Harry Hill's Lonely Island (2021–2022) User Reviews

What did I just watch?

[danef888 · 1/10 · 13 March 2021]

This actually makes me angry knowing that the BBC paid to have this made!

It has an awkwardness about it that is cringe worthy, like somebody trying to make a kid laugh that isn't very good with kids. It made me think about physical comedy and I have just rewatched some old Mr Bean episodes, which I probably have not seen for 15 years or so. Mr Bean may not be your style of comedy but nobody can argue the amount of thought and pure cleverness that went into execute those sketches.

This is so far from any originality or indeed funniness I am actually encouraging people to watch it, as it is shocking for me to consider people were actually paid to make this.

There can be an argument had for "silliness for the sake of silliness" but this isn't that. its simply lazy.

Monochrome Madness

[owen-watts · 6/10 · 22 March 2022]

Harry Hill's series of short vignettes produced in the plague years are fairly standard for him, with a dose of classical slapstick - but they lack any huge belly laughs or pathos. In fact, I'd venture that all of these put together mean much less than the short film he made for Grayson Perry around the same time for his art club where Hill emotionally hugged a tree with a picture he'd drawn of his mum stuck to it. These are more standard surreal fare - although it's a shame the final episode was delayed for a year due to perceived sensitivities over the simple act of the queen rogering a fox in a tent.

WTAF

[davidjacomb · 1/10 · 3 February 2023]

This might be... no it is the worse. The worse... thing there has never been ever ever ever on British television in the history off anything anytime ever.. whoever signed off on this should do time in jail... its utter criminal how bad this is.. once you've seen this you have to rip your telly off the wall and burn it because it will never be the same again.. its just not fair on the telly.... end its life and end it straight away... Harry Hill is about as funny as stubbing your toe on a new born babies umbilical cord while humming Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of The Moon" (full album) watch this if you dare.. watch this if your life has no meaning.. watch this and pour salt in your eyes... you have been warned..

Nonsense

[Mark_a_Wood · 7/10 · 12 March 2021]

These three (a 4th has been delayed) wordless, b/w shorts are nonsense - and it is up to the viewer to either enjoy the nonsensical nature of them or to give a harrumph and change the channel.

Harry Hill writes, directs, produces and stars in the three shorts taking on the role of a caveman, Napoleon Bonaparte and a monkey - all wearing Hill's spectacles to add a further air of surrealism. The comedy is physical and unsurprisingly harks back to the silent comedies of Chaplin, Lloyd, Keaton et al - as does Hill's exaggerated facial expressions, the stark make-up and the not so special special effects. There are amusing moments in all three shorts but the very short running time doesn't allow ideas to develop much and there does seem to be a recurring problem of how to end each of the episodes.

Overall the episodes made me chuckle and that is what they were intended to do.

Classic Harry Hill material.

[mrdirtylegs · 9/10 · 17 March 2021]

This is the kind of Harry Hill comedy I love, and have been waiting for the past 20 years. Harry Hill used to put together some surreal and hilarious sketches on his Channel 4 shows. Stouffer the cat, confusing badger based sitcoms, the controller of C4, crazy and brilliant.

These short sketches are Harry at is best, thoroughly enjoyable and lots of fun. Non-offensive, harmless and kind - they had our whole family laughing. From our four year old son, all the way up to a sceptical wife who has been dragged across London to see a questionable Sky One Harry Hill show.

I hope this is a sign of some great Harry Hill things to come on the BBC.