May 2, 2008...8:00 am
Junction 2 - Coverage round-up
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For my own amusement as much as anything else I thought I’d do a post rounding up some of the coverage the project has received so far, which has been so far-reaching that now if you type “230 Miles Of Love” into google, we’re the *first* result, pretty impressive, huh?
- Steve at Chortle got things going with a piece going over the basics of the deal. I then emailed him and moaned asking if he was going to cover it, whereupon he replied that he already had. I rescued this potentially embarassing situation with a witty rejoinder that I have yet to think of.
- The Express and Star then took an early lead for best punning headline with their “S-miles ahead for motorists“. It’s the hyphen that makes it funny. They also described the show as “risque” and obliquely referred to the sketch where a man gets his car stuck up his own arse. I don’t think that can possibly count as risque in a nation with the highest teen pregnancy rate in Europe. They complete the piece by saying that I’m 30 (which I am) and naming where I used to go to school. Could someone please advise at what age in local papers is there a cut-off point for describing someone as an X-old boy?
- Anna Pickard from The Guardian gave the show a nice review of sorts (apart from describing one of the sketches as teeth-itchingly annoying, which it is) and made supportive noises which is great, everyone needs supportive noises.
- Lots of blog postings about it here, here and here.
The obvious lesson I’ve learned is not to launch a project at the same time as elections. Apparently working in journalism I should know this.
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