Review with Myles Barlow
Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox television Review with Myles Barlow is an Australian satirical black comedy television series which screened on Thursday nights on ABC2 and Friday nights on ABC 1. The series began screening on 16 October 2008. It is co-written and directed by Trent O'Donnell and also co-written by Phil Lloyd. It is produced by Starchild Productions (Dean Bates and Reuben Field). The first series comprised six half-hour episodes and the second series a further six half-hour episodes. Episodes were made available for download on the ABC website. Series 1 episodes have been available to watch on-demand on YouTube.[1] Series 2 began airing on ABC2 on 22 July 2010 and finished on 26 August 2010. A Christmas special was broadcast on ABC1 on 22 December 2010.
Synopsis
Myles Barlow is a critic who reviews life experiences in response to viewer questions.[2] Barlow reviews real-life experiences such as being a murderer and a drug-mule, the rush of pleasure as he pays for sex and the bleakness of living on the streets.[3]
Regular segments include "Letter of the Week" along with a summary of the show at the beginning and highlights of the next episode which do not actually reflect the actual episode contents.
Myles uses often unnecessarily complex metaphors to conclude each segment, choosing an abstract notion or object and then comparing his experience to it.
Each episode ends with a faux-"Next Time" segment.
List of episodes
Note: Bolded reviews are primary review segments, unbolded reviews are short "breaker" reviews.
Series One (2008)
Episode 1 (16 October)
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- Running out your partner: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Dickheads: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Bushranging: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Risk: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
Episode 2 (23 October)
- Murder: File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Fishing without bait: File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Self Belief: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Lying: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Divorce: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
Episode 3 (30 October)
- Voyeurism: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Budget Airlines: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Vanity: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Being a rock star: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Heroism: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
Episode 4 (6 November)
- Criticism: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Open heart surgery: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Inter-generational Romance: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Losing one's train of thought: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Betrayal: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
Episode 5 (13 November)
- Paying for Sex: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Sex with a Male Prostitute: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Regret: File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Freeloading: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Meeting Your Ex-Wife's New Partner: File:Star empty.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Destitution: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
Episode 6 (20 November)
- Stress: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Disappointing Others: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Testing Loyalty: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Bare-knuckle Boxing: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Reconciliation: Unable to be reviewed
Logie Awards of 2009
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Presented as a segment as part of the telecast of the Logies.
Series Two (2010)
Episode 1 (22 July)
- Wanderlust: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- The Pill: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Addiction: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Saint Bernard Rescue Dogs: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Starting Your Own Cult: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
Episode 2 (29 July)
- B-Grade Celebrity: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Cockblocking: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Bucks Parties: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- 9/11 Jokes: File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Loss: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Dancing with the Stars: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".
Episode 3 (5 August)
- Killing Kyle Sandilands: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Abbey Road Re-enactments: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Fear: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Meeting Your Doppleganger: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Racism: File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
Episode 4 (12 August)
- Imitation: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Being Molested by a professional rugby league footballer: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Hatred: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Pet Llamas: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Justice: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
Episode 5 (19 August)
- Treechange: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Throwing a Pair of Shoes over a Power Line: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Art: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- French Restaurant Runners: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Sympathy: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
Episode 6 (26 August)
- Happiness: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Office Cricket: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Escapism: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Road Kill Sandwich: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Acceptance: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
The Christmas Special
- Summer Hosts: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Giving: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Competitive Christmas Lights: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Indulgence: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
- Re-gifting: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".File:Star half.svgScript error: No such module "String".
- Christmas Spirit: File:Star full.svgScript error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "String".
Cast
Main
- Phil Lloyd as Myles Barlow
Guests
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- Margot Robbie as Kelly[4] (Series 1, Episode 1)
- Catherine Jermanus as Kelly (Series 1, Episode 3)
- Amanda Bishop as Catherine Barlow (Series 1, Episode 2)
- David Stratton as himself (Series 1, Episode 4 Criticism segment)
- George Negus as himself (Series 1, Episode 3 Heroism segment)
- Emma Leonard as Ivy (Series 1, Episode 3)
- Brendan Cowell as himself (Series 1, Episode 3)
- Josh Lawson as himself (Series 1, Episode 3 and Series 2, Episode 2)
- Steven O'Donnell as Judge 1 (Series 2, Episode 2)
- Barry Crocker as himself (Series 2, Episode 2 and The Christmas Special)
- Chas Licciardello as himself (Series 2, Episode 4)
- Tony Jones as himself (The Christmas Special)
- Andrew O'Keefe as himself (The Christmas Special)
- Heath Franklin as himself/chopper (Series 2, Episode 3)
- Malcolm Kennard as Tony (1 episode)
Controversy
On 6 August 2010, the sketch "Killing Kyle Sandilands" caused controversy after it aired. Parts of the sketch, including stabbing a picture and burning an effigy of Kyle Sandilands, were received with negative views. A Current Affair did a story on the sketch, commenting that it was far too graphic and potentially dangerous. Sandilands himself did not comment on the segment.[5][6]
Adaptation
A Dutch adaptation premiered in the Netherlands.
An American television adaptation, titled Review, premiered in March 2014 on Comedy Central. On the series' final episode, Phil Lloyd appeared, playing a viewer asking what would be the last question of the program.
References
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External links
- Review with Myles Barlow on ABC's website
- Starchild Productions website
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