Review with Myles Barlow

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Review with Myles Barlow
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First DVD Released
Genre Black comedy, Satire
Created byPhil Lloyd
Developed byPhil Lloyd
Written by Phil Lloyd, Trent O'Donnell
Directed by Trent O'Donnell
Presented byPhil Lloyd (as Myles Barlow)
StarringPhil Lloyd (as Myles Barlow)
Narrated byPhil Lloyd
Theme music composerMatt Blackman
ComposersTrevor Bell, Cameron Bruce, Matt Blackman
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producerMegan Harding
ProducerDean Bates
Production locationsSydney, Australia
EditorReuben Field
Running time30 minutes (excluding commercials)
Production company Starchild Productions
Release
Original network ABC2
ABC1 The Christmas Special
Original release16 October 2008 (2008-10-16) 
22 December 2010 (2010-12-22)
Related
Review (2014–2017)

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.

Contents

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)

  • Stealing:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Running out your partner: Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Dickheads:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg
  • Bushranging: Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Risk:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg

Episode 2 (23 October)

  • Murder:Star half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Fishing without bait: Star half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Self Belief:Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Lying: Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg
  • Divorce:Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg

Episode 3 (30 October)

  • Voyeurism:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Budget Airlines: Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Vanity:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Being a rock star: Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg
  • Heroism:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg

Episode 4 (6 November)

  • Criticism:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Open heart surgery: Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg
  • Inter-generational Romance:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Losing one's train of thought: Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Betrayal:Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg

Episode 5 (13 November)

  • Paying for Sex:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Sex with a Male Prostitute: Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Regret: Star half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Freeloading:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Meeting Your Ex-Wife's New Partner: Star empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Destitution:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg

Episode 6 (20 November)

  • Stress:Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Disappointing Others: Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Testing Loyalty:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Bare-knuckle Boxing: Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg
  • Reconciliation: Unable to be reviewed

Logie Awards of 2009

Presented as a segment as part of the telecast of the Logies.

Series Two (2010)

Episode 1 (22 July)

  • Wanderlust:Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • The Pill: Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Addiction:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Saint Bernard Rescue Dogs: Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Starting Your Own Cult:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg

Episode 2 (29 July)

Episode 3 (5 August)

Episode 4 (12 August)

  • Imitation:Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Being Molested by a professional rugby league footballer: Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Hatred:Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Pet Llamas: Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Justice:Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg

Episode 5 (19 August)

  • Treechange:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg
  • Throwing a Pair of Shoes over a Power Line: Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg
  • Art:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • French Restaurant Runners: Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Sympathy:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg

Episode 6 (26 August)

  • Happiness:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Office Cricket: Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Escapism:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Road Kill Sandwich: Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  • Acceptance:Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg

The Christmas Special

Cast

Main

Guests

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.

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