and enjoyed both. The store, unfortunately, only has the second seasons of both shows Robin Hood (as Sean points out below, Torchwood Series 1 is there), so if you’re looking for completeness, you’ll have to go elsewhere.
Honestly, though, I was hoping more for the likes of Doctor Who, Hustle, and Spooks, all of which are shown on networks other than BBC America in the US. Why must you continue to thwart me, silly international borders?
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Exactly! Where is Doctor Who? Don't be such a tease, Beeb!
Not "muppet" - that's Kermit, Miss Piggy etc - you mean "moppet".
Just don't anyone a nonce.
... call anyone a nonce.
I'm pretty sure "muppet" is used as slang (I remember it from Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels); Wikipedia agrees with me (and we all know it never lies!).
Can I at least refer to people as tossers?
Torchwood Series 1 is, in fact, available. Downloading it as we speak.
Torchwood Series 1 is, in fact, available. Downloading it as we speak.
News so nice, I posted it twice. Sorry.
I prefer to call people nutters myself (Safari's spell check doesn't care for it though).
This is great news, I don't get BBC America and I love Torchwood. Doctor Who is less of an issue because most people get Sci Fi (which is owned by NBC Universal, so I guess we know why that's not available). However, there are specific episodes I would like to own ("The Girl in the Fireplace" rules), which is, of course, iTunes's strength.
As a Brit, I can say I've never heard anyone called a 'moppet', but muppet is very common, especially around London.
It's one of the 'nicer' put-downs, but I can't type the nastier ones for comparison, sorry!
FYI, Spooks is on BBC America as "MI-5"