Just a quicky observation or two here…probably totally inconclusive though…
After watching ‘Perfect Night In‘ with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (ahh the beauty of syntax, I can make it sound like they were round my house!) they showed two episodes of Spaced that they had picked themselves. First was the clubbing episode and second was the gun-fight episode- the real names escape me…will edit later!
Anyway, first thing I noticed was the presence of an ad break. I was rather shocked at this unexpected punctuation of the episode, but at the same time I was interested to see where Edgar, Jess and Simon had decided to break off the story for maximum effect. You see I’ve watched them mostly on DVD, where I can pick and choose when to go and get my Jaffa Cakes from my coat pocket and eleventh cup of tea (twelve’s my limit though 
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Which brings me to my next observation- that this was probably (almost certainly) the first time they’d been repeated on terrestrial TV since they were first aired (possibly series 1 got a repeat, but I’m certain series 2 didn’t) and this, to me, is a complete crime! Possibly one of the most original sitcoms of recent years just doesn’t get the air time it deserves. But I suppose it’s not hindered them really has it? Hot Fuzz and Shaun Of The Dead obviously did really well, and talking to some folk it seems they’ve done well without people even knowing about Spaced. I have since tried to persuade these ‘folk’ to go and get the Spaced box set and give it a whirl. Which goes back me being annoyed that the episodes have not been repeated and people not being aware of the show.
As I have somewhat come full circle with my observations, I think it’s as good a place to end as any.
Be lucky! Oi! Oi!
