HR gets its own programme on the telly (Guru)

HR gets its own programme on the telly

March 9, 2007

Nicholas Le Provost and Jonathan Pryce in HR Guru's blog exploits in the online space are not his first dalliance in the digital world.

Oh no, almost 30 years ago he pioneered the use of the watch-cum-calculator. For a while he thought "digital" referred somehow to the care needed to make your finger press the buttons independently of each other.

Whenever technology moves on yours truly is often leading the way, keeping a keen eye on developments; waiting for the price to fall below a certain affordability threshold.

And so earlier this week, having hooked up the £19.95 set top box to the TV, he forged ahead in the digital revolution and thoroughly recommends disciples to follow suit.

Some had suggested that as the quantity of television streamed into one's living room increases, the quality plummets.

Guru is pleased to report that this can be no fruther than the truth. Sitting down on Tuesday evening and turning to BBC4, a high-brow channel that ignores the riff-raff's dumbed down demands for tosh such as Prancing on Ice, he discovered a programme that was so much about human resources they actually called it HR.

Part of the Tight Spot series of stand-alone comedies, HR saw Jonathan Pryce playing an employee whose call with a client was 'recorded for training purposes'.

Unfortunately the call in question featured Pryce repeatedly calling the client the word that means the programme had to be shunted post-post-watershed.

Pryce finds himself discussing his forthcoming appraisal with his longstanding friend and personnel officer - "We're not called that anymore!" - played by Nicholas Le Provost, who clearly has inside knowledge that both of them will soon be job-hunting.

Guru urges disciples to look out for the inevitable repeat.

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Posted for your edification by Guru on March 9, 2007 3:15 PM | Permalink

Comments (3)

a West End Whinger:

Did you see the Christmas Dr Who special, Guru? The Runaway Bride featured an HR manager called Lance Bennett who turned out to be a baddie.

Posted by a West End Whinger | March 12, 2007 10:43 AM

Posted on March 12, 2007 10:43

One Man:

I believe he even used the line "This time, it's personnel!"

Posted by One Man | March 12, 2007 11:18 AM

Posted on March 12, 2007 11:18

Scott McArthur:

I bet the plot of about a confused chap called personnel who thinks he's actually called HR but who isn't sure as he thinks he might be human capital whilst adding value to the strategic approach to rightsizing!

Posted by Scott McArthur | March 16, 2007 9:06 PM

Posted on March 16, 2007 21:06

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