Harry Hill's Clubnite

From the opening cover songs to the audience member as dancing as a hamster in the finale, this is perfect viewing for late Friday nights. Love that he has new and weird comedy acts on. Most have been brilliant and even the ones I don't get are entertaining in their surrealness. I really hope they make more.

This sort of felt like kids tv made for adults. They have a really varied range of stand-ups, double acts, music acts, a woman dressed up some grapes, stuff that really pushes the boundaries of what qualifies as comedy. And (mostly) nobody complains about Trump or PC culture, which is a welcome relief. Really hope they do another series.

I tuned in every week for the tiny sliver of stand-up that Harry did... For which it gets the one star. The rest is dreadful. Awful, unfunny, woke comedians, each desperately plying a different gimmick (one of them an embarrassingly bad weightlifting comedienne!) Can't we just have somebody who stands there and says funny things? Attaching Harrys name to this was a real cheat, as he played a relatively minor role in it. Get back to what you do best, Harry

1) they use awful canned laughter every 5 seconds, even at moments that a comedian is still setting up a joke (so there's nothing to laugh at yet). 2) They control the volume of the laughter in such a manner that doesn't seem natural to regular laughing, and it's on a much higher volume to the comedians, so you're trying to pay attention to the jokes, and get ear by the laughs. 3) Granted, I've only been able to endure watching one episode, but as a guy who watches a lot of comedy, I can easily say they don't go looking for any great comedians. Bad timing, flat jokes, over enunciation, hack gimmicks. 4) Also awful host: Not funny, annoying, narcissistic.

Great to see some new act given a go. Some might not be to everyone's taste, but there are some real crackers in there. Hope it gets a second series and grows. Thank you Harry Hill and Channel 4 for taking a risk.