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[Your Excellency]

[Edit: This is a work in progress, made in something of an emergency as we're getting forcibly removed from various threads. OP will be improved over time with links etc, feel free to make any suggestions]

Essential links for UK residents:

News:
The Guardian (make this your homepage)
The New Statesman
The Huffington Post UK

TV:
4OD (Huge online archive of Channel 4 programmes spanning the last 20 years)
BBC IPlayer

Podcasts:
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo's Movie Reviews
This American Life
Friday Night Comedy
A History of the World in 100 Objects
The House I Grew Up In
Great Lives

Going out:
Restaurant Vouchers
Concerts: who's playing what when
UK Cinema Release Dates

Shopping:
HotUKDeals (great for finding out who's selling games and other stuff for cheap)
Amazon UK

Clothes:
Jack Wills (just buy the gilet, nothing else)
Zara
H+M
Asos (the best online clothes shop there is)

Top Ten British Movies You Absolutely Must Watch:

10. About A Boy
9. In The Loop
8. Notting Hill
7. Shawn of the Dead
6. The King's Speech
5. The Girl In The Cafe
4. Trainspotting
3. Snatch
2. A Clockwork Orange
1. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Top Ten British TV Shows You Absolutely Must Watch

10. Mr Bean
9. Screenwipe
8. Some Mother's Do Ave Em
7. Peep Show
6. Extras
5. The Thick of It
4. Gamezville
3. State of Play
2. Fawlty Towers
1. The Office

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Gamertag/PSN/Steam ID:
Age:
Hometown:
Current residence:
Occupation:
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there:
University (Past/Present/Future):
Favourite TV Show:
Post picture of your favourite british girl:

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[Your Excellency]

Me first:

Age: 25
Hometown: Nottingham
Current residence: Flat in London
Sports team of choice: None
Occupation: Student
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: The Roundhay Fox in Leeds. Meat pie.
University (Past/Present/Future): Nottingham Trent, then BPP Law School
Favourite TV Show: The Thick of It
Post picture of your favourite british girl:

Also, we need to start arranging places for the UK-gaf meet-up. Throw your suggestions this-a-way.


Current contenders for locations are London and Nottingham.

If we meet up in London we do this:

1. Meet up at Sloane Square and look down our noses at the nouveau riche
2. Shop at Kings Road/Knightsbridge, buy some designer suits
3. Cream tea at the Ritz
4. Get our eyebrows and tans done at the spa
5. Start the night in Shoreditch for some fun with the commoners
6. End the night at some millionnaires mansion, smoke cigars and laugh heartily

If we meet up in Nottingham we do this:

1. Meet up at Market Square and avoid looking at the naked peasant children dancing in the water
2. Shop at Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, buy some designer tracksuits and a hot-dog
3. Dinner of Chicken and Chips at Dixy Chicken
4. Spit at things and generally be an oaf
5. Start the night having a drink of Chekov Vodka in the carpark at Forest Green, proceed to Oceana
6. End the night sleeping on Dave's sofa whilst listening to Dave bang someone upstairs

 

[Dead Man]

Copying the colonials again? Good to see you can recognise a good idea when you see it! Keep calm and carry on. Cheers, BritGAF.

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

I went to BPP D:

Age: 25
Hometown: London
Current residence: London
Sports team of choice: Arsenal
Occupation: Paralegal
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: No idea
University (Past/Present/Future): University of Manchester, BPP, City Law School
Favourite TV Show: Don't watch tv that often!

 

[Dabookerman]

Why can't this be in Off Topic

Anyway..

Age: 24
Hometown: London (The cesspit that is Hackney)
Current residence: Greater Manchester
Sports team of choice: None
Occupation: Games Character Artist
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: Kebabalons (don't really have one.. just the name it self is amazing)
University (Past/Present/Future): London Metropolitan University
Favourite TV Show: Currently, erm, Top Gear.. QI?
Post picture of your favourite british girl:
I'm at work so I will update this later on.

 

[BackwardsSuggestions]

Age: 19
Hometown: Swansea, Wales
Current residence: Swansea, Wales
Sports team of choice: Don't like sports.
Occupation: Student
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: Weatherspoons (Lasgnia)
University (Past/Present/Future): University of Wales Institute Cardiff
Favourite TV Show: Doctor Who
Post picture of your favourite british girl:

Hollly & Ffern:

 

[SmokyDave]

Nice topic.

Odd though it may seem, I'd like to register a vote against Nottingham. The nightlife around here is awesome but we're not friendly to out-of-towners. I don't want a GAFfer getting knifed on my watch. Manchester?

Age: 31
Hometown: Nottingham.
Current residence: Nottingham.
Sports team of choice: Don't have one.
Occupation: Dental Software Technician? Don't really know my job title.
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: Tonic, Braised Nottinghamshire Beef. I'm a simple lad.
University (Past/Present/Future): Nope, but possibly in the future.
Favourite TV Show: Spooks, I reckon.
Post picture of your favourite british girl: The missus? Not sure she'd like that. I'll go with Jodie Shaw instead but I can't find a SFW picture.

 

[Kyaw]

Age: 16
Hometown: Rangoon, Burma.
Current residence: Solihull, Birmingham. Moving to Chelmsford, Essex in about a month.
Sports team of choice: N/A
Occupation: Student
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: N/A
University (Past/Present/Future): Not so sure yet
Favourite TV Show: Top Gear, Dr Who, LOST, Chuck, Firefly
Post picture of your favourite british girl: Keeley Hazell

 

[Chinner]

i'm goign to write out a new op for this thread. fuck the po-lice.

smokeydave is 31? thought you were like late 20s, you're aged well babe.

 

[daviyoung]

Moving to Chelmsford, Essex in about a month.

My home town!

Where abouts you moving to? Which college? etc...

Edit: topic seems a bit of out place among DoTA and Capcom fighter threads.

 

[Bleepey]

Age:24
Hometown:London
Current residence:see above
Sports team of choice: World's most casual Arsenal fan
Occupation: Soon to be student
Favourite place to eat, and what to order theressh don't know
University (Past/Present/Future): Soon to be Strand Polytechnic for postgrad
Favourite TV Show: Honestly not sure about UK shows. But Burn notice is the shit.
Post picture of your favourite british girl:

 

[SteveWD40]

Age: 31
Hometown: Manchester
Current residence: See above
Sports team of choice: lol, MMA is for real men
Occupation: Director (of my staff of: me)
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: Sams Chop House, the signature Corn Beef Hash
University (Past/Present/Future): Nien
Favourite TV Show: The Wire
Post picture of your favourite british girl:

Gotta be honest! there was a long list to pick from...

As for meet up, Manchester is easy for me since I live in the centre of it, I think it's a good bet but I would actually throw out Birmingham as my vote, simply so I can get really pissed and not come home and wake the gf, nothing better than having a a shitty hotel room waiting for you after a night out...

 

[Meadows]

Age: 20
Hometown: Warrington (but really Manchester, I lived closer to Manchester city centre than Warrington town centre)
Current residence: Llandudno/Kaohsiung/York
Sports team of choice: Liverpool FC/Warrington Wolves
Occupation: Student/Pizza Delivery Driver
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Chicken & Camembert
University (Past/Present/Future): University of York (Sociology) and hopefully next year MA at The University of Sydney studying International Relations.
Favourite TV Show: The Apprentice
Post picture of your favourite british girl: Lucy Pinder

 

[radioheadrule83]

Xbox Live Gamertag: FrakEarth
3DS Friend Code: 2234-7196-8925
Age: 28
Hometown: Liverpool
Current residence: Shared flat / house in Bath, South West
Sports team of choice: Liverpool FC
Occupation: Civil Servant
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: Beef Satay, Egg Fried Rice - don't care where I eat it
University (Past/Present/Future): Edge Hill, Lancs
Favourite TV Show: Battlestar Galactica (British TV? Doctor Who, Burnistoun)
Post picture of your favourite british girl: I can't post pics of my moon and stars, so I'll go withhhh.... Suzanna Reid, BBC News reader (and MILF)

I may be back to post more women.

edit: I have since clarified below that Helena Bonham-Carter is in fact my favourite British girl / woman.

 

[king picollo]

Age: 30
Hometown: Headcorn
Current residence: Headcorn
Sports team of choice: Nottingham Forest, so many people from Nottingham and yet none of you support the Reds, shame on you.
Occupation: Reporting Analyst
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: Fest, pizza.
University (Past/Present/Future): Uni of Greenwich
Favourite TV Show: Modern Family (was this supposed to be a UK show?)
Post picture of your favourite british girl: Rachel Riley

 

[SteveWD40]

Suzanna Reid, BBC News reader (and MILF)
]

Bro-Fist, she was my runner up (mines Kate Silverton if you didn't know, another BBC newsreader and MILF).

 

[Kyaw]

My home town!

Where abouts you moving to? Which college? etc...

Edit: topic seems a bit of out place among DoTA and Capcom fighter threads.

Trying to get into King Edward Sixth Form but that is extremely competitive. Need 8+ A* for that which i'm sure am not going to get.

Second choice is Sandon sixth form and third is Moulsham. Moving to a flat near the town centre.

Whereabouts do you live?

PS. I get all warm and fuzzy when i see Suzanna Reid on BBC...

 

[Pookmunki]

Gamertag: Pookmunki (both psn and xbl)
Age:28
Hometown: Derby
Current residence: Nottingham
Sports team of choice: N/A
Occupation: Assistant Toiletries Buying Manager - Own Label
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: Chiquitos - Chimichangas
University (Past/Present/Future): Dropped out of Derby
Favourite TV Show: US - 24 UK- Luther / Alan Partridge
Post picture of your favourite british girl: My Wife (got married on Saturday) Otherwise Monica Belluci (pic later)

Edit - British fail - got to be Nigella then
Edit 2 - Added GT

 

[dazed808]

Age: 35
Hometown: Southampton
Current residence: Southampton
Sports team of choice: The mighty Saints
Occupation: IT & Photography Lab manager
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: My house - chilli
University (Past/Present/Future): erm nope
Favourite TV Show: Mighty Boosh/HIGNFY
Post picture of your favourite british girl: Sticking with the TV News girls theme - Reham Khan

 

[radioheadrule83]

Bro-Fist, she was my runner up (mines Kate Silverton if you didn't know, another BBC newsreader and MILF).

I didn't know her name, but now I'm glad that I do. It'll be like WD40... for my penis.

Also, in terms of sites in the OP:

Very.co.uk and asos.com are also good for clothes
eBuyer.com is good for computers, components, TVs etc.
beyondtelevision.co.uk is good if you're considering buying a new TV, but always shop around for big items anyway

 

[daviyoung]

Trying to get into King Edward Sixth Form but that is extremely competitive. Need 8+ A* for that which i'm sure am not going to get.

Second choice is Sandon sixth form and third is Moulsham. Moving to a flat near the town centre.

Whereabouts do you live?

PS. I get all warm and fuzzy when i see Suzanna Reid on BBC...

Cool. Had a few friends that went to KEGGS (that's what you'll be calling King Edward's Grammar School). I know very little about Sandon other than the name. Grew up in Moulsham, went to their Sixth Form.

Friends and family still live in Chelmsford, but I'm down near Southampton at the moment.

It's a good town I think. Unfortunately when I was your age there wasn't much to do other than park activities, but I think that's pretty much standard in any UK town.

 

[Songbird]

I'm excited for a possible UK meet, but since I have no car I can only afford to get to one up north. Notts is okay, but Manchester or York are even better (in a lot of ways).

Age: 22
Hometown: Hull
Current residence: Somewhere up north...
Sports team of choice: Hull, kinda.
Occupation: HA HA HA
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: Nutmeg cafe in my hometown, Hedon. Get a filled yorkie pudding while you're there!
University (Past/Present/Future): UClan, Preston.
Favourite TV Show: CSI, heh.
Post picture of your favourite british girl: Elly Jackson. I regret nothing.

 

[Monkeylord]

Age: 33
Hometown: London
Current residence: Gillingham (Kent)
Sports team of choice: Wuh!?
Occupation: Contract Administrator
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: The Hollywood Bowl (Gillingham), Empire State Burger
University (Past/Present/Future): I am unwashed and ignorant
Favourite TV Show: Bottom, Brass Eye, Garth Merenghi, Green Wing, Time Gentlemen Please, Black Books, The IT Crowd, Comic Strip Presents... gaaah, too many to choose from!
Post picture of your favourite british girl: I'll have to post this later, can't decide.

 

[Omikaru]

Age: 23
Hometown: Cardiff
Current residence: Bridgend (yes, the suicide town); moving back to Cardiff soon
Sports team of choice: Cardiff Blues (rugby)
Occupation: Dole cockroach graduate
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: Happy gathering in Canton, Cardiff. It's a pretty good Chinese restaurant, but honestly, I only go there for the amazing honey glazed prawns.
University (Past/Present/Future): Glamorgan (undergrad), applying to SOAS in London for a postgrad (hopefully starting September 2012)
Favourite TV Show: Life on Mars (UK), Ghost in the Shell: SAC (Intl.)
Post picture of your favourite british girl: In keeping with Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes...

I think we should also get some gamertag/PSN/Steam ID love going on here too.

 

[Kyaw]

Cool. Had a few friends that went to KEGGS (that's what you'll be calling King Edward's Grammar School). I know very little about Sandon other than the name. Grew up in Moulsham, went to their Sixth Form.

Friends and family still live in Chelmsford, but I'm down near Southampton at the moment.

It's a good town I think. Unfortunately when I was your age there wasn't much to do other than park activities, but I think that's pretty much standard in any UK town.

I'm not much of an outgoing person anyway. So that's not much of a problem.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

Alright you silly bastards. I'm here.

Age: 20
Hometown: Oldham
Current residence: Outskirts of aforementioned mill town
Sports team of choice: None (Man U if pushed >_>)
Occupation: Unemployed waster (currently)
Favourite place to eat: Black Ladd up in Saddleworth
University: lolno
British girl:

Karen fucking Gillan <3 <3 <3

 

[EatChildren]

Is there a dentist application form?

 

[Xun]

Age: 21
Hometown: Bromley (Kent)
Current residence: Bromley (Kent)
Sports team of choice: N/A
Occupation: Unemployed
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: Don't have one
University (Past/Present/Future): Ravensbourne, just recently finished.
Favourite TV Show: Top Gear
Post picture of your favourite british girl: Rachel Riley (I see I'm not the only one)

Also I'm definitely up for a London-GAF meetup.

 

[Dabookerman]

Manchester works very well for me.

 

[radioheadrule83]

Can we make any meetup known a good number of weeks in advance? Unless you're on one of the main lines into London, it's not always cheap or easy to get there unless you book plenty of time in advance.

A North edition in Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle could have hilarious consequences also.

Moar Rachel Riley:

 

[CHEEZMO™]

We could all meet up and roam the streets beating up chavs and righting wrongs.

 

[Your Excellency]

University (Past/Present/Future): Ravensbourne, just recently finished.

A female friend of mine is considering doing a degree in Fashion Design there but doesn't know much about it. Is it any good?

 

[Hixx]

Gamertag/PSN/Steam ID: jonftm73/jonno73/hixxsafc
Age: 20
Hometown: Peterlee, East Durham. Envy me.
Current residence: ^
Occupation: Bum. Or student. Bit of both.
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: Bella Italia in Durham maybe, decent scran
University (Past/Present/Future): I'm too poor. Also a bit thick.
Favourite TV Show: Sons of Anarchy
Post picture of your favourite british girl:

 

[Xun]

A female friend of mine is considering doing a degree in Fashion Design there but doesn't know much about it. Is it any good?

Fashion and broadcast subjects from what I've heard are good, but other courses (as I learnt) really aren't.

They've really gone downhill since moving to the new building. For example:

• No computers (aside from a few in the fashion area), so you're essentially forced to use a laptop.

• No classrooms (aside from fashion/broadcasting), so you're constantly moving around the building. For what I did (animation) it just wasn't practical at all.

• Lack of student events (although now that they've had a year to settle it'll probably be better)

Considering she'll be doing fashion I'm sure it'll be fine for her, but if she were doing another course I really wouldn't recommend it.

It's a huge mistake not having any classrooms for courses.

 

[SmokyDave]

Is there a dentist application form?

No, but you're in the right place to get glassed.

 

[EatChildren]

Oh my god at Rachel Riley. That video of her in the pink dress.

No, but you're in the right place to get glassed.

I'm from Australia. A trip to the supermarket gets me glassed.

 

[radioheadrule83]

Julia Bradbury
Wish You Were Here, Antiques Roadshow, various outdoorsy programmes like Coast, Countryfile etc.

Julia Sawalha
Absolutely Fabulous, Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

Back in the day, Helen Chamberlain
Soccer AM

Louissa Lytton
Eastenders, The Bill

Jorgie Porter
Hollyoaks

Nigella Lawson
Voluptuous TV cookery mistress

 

[Empty]

bbc podcasts section is in dying need of adam and joe. radio 4's in our time is good too but can be really dry. nice resources though. the uk film release dates list reminds me that next week we get arrietty ages before america (as with tintin) which is a nice change as uk film release dates are normally pretty bad (fuck you disney-pixar).

Age: 20
Hometown: london
Current residence: parents house in west london as it's the uni holiday
Occupation: student
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: saygar, spring dosa
University (Past/Present/Future): aberdeen (present)
Favourite TV Show: the wire, though i like state of play if we're talking uk tv
Post picture of your favourite british girl: uh i dunno. carey mulligan is pretty cute

 

[SmokyDave]

I'm from Australia. A trip to the supermarket gets me glassed.

Touché.

Louisa Lytton is stunning. Off for a five-knuckle shuffle.

 

[UnblessedSoul]

Age: 20
Hometown: London
Current residence: London
Occupation: Student
Favourite place to eat, and what to order there: Nandos chicken
University (Past/Present/Future): Greenwich/LSBU
Favourite TV Show: Family guy
Post picture of your favourite british girl:

Kelly brook yes please

 

[SteveWD40]

Sarah Beeny's enormous tits have arrived...

Kneel!

 

[CHEEZMO™]

wat

 

[Meadows]

Ladsssss, there's some proper fit pictures of Helen Chamberlain if you google her. We should meet up in York. I'll host some cultural activities in the day and make sure you get plastered to fuck at night time. Promise.

 

[Pookmunki]

Fucking Gamezville - I'm dying here!

Why no 'I'm Alan Partridge'?

 

[CHEEZMO™]

Fucking Gamezville - I'm dying here!

Why no 'I'm Alan Partridge'?

YE further demonstrating his shitacular taste in the OP.

I should have made it >_>

 

[Songbird]

Ladsssss, there's some proper fit pictures of Helen Chamberlain if you google her. We should meet up in York. I'll host some cultural activities in the day and make sure you get plastered to fuck at night time. Promise.

York is one of my favourite places in the world! Yes please!

...But isn't drinking a cultural activity?

 

[SteveWD40]

York is a great idea, lovely place, I know some very good bistros and restaurants there.

Spoiler

Pubs, pubs, nothing but pubs, old dirty pubs with wenches, breasts, flagons of mead and a dart board!

 

[Meadows]

...But isn't drinking a cultural activity?

We're from the UK, what do you think?

Also, the meet-up would have to be after October the 10th as I won't be back in York until then. Also, the girls in York are nasty. SmokeyDave nasty. But in a good way. Don't tell my GF.

Spoiler

just kidding love

 

[CHEEZMO™]

SmokeyDave nasty.

 

[Pookmunki]

Out of curiosity - how many ex / current NTSC-UK members are now on GAF? Used to be my go to site but it lost a lot of its fun community spirit after a few key members were banned and I never really went back.