Horne & Corden

I'm angry at myself for a start here, after falling in love with the show "Gavin and Stacey" I, very stupidly, got very hyped for this. Needless to say, it did not satisfy my hype. Although just to make clear, I am not judging this as bad simply in comparison to "Gavin and Stacey", as a stand alone show I found this utterly unbearable.

My main gripe with this show is the fact that it seems so awkward all the time. Every single scene, it seemed like they just weren't comfortable with their parts and of course, didn't pull it off well. Add this to the fact that, at least as a comedic duo, there is no chemistry between the two lead actors, it just makes it incredibly hard for what I imagine would be a lot of people.

In my opinion, they neither got the acting right or the writing. Maybe if they had got better writers on the show, then it could have been a far better show. Although, even with the best writers, I just don't see Matthew Horne and James Corden as a suitable duo for a sketch show.

This BBC Three sketch show was broadcast in 2009. It's a badly-written, badly-acted mess that repeats jokes which were worse than mediocre the first time.

After the success of Gavin and Stacey, two of its actors, Mathew Horne and James Corden, tried to become a comedy duo. They failed miserably at that.

No. But with the amount of hype given to it by the BBC this falls WAY short of what is expected. I watched the first episode and gave it a second chance this week, out of hope more than expectation. I won't be watching next week.

Lazy homophobia, fat jokes, lack of gags, Horne is utterly charmless. The Gervais sketch was appropriate given that Horne is attempting to become a Gervais/Pegg facsimile himself.

I'd go as far as to say this program is the nadir of the British sketch show. Hopefully it'll act as a ground zero for genuine talent - not 'rising stars' who are given a vehicle and carte blanche and produce such depressing rubbish.

Did you catch the first two episodes of Horne & Corden? I did. FML.

Not only because of the puerile, idiotic subject matter of the sketches but also because of the simple lack of comedy are Horne and Corden utterly depraved and without hope walking alone in the comedy world. A degree of skill in comedic acting of course does not imply a skill in comedic writing, Horne & Corden being the perfect example. How the two ended up with creative control… well, I shudder to think how the producers couldn't seem to tell them that the material being filmed just wasn't funny. I disliked it from episode one but I gave it a fighting chance. However, instead of fighting it floundered, and not once in three episodes have I laughed. And don't get me wrong, I'm a fun guy. I'll crack a smile at the worst of times, only Horne & Corden was worse than I thought possible. And it's a shame, too. I really was prepared to like it. I like them both so much. Or at least I thought I did.

The sketch show is of course a dangerous beast, the best some do is pack a decent amount of laughs into the first few episodes before the whole affair gets stale, but these two idiots have managed to produce a purely depressing programme in which the sketches drag on with no real jokes of any possible identification. Sit through a Xander sketch and try not to squirm. Switch off as the two morons dressed in super hero outfits ramble on about God-knows-what, but it sure as hell isn't funny. Then turn off the TV.

This programme would have been thoroughly ignorable if it hadn't been for the BBC's hype of it and the popularity of Gavin and Stacy.

It was OK i guess, i wasn't really expecting much. I'm a 15 year old girl so i thought i would give the show a try and see how it was. The majority of my friends hated it.

The series has finished now and its quite forgettable as i'm struggling to pick out a funny scene.

I was kind of disappointed with the show actually, i liked them both in Gavin and Stacey but this wasn't as funny as i wanted it to be. The same with the movie. Which i was reluctant to see.

If you like repetitive, ongoing jokes you will enjoy this show, but overall it's just OK.