The BBC is an institution of genius, one of the great achievements of the 20th century. It's famed for its news reporting, drama, comedy and documentaries; it provides the best radio stations and website on Earth.
Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse
But there is a plot to destroy it; a plot to which Ross and Brand's childish remarks gave an unwitting but enormous boost; a plot led by people who say they support the BBC but not the licence fee, by people who find the word 'fuck' more offensive than Holocaust denial. By its competitors.
What's wrong with calling a burglar brave? Why are people so f***ing hung up abouts wearing? Why do the asterisks in that sentence make it okay? Why do so many people want to stop other people doing things, and how can they be stopped from stopping them? Why is every film and TV programme a sequel or a remake? Why are we so reliant on per petual diversion that someone has created a chocolate toothpaste? Is there anything to be done about the internet?
These and many other questions trouble David Mitchell as he delights us with a tour of the absurdities of modern life.
Funny, provocative and shot through with refreshing amounts of common sense, Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse celebrates and commiserates on the state of things in our not entirely glorious nation.
David Mitchell is a comedian, actor, writer and the polysyllabic member of Mitchell and Webb.He won BAFTAs for Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb Look, and has also starred in Jam and Jerusalem, The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff and Ambassadors.
He writes for the Observer, chairs The Unbelievable Truth, co- hosts 10 O'Clock Live, is a team captain on Would I Lie To You? and has been in two films, neither of which made a profit.
Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse - David Mitchell6 November 2014, £18.99 hardback
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