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Nathan Barley - Episode 1
The first episode of Nathan Barley, Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker's British sitcom satirizing hip media and startup scenesters in mid-2000s Shoreditch. Cynical writer Dan Ashcroft finds himself idolized by the moronic Nathan Barley.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a savage, ahead-of-its-time parody of startup and tech culture.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- genuinelyfunnynazi
- Topic
- tech culture satire
- Format
- comedy
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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If you like Chris Morris material I can highly, highly , recommend Nathan Barley which was ahead of its time: [VIDEO] Sad that his web site is now offline... www.trashbat.co.ck
qingcharles on Hacker News · 2023-07
In When did Alan Partridge first appear on television?You might also like "Nathan Barley (2005)" - a savage British TV parody of the mid-2000s startup scene in Shoreditch, London. [VIDEO]
cutler on Hacker News · 2018-11
In If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.