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BLACKOUT : tonight at 9pm Channel 4

222 replies

guineapiglet · 09/09/2013 15:28

What would happen if the lights went out!?!

Looking forward to watching this, it has had good reviews. Good night on TV tonight with Under the Dome afterwardsmakes up for all the rubbish on Saturday night Anyone else giving it a go?

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BornToFolk · 09/09/2013 21:54

Me too LittleNoona! I'm really freaking myself out.

BOF · 09/09/2013 21:54

Especially SurvivalistsWife Grin

BOF · 09/09/2013 21:55

DP has lit a candle, and I keep nervously looking at the battery life on my iPad.

Bowlersarm · 09/09/2013 21:55

I'm into it. I am always going to have a full tank of petrol and my mobile will always be fully charged. Oh and cupboards full of non perishable food and lots of water.

UnknownGnome · 09/09/2013 21:55

Aaron someone who suffers with anxiety I don't think i should be watching this...Confused

mignonette · 09/09/2013 21:55

Anyone remember the Eastern seaboard black outs a couple of years after 9/11? NYC in a panic at first thinking terrorists?

They're using riot footage from a few years back. Not as if we need a black out to have a 'good old riot' in the UK!

huddyblell · 09/09/2013 21:56

I know little noona - am cacking my pants - think I need to add lots of cash to my OFRS (I never have money on me, always use my card) and will make sure I am never further than walking distance away from my kiddies!

UnknownGnome · 09/09/2013 22:00

Aaron? As someone! Doh!

BOF · 09/09/2013 22:01

Is this just a one-off drama?

huddyblell · 09/09/2013 22:06

Full tank of petrol a v good idea. Will top up each week to keep it full, rather run down to almost empty

ballroomblitz · 09/09/2013 22:06

I like it. I'd be screwed as my phone battery is useless. Were there people stuck on the London Eye at the start? That thought freaks me out.

BOF · 09/09/2013 22:07

Poor SurvivalistBloke is too scared to put his generator on though Sad

Bowlersarm · 09/09/2013 22:08

Wouldn't fancy being in a lift. You wouldn't be able to get out, would you?

bluecheque4595 · 09/09/2013 22:08

I think the middle class family with the generator needed to get their kids on-message. "Dont talk about the generator in front of strangers." They needed to have that talk.

hogwartsismyhome · 09/09/2013 22:09

Is ankle tag man more sinister than he makes out?!

LittleNoona · 09/09/2013 22:09

Crikey!

I think I'm going to start a survival kit after watching this

AlwaysOneMissing · 09/09/2013 22:09

I'm really enjoying this! It's making me very nervous though. What is this man with a tag going to do??!

LittleRobots · 09/09/2013 22:10

I ought to turn this off so I don't get nightmares... but I'm hooked. And scared.

Bowlersarm · 09/09/2013 22:11

I think ankle tag man is ok. I fear for generator family!

RoonilWazlibWuvsHermyown · 09/09/2013 22:11

I'm an hour behind you all but OMG the thought of this happening makes me feel sick Shock

LittleRobots · 09/09/2013 22:11

I think the sale of survival realted bits and bobs might go up...

RoonilWazlibWuvsHermyown · 09/09/2013 22:11

Oh, can I be annoying and ask, how much of it is real footage and how much is Blair witch fake?

Abra1d · 09/09/2013 22:12

At least the petrol-thieving yobs have relieved the national gene pool of their future contribution and blown themselves up.

Hope the London Eye people have been got down.

LittleRobots · 09/09/2013 22:14

They've used past news footage apparently (london riots, I remember there being a news event over rubbish building up at some point, the water etc) and merged it. I also found the bit about 2 people escaping a lift was found from You Tube of two soldiers!

LittleRobots · 09/09/2013 22:15

And obviously added to it!