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Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:16 pm
by ColonelCool
Sarah Millican.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:18 pm
by Barry_Chuckle
Miranda Hart

Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:20 pm
by happyclaret17
has had his car window smashed by hammer wielding thugs on a scooter this morning.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:20 pm
by Falcon
Conversely, I really like Sarah Millican. Her DVDs are a lot ruder (i.e. better) than her TV stuff.
I wouldn't say he's the worst, but I have got fed up of Michael McIntyre. Overexposure.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:22 pm
by Blackrod
Alan Carr and the person who plays Mrs Brown if that's classed as a comedian.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:26 pm
by 4:20
Russell Howard
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:27 pm
by quoonbeatz
russell howard and that bloke who fronts the daily mash tv show
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:27 pm
by FactualFrank
Paddy McGuiness. Although I'm not sure you can class him as a comedian. He tried a stand up once at the Mechanics and I believe it went down like a lead balloon.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:29 pm
by Spijed
James Corden - like watching paint dry!
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:32 pm
by FactualFrank
James Corden isn't a comedian. I don't believe he's ever done stand up.
I agree that he's not funny in the slightest though.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:33 pm
by Chobulous
Another vote for Paddy McGuiness. The most talentless wazzock I have ever seen. Got where he is on the back of Peter Kay. From the current crop I can think of no-one worse than him. Going further back there's Chubby "I use a lot of swear words so I must be funny" Brown, Jimmy Tarbuck, Mike and Bernie Winters and Freddie "Parrot Face" Davies.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:33 pm
by Billy_Bumface
Sue Perkins, horrifically unfunny.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:35 pm
by Im_not_Robbie_Blake
Another vote for Sue Perkins - is she supposed to be a comedian?
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:40 pm
by TheFamilyCat
Im_not_Robbie_Blake wrote:Another vote for Sue Perkins - is she supposed to be a comedian?
If being smug is considered to be comedy these days, then yes, she is a comedian.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:40 pm
by claptrappers_union
All broad comedians... imagine if the likes of Lee Mack or Michael McIntyre one day thought to themselves, "I'm bored of pandering to idiots, this is my new routine" then went on live television and did a stand up routine similar to Bill Hicks or George Carlin, they're reputation would sky-rocket. It'll be amazing.
I can't do with comedians who make observations that everyone makes... a bit of story and a punchline. Alan Carr rubbish... innuendo. Theres nothing is exciting when it comes to stand up comedy on television, its watered down, edited and spoon-fed. Tim Vine - he just says jokes. Whats the point? John Bishop another one. So what...
Another one, I know he's not a comedian, but looks at their TV Guide and sees the name Freddy Flintoff and thinks, "oh, I like Freddy Flintoff, lets watch that". James Corden, another one.... I know your mum likes him, but how can you watch anything he does for 30 mins?! Just watch children television instead, it takes the same amount of brain power to enjoy it.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:44 pm
by bobinho
Miranda and McIntyre by a country mile. Both very annoying and EXTREMELY unfunny.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:15 pm
by Burtonwoodclaret
Ricky Gervaise , but wold be brilliant if he could cut out the effing and jeffing.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:19 pm
by Caernarfon_Claret
claptrappers_union wrote:All broad comedians... imagine if the likes of Lee Mack or Michael McIntyre one day thought to themselves, "I'm bored of pandering to idiots, this is my new routine" then went on live television and did a stand up routine similar to Bill Hicks or George Carlin, they're reputation would sky-rocket. It'll be amazing.
I can't do with comedians who make observations that everyone makes... a bit of story and a punchline. Alan Carr rubbish... innuendo. Theres nothing is exciting when it comes to stand up comedy on television, its watered down, edited and spoon-fed. Tim Vine - he just says jokes. Whats the point? John Bishop another one. So what...
Another one, I know he's not a comedian, but looks at their TV Guide and sees the name Freddy Flintoff and thinks, "oh, I like Freddy Flintoff, lets watch that". James Corden, another one.... I know your mum likes him, but how can you watch anything he does for 30 mins?! Just watch children television instead, it takes the same amount of brain power to enjoy it.
I always thought it would be funny to do observational comedy, but as a sociopath/psychopath - so the observations would be completely different.
You know when you're hacking up a dead body and the brains go up your nose...that kind of thing.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:22 pm
by Bigvince
Katherine Tate. Can't stand her
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:22 pm
by Right_winger
Ricky Gervais is horrific.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:22 pm
by claretonthecoast1882
Russell Brand
Michael McIntyre
Sarah Milican
Jo Brand
Russell Howard
Micky Flanagan
Josh Widdicombe
Shappi Korsandi
Dog **** the lot of them
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:48 pm
by FactualFrank
I've been to watch Josh Widdicombe, and I thought he was hilarious.
Not so much on the shows he appears on like The Last Leg, but stand up, very funny.
Shappi Korsandi can't come out with anything funny that doesn't involve race. And how could we forget Russell Brand. He's cheated a living and should be done for fraud.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:51 pm
by Claret Kitch
Diane Abbott all day long.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:03 pm
by Dejavu
Michael Mcintyre. I can sense my IQ reducing as I watch him....
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:17 pm
by Dark Cloud
1. Mcintyre. 2. Mcintyre. 3. Mcintyre. 4 McGuiness. (Got dragged off to see him live and he was absolutely sh**e. I only laughed once all night and that was during the interval when they showed the old clip about "Tommy Dickfingers" with Peter Kay on the big screen.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:20 pm
by FactualFrank
Dark Cloud wrote:1. Mcintyre. 2. Mcintyre. 3. Mcintyre. 4 McGuiness. (Got dragged off to see him live and he was absolutely sh**e. I only laughed once all night and that was during the interval when they showed the old clip about "Tommy Dickfingers" with Peter Kay on the big screen.
Is that when he was at the Mechanics?
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:24 pm
by ElectroClaret
McIntyre and McGuiness performing at Deadwood would literally be hell on Earth.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:30 pm
by Dark Cloud
FactualFrank wrote:Is that when he was at the Mechanics?
No, it was at Manchester arena a few years back. Thousands there, but really he is nothing more than a chap who was having a bit of a laugh with a mate playing basically himself in Phoenix Nights. He's rubbish on his own and he really ain't no stand up imo!
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:33 pm
by RingoMcCartney
McIntyre. Seems to think the more he frantically runs round the stage, the funnier he gets.
I've seen far more side splitting stuff contained in imploding turtles head/ uphisownholes posts on here.....
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:45 pm
by houseboy
FactualFrank wrote:Paddy McGuiness. Although I'm not sure you can class him as a comedian. He tried a stand up once at the Mechanics and I believe it went down like a lead balloon.
Agreed. Not a bad TV presenter but an awful stand up.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:47 pm
by houseboy
claretonthecoast1882 wrote:Russell Brand
Michael McIntyre
Sarah Milican
Jo Brand
Russell Howard
Micky Flanagan
Josh Widdicombe
Shappi Korsandi
Dog **** the lot of them
Guess you're not a fan of stand up then?
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:49 pm
by houseboy
Right_winger wrote:Ricky Gervais is horrific.
Agreed.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:53 pm
by houseboy
Barry_Chuckle wrote:Miranda Hart

I'm really glad a few people have mentioned this boring bint. I see absolutely nothing about her that is funny, and she was famous before I'd heard of her apparently.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:55 pm
by houseboy
Blackrod wrote:Alan Carr and the person who plays Mrs Brown if that's classed as a comedian.
Difficult one this. I actually love Mrs Brown's Boys. Alan Carr is an odd one, he grates a bit and gets a bit pervy and odd but he is one of the sharpest wits around, you wouldn't want to heckle him.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:57 pm
by starting_11
Yet to find any that I actually find even remotely funny.
Except Peter Kay, I loove his programmes but his standup is a bit too obvious.
The endless appeal of the likes of Jimmy Carr, John Bishop etc are so far beyond me I can't begin to fathom why people like them.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:00 pm
by Right_winger
As for best stand up Lee Evans takes some beating.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:10 pm
by elwaclaret
That Essex lad Russell Crane. If he was a tenth as funny as he seems to think he is he'd be hilarious.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:17 pm
by Paranoid
Actually saw Sarah Millican at Manchester Apollo last week (disclaimer being wife likes her and I went along), thought she was surprisingly funny and totally different to TV.
Must admit I don't find Jack Whitehall even mildly amusing!
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:17 pm
by Graham25goals
I think comedy has a shelf life whoever is doing it. I used to love Eddie Murphys stand up days.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:20 pm
by Guich
Frankie Boyle
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:22 pm
by elwaclaret
Graham25goals wrote:I think comedy has a shelf life whoever is doing it. I used to love Eddie Murphys stand up days.
Not sure about that.... I can still be in fits of laughter watching the likes of Tommy Cooper, Bob Monkhouse and Les Dawson. I think real quality remains funny.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:23 pm
by tiger76
Don't know if he's a stand-up but Johnny Vegas annoys the hell out of me whenever he appears on screen and the stupid voice doesn't make him any funnier.Miranda Hart

shows how dumbed down the BBC are nowadays.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:23 pm
by Graham25goals
elwaclaret wrote:Not sure about that.... I can still be in fits of laughter watching the likes of Tommy Cooper, Bob Monkhouse and Les Dawson. I think real quality remains funny.
I'll bet you are of a certain age.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:56 pm
by thatdberight
Peter Kay. He could have just said, "I'm from the North" once and saved us the last 20 years. Only Ullman can come close in terms of crapness.
Some other good shouts on here though. Corden, Carroll, Howard, Kumar, Millican, Hart, McGuinness, Evans, A Carr, R Brand, Khorsandi...
Worse still though are the token women on BBC shows who are so good I can't even remember their names. Pascoe, Christie, Taylor, Ryan, Walsh, Lyons (thanks Google).
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:01 pm
by joey13
Peter Kay’s Worst Comedian.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:04 pm
by ClaretTony
Paddy McGuinness & Michael McIntyre for me. As for Ricky Gervais, I have to switch off if he appears on my TV.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:41 pm
by piston broke
Are some folk mixing up tv personas and comedy?
Wouldn’t watch Mrs. Brown or the office and extras but both Ricky Gervais and Brendan O’Carroll are very funny men live.
Perkins and both of the Carrs for me are the pits.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:44 pm
by Colburn_Claret
Jeremy Corbyn
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:46 pm
by happyclaret17
Chobulous wrote:Another vote for Paddy McGuiness. The most talentless wazzock I have ever seen. Got where he is on the back of Peter Kay. From the current crop I can think of no-one worse than him. Going further back there's Chubby "I use a lot of swear words so I must be funny" Brown, Jimmy Tarbuck, Mike and Bernie Winters and Freddie "Parrot Face" Davies.
.....
I didn't know paddy mc guiness was a comedian.
Re: Worst comedian on British tv?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:49 pm
by claretblue
interviewer asked Morcambe + Wise what would they would be if they weren't comedians
Eric replied:
Mike and Bernie Winters!
