I'm neither a big fan nor a big hater of the two presenters, Nish Kumar and Josh Widdecombe - I've seen both in programmes I've liked, but I wouldn't generally seek them out, either.
Yet here, both comedians are at their weakest.
I get that this is supposed to be a comedy programme, but with neither of the pair seeming to have any ability as journalists, or much real interest in learning the skills necessary for the job, most of the episode I watched (the first) simply left me scratching my head as to what the point of any of it was.
The episode's run time was filled with the pair flailing around to find a story to make the front page of a local newspaper, but none they tried to find made for even remotely interesting viewing. To be honest, I don't even want to read the banal stories that are the bread and butter of local newspapers, never mind watch a pair of non-journalists try to dig them up. It wasn't entertaining and it wasn't funny.
I imagine this programme was commissioned to be something like that Romesh Ranganathan-Rob Beckett series that seems to be on all the time. Yet a positive of that one is that they tackle a different challenge each episode - and they are somewhat funnier, too, in the few I have seen - whereas this series is going to be flogging the same horse every week. Personally, though, I certainly won't be watching any more.
Yet here, both comedians are at their weakest.
I get that this is supposed to be a comedy programme, but with neither of the pair seeming to have any ability as journalists, or much real interest in learning the skills necessary for the job, most of the episode I watched (the first) simply left me scratching my head as to what the point of any of it was.
The episode's run time was filled with the pair flailing around to find a story to make the front page of a local newspaper, but none they tried to find made for even remotely interesting viewing. To be honest, I don't even want to read the banal stories that are the bread and butter of local newspapers, never mind watch a pair of non-journalists try to dig them up. It wasn't entertaining and it wasn't funny.
I imagine this programme was commissioned to be something like that Romesh Ranganathan-Rob Beckett series that seems to be on all the time. Yet a positive of that one is that they tackle a different challenge each episode - and they are somewhat funnier, too, in the few I have seen - whereas this series is going to be flogging the same horse every week. Personally, though, I certainly won't be watching any more.