Its been a bad few weeks for comedy duo Horne and Corden. Their newest sketch show has received bad reviews and suffered from falling ratings and the stress allegedly led to Matthew Horne’s collapse on stage last week.
However rumour has it that things are looking up for the boys, as their show picked up 150,000 viewers on BBC Three last week and they are apparently being wooed by ITV.
The Sun has reported that James Corden and Matthew Horne are in talks with the BBC about making another series of their new comedy show.
The BBC Three series imaginatively titled ‘Horne And Corden’ was widely slated and lost half its ratings, but talks about a second series are said to be at an advanced stage.
I have read some very damning reviews of BBC Three’s new sketch show Horne and Corden. Rosie Christie over on Unreality Shout wanted to like it, but found herself bitterly disappointed with the latest offering from the Gavin and Stacey creators. Benji Wilson at The Telegraph found it “about as funny as credit default swaps.”
I have admittedly missed both episodes of the series so far, but have been watching the odd Youtube clip on BBC’s dedicated channel. I wouldn’t say the boy’s sketches are comedy gold, but the ones I have seen have certainly been at least mildly amusing. The American piss take (embedded above) definitely made me laugh, though after the first two minutes I did get a bit bored.
Former Pop Idol finalist Will Young is all set for a guest appearance on BBC Three comedy Horne and Corden.
Matt Horne confirmed that Will has already filmed his part for the show, claiming that he gave a “fantastic” performance.
“We do have Will Young in the last sketch of Superman and Spiderman,” Horne told This Morning. “He wasn’t required to do very much but what he did do was very specific and he brought something different that we didn’t write.”
Gavin and Stacey stars Matthew Horne and James Corden launched their new sketch show imaginatively titled ‘Horne & Corden’ on BBC Three this week.
Despite negative reviews like this and this the show still managed to pull in 800,000 viewers, a new record for BBC Three.
So was ‘Horne & Corden’ good enough to warrant these high ratings or are people drawn in by the media frenzy surrounding the two brash comedians who aren’t afraid to speak their mind and create great headlines along the way? I have the episode recorded but have been strangely reticent to actually sit down and watch it so I would love to hear what some of you thought of Tuesday night’s show.
Mathew Horne and James Corden star in their own, new character comedy sketch show on BBC Three. Mathew and James host the show as themselves in front a studio audience while also playing a wide range of characters.
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