Geek Syndicate Issue 8 | Page 15

Geek Syndicate Image © Sky, 2012 the romance and the humour of these books. They’re also so familiar, like a warm old blanket I wrap round myself when I’m feeling a bit under the weather. TV-Hunderby Overview: a stonking send up of BBC Period dramas by ‘Nighty Night’s’ Julia Davis. The story follows the mysterious Helene, who washes up on the shores of the tiny town of Hunderby in the eighteen thirties. Why I love it: This programme is hilarious, it is the most brilliant piss take of all those soppy Period Dramas the BBC love to recycle (and I say this with love). Rufus Jones is the stand out comic in this. He plays the repressed Dr. Foggarty, who has fallen in love with the mysterious Helene, though he cares for his plain disabled wife. His catchphrase of ‘Hush-Ho’ has become a staple in my house. It’s full of slapstick and stupid jokes. When Helene is being shown round her new home she hears groaning through a locked door. She asks what the noise is and the housekeeper replies ‘it must be Owls ma’am. They do defecate through their mouths’. ‘Nuff said! Strangers meet to eat... and win £1,000 Cash Well done you have survived the journey beyond the Comfort Zone. If you have read and enjoyed this little slice of the Geek Syndicate mindset then play along and send us your picks for Beyond the Comfort Zone to [email protected]. Our fave ones we will run on the GS website. Barry Nugent 15