Presenting duties fall to Radio One’s Greg James and comedian Russell Kane, who behave like two excitable 5-year-olds that can’t believe they’re on television. James at least manages to show some decorum (his experience on Radio One evident), but Kane prances around the studio desperate for attention, making tiring innuendo and gurning into the camera. Not only is he irritating in his quest to get the last laugh on every link, but his comments are offensive; an audience member commenting that he doesn’t drink prompts Kane to point at him and shout: “Gay! Gay! Gay!”
Segments in the first episode alone include taking the bedsheet of a young Welshman and using a UV light to find the stains, getting an audience member to eat a burger made of dog food, and asking fame-hungry I’m A Celebrity loser Sinitta what her recurring nightmare is. “What am I doing here?” Holly Willoughby, the first episode’s celebrity guest, wonders aloud.
The script, if it even exists, is dire and the whole premise is contrived and childish. BBC3 was launched to provide a channel for young adults, yet this programme does nothing but patronise the viewer by continually shoving dirty jokes and suggestive statements down their throats (pun intended).
Only 5 episodes in, this slow-motion car crash still has 5 to go until it leaves our screens. If you really want to find out what’s going on inside your head, do yourself a favour and read some Freud.
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