Flockstars - ITV - "Celebrity sheep herding" - Surreal, Hilarious.

[Cockney Sparrow]

I was making my way through the freeview channels tonight, heading from BBC 2 towards BBC4, when I chanced upon this:

Flockstars 8:30pm, Thursday 20 August 2015. ITV1

Gabby Logan hosts the series which aims to find Britain's best celebrity sheep herder. This week, Eternal singer Kelle Bryan goes head to head with legendary DJ Tony Blackburn.

I was intrigued, to put it mildly, by a peak time evening ITV show involving Collies, Sheep, celebrities and Gabby Logan.

If I may commend the second part of the programme - where Tony Blackburn watches his Collie take not one whit of notice of his commands, and chase the sheep around (and around, and around) the arena. Preceded by Gabby announcing, in triumphant tones, "BRING ON THE SHEEP !!!".

A surreal concept, and to my mind, hilarious.

[french frank]

Gabby Logan hosts the series which aims to find Britain's best celebrity sheep herder.

[…]

Tony Blackburn watches his Collie take not one whit of notice of his commands

At least it's not a celebrity show exploiting classical music! Sheep herders can remain smug in their profession.

[Richard Tarleton]

One would have liked to have been a fly on the wall at the meeting where someone came up with the idea.

Where will it end - Celebrity Tree Surgeons.....actually that's not bad, I'm copyrighting that.

[Serial_Apologist]

One would have liked to have been a fly on the wall at the meeting where someone came up with the idea.

Where will it end - Celebrity Tree Surgeons.....actually that's not bad, I'm copyrighting that.

Randy angle grinders?

[wenotsoira]

I was at a country fayre recently and there was sheep race. They had knitted jockeys on them and the red one won, over about five fences, so my wife got her £1 stake back! Our Lurcher took part in a race and came third or fourth and i was thinking of having a stewards' enquiry as she couldn't get through the pack of other (younger) Lurchers, who had no respect for senior citizens at all, being real country bumpkins.

[Nick Armstrong]

Wasn't there One Man and His Dog on for years and years? ... the sheer tedium of which amazed the adolescent Caliban when he had the misfortune to flick through the channels and find it on.

[Serial_Apologist]

Wasn't there One Man and His Dog on for years and years? ... the sheer tedium of which amazed the adolescent Caliban when he had the misfortune to flick through the channels and find it on.

...and the grown up Serial_Apologist!

[french frank]

Wasn't there One Man and His Dog on for years and years?

The 2015 version being, inevitably, Celebrity Man and and his Dog. At least it's on ITV - one would have expected it to be on BBC these days; even Radio 3 - Classical Man and his Dog. Here, Shep

[teamsaint]

Wasn't there One Man and His Dog on for years and years? ... the sheer tedium of which amazed the adolescent Caliban when he had the misfortune to flick through the channels and find it on.

I imagine you preferred the more cultured atmosphere of Crufts, Cals.

Just amazing.

and very funny, to my un tutored eye.

[french frank]

I imagine you preferred the more cultured atmosphere of Crufts, Cals.

Just amazing.

and very funny, to my un tutored eye.

Shame - I was sure that one of them had actually dozed off and would have to be woken up. We didn't see that bit.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

One would have liked to have been a fly on the wall at the meeting where someone came up with the idea.

Where will it end - Celebrity Tree Surgeons.....actually that's not bad, I'm copyrighting that.

It makes Alan Partridge's ideas sound like prophecies!

[Nick Armstrong]

I imagine you preferred the more cultured atmosphere of Crufts, Cals.

O God no, that's another show that has me going through the drawers for sharp objects to stick in my own eyes.

It makes Alan Partridge's ideas sound like prophecies!

My first thought too, ferns!

After all, another Partridge concept did come true this week! Youth Hostelling With Chris Eubank !!!

[Richard Tarleton]

O God no, that's another show that has me going through the drawers for sharp objects to stick in my own eyes.

It's a good thing you don't live in the country, Cali - ploughing competition anybody? Non-stop entertainment.

[teamsaint]

Shame - I was sure that one of them had actually dozed off and would have to be woken up. We didn't see that bit.

I'm sure the judges would never fall asleep.
after all , they never do in court........

[teamsaint]

It's a good thing you don't live in the country, Cali - ploughing competition anybody? Non-stop entertainment.

quite popular round here.

apparently.

Here are some sports more popular with town and city dwellers....