Fact times importance equals news

The fact is that 'Nathan Barley' begins on C4 on Friday night at 10pm.

The importance is that it's produced by Chris Morris, stars Julian Barrett of 'The Mighty Boosh' and is the TV adaptation of Charlie Brooker's 'Cunt' from TV Go Home.

Thus it is news.

To be honest, the noises being made about it aren't too encouraging. This chap's criticism could be dismissed as jealousy, given that his own project along similar lines failed to take off, but the folk at Morris fan site Cookd And Bombd are none too impressed either, lambasting it as lacking imagination and subtlety and continuing the downturn in quality of Morris's output: "If you find the idea of a perverted rock/scissors/paper game called cock/muff/bumhole hilarious you may find something in this show to like, if not love. On the other hand, if you're not 12 and think Bo Selecta is childish bollocks you'll almost certainly be woefully disappointed."

As someone who didn't think 'Jam' represented a "downturn", I'll make up my own mind, thank you very much. In the meantime, here's a profile of the man himself from the Observer.

(Thanks to Pete for the link.)