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Snooker Commentators: Chris Lester: Part II

That Mitchell and Webb Look 2006 Season 1 Episode 2

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The setup

Two snooker commentators agonise over a young player's missed shot, then try to out-gush each other about how good he looks in defeat and in victory.

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Robert Webb

Peter DeCoursey

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Highly quotable.

There is a quality to his fragile isolation that puts you in mind of Winona Ryder in court.

It's like basking in the light of twin suns.

The premise

Here’s the bit.

Ted and Peter are back in their takeaway-strewn commentary booth when Chris Lester misses a shot, and Peter is moved by the disappointment on the player's face. Ted wonders aloud whether Lester looks better losing or winning, and Peter says he would have to ask the player's girlfriend before offering a dreamy portrait of him wandering into the club bar after a win, his hair lit by a fruit machine. Peter caps it by likening that smile to being warmed by two suns, and Ted, agreeing wholeheartedly, tacks on a remark about his recent operation. It is the second of three Chris Lester instalments in the episode.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

David Kerr
Director
Gareth Edwards
Producer

ScriptEnglish · 6 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.

00:08
Ted Wilkes
Oh, and that's a bad miss.
00:11
Peter DeCoursey
And just look at the disappointment on Chris Lester's pretty little face. That is a shame.
00:17
Ted Wilkes
He is devastated. And I can never make up my mind whether or not he looks more stunning in moments of adversity such as these as he does in moments of elation and joy.
00:31
Peter DeCoursey
Well, Ted, for the fullest answer to that question, you'd have to ask his lovely girlfriend, Jackie. But I know what you mean. There is a quality to his fragile isolation that puts you in mind of Winona Ryder in court Which is about as sexy as it gets But for my money it's when he walks into the crucible bar after a big win or a few snatched moments with Jackie and The light from the fruit machine dances through his hair and he smiles and he turns that
01:02
Peter DeCoursey
smile onto you It's like basking in the light of twin suns
01:07
Ted Wilkes
You're quite the You're quite right, Peter. It makes me thankful my op went okay.