Jonah from Tonga - Chris Lilley's new series

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www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/27189579

Whole series will be available on iplayer for 48 hours from 9pm tonight

If you miss that, first episode airs on 8th May

Great knowledge! Thank you!

Thanks!
I hope it's as good as Summer Heights... and better than Ja'mie Private School Girl.

I was so disgusted by this. Shame on you BBC.

Takes us back 40 years to the black and white minstrels 'blacking up'. All the other Tongans in the series are played by Tongans but main character is a white Australian 'comedian'. And don't get me started in the stereotyping.

Deeply offensive IMO but I'd be interested to hear what others think.

In his last series all the other characters were public schoolgirls and the main character was a 39 yr old Australian male comedian dressed up as a schoolgirl. This is the style of his comedy. You could argue that him only dressing up as white characters is more racist than him playing characters of various races

Puck you miss, puck you.

great show!

I'm with you wilderness

I'm on the fence. It was really shocking, yet strangely compelling. Bit like Little Britain, some of which I love, some of which I hate.

Although having said that, I've only watched one episode. Has anyone watched more than the first?

Can't wait!
Jonah is his finest character.
Puck you miss! Haaaaaaaaaaa!

It's just awful.

I loved summer heights high it was great Ja'mie was awful made me feel squeemish for some reason might give this a go but i think he peaked with SHH really

SHH was his finest work IMO.

Would we be offended by a black comedian playing a white character and throwing in a few stereotypes for humour? I know I wouldn't, but I'm interested to hear what others think.

If you found 'Jonah' shocking, do not watch 'Angry Boys'!

I really enjoyed it. I'll definitely buy the blu-ray when it comes out. Not quite as good as SHH, but I have high hopes for the Mr G series.

Lilley really captures the personality of a horrible teenager, I'm impressed that he always manages to make Jonah sympathetic.

gaggiagirl If you want to watch the whole series get cracking! It will be off iplayer at 9pm tonight.

Thank you gatorade im onto it now. I'm so buying the DVD when it comes out!

Oh, I so hope I haven't missed this.

Jonah was my favourite character in SHH.

Put your balls on the floor

I remember feeling very inappropriate when Jonah was walking around with his top off.

Then I remembered Chris Lilley is a man, and I felt a bit better

Tbh I don't find it offensive at all, coming from an mixed race heritage myself.

This is his style of humor and tbh I find it funny. Was there uproar over the "I'm a laaaaady" character in little Britain in regards to LGBT stereotypes? Was it as offensive for him to stereotype a middle class white teenaged female in "Ja'Mie Private School Girl"?

I am aware that some people might have held the views above and this isn't aimed at a particular poster, but on the whole it does makes me a bit and when racism is pointed out most.

.. runs to catch up on the episode I've missed ...

I liked it! The end of the series actually made me LOL and I NEVER do

Just watched episode 1 and I liked it

I loved the teacher saying "no fucking swearing in the classroom"

I'd actually forgotten how touching the character was, I remember the last SHH I was in tears when he went back to Gumnuts to do his reading piece.

I like Sparazus House

I can't wait. I really liked J'aime it just went on too long.

I'm disappointed that I only managed two episodes then fell asleep. In will have to wait for the rest now

Id forgotten about his "-love" of rangas.