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Telly addicts

Worst programme ever?

206 replies

Lentilcakes · 06/08/2026 14:04

I was in by myself last night and wanted something easy to watch so I tried that new Murder in Benidorm series on C5. OMG - what a load of drivel. Makes Death in Paradise seem like a Dicken’s adaptation. Bad acting and ridiculous plot (and I do watch some crap!).
What was John Hannah thinking taking the lead role? I got about halfway through and turned it off & went to bed in disgust!

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VestibuleWeaver · 06/08/2026 14:06

Madame Blanc Mysteries and Departure are much, much worse.

Takingtigermountainbystrategy · 06/08/2026 14:10

I managed about 15 minutes of it. I also wondered why John Hannah got involved. Especially considering he'd been in Charlie Booker's detective show parody Touching Cloth

saveforthat · 06/08/2026 14:22

Yes those are all crap. It depends how you define "worst" surely Naked Attraction must be up there?

CrushingOnRubies · 06/08/2026 14:45

That knitting competition with Tom Daley

at the moment it’s the 6:30pm doom
slot on bbc 2. Currently it’s celebs telling members of the public how to live healthier by having warm baths 3 times a week, eating a square of dark chocolate a night … the reactions of the members of the public say it all. Joanna page at a wild animal rescue place was another show which was on at that time which was bad

hopspot · 06/08/2026 14:46

CrushingOnRubies · 06/08/2026 14:45

That knitting competition with Tom Daley

at the moment it’s the 6:30pm doom
slot on bbc 2. Currently it’s celebs telling members of the public how to live healthier by having warm baths 3 times a week, eating a square of dark chocolate a night … the reactions of the members of the public say it all. Joanna page at a wild animal rescue place was another show which was on at that time which was bad

That knitting competition was awful I agree. I normally love stuff like that but didn’t last five minutes. I’m not really sure where it went so wrong!

KimWexlersPonyTail · 06/08/2026 14:48

Smugglie Queens utterly dire but got a second series

Mydogisagentleman · 06/08/2026 14:48

I managed to watch a whole episode of that Benidorm murder thing.
I am ashamed of myself. The acting was hopeless, the story was weak and overall it was unmitigated shite

BeaLola · 06/08/2026 18:06

Just came in tonight to watch something “light” whilst drinking a coffee- put this on as I had heard John Hannah was in a new detective show ….. OMG - is he bankrupt or in process of divorce and in desperate need of £ ? It makes Death in Paradise look like a RSC production - it is the wirsr thing I think I have ever watched

KnickerlessParsons · 06/08/2026 18:07

Mrs Brown’s Boys

TheChosenTwo · 06/08/2026 18:09

Haha I was outraged that no one had mentioned Mrs Brown’s Boys yet and @KnickerlessParsons saved the day!
I just loathe it, do people really watch it and laugh? I’ve only ever caught the first couple of minutes of it when it’s come on after something else and I honestly hate every second that I’ve seen, it’s as funny as stepping in dogshit.

KnickerlessParsons · 06/08/2026 18:34

I was surprised it hadn’t come in conversation too!

Inmyuggs · 06/08/2026 19:01

Naked attraction... love island
Seedy shite you can keep in the Uk and stop sending here.
Gosh I loathe my child seeing such crap on tv.

OhFeyreDarling · 06/08/2026 19:06

Inmyuggs · 06/08/2026 19:01

Naked attraction... love island
Seedy shite you can keep in the Uk and stop sending here.
Gosh I loathe my child seeing such crap on tv.

Assume your are in Aus? Then you can keep your overly dramatic version of MAFS and the 'experts' 😂

Gengha · 06/08/2026 19:07

saveforthat · 06/08/2026 14:22

Yes those are all crap. It depends how you define "worst" surely Naked Attraction must be up there?

Yes Naked Attraction is terrible. Whenever it appears on my TV when channel hopping it is always at penis time

Gengha · 06/08/2026 19:08

Mrs Browns Boys is also dreadful

gayestgal · 06/08/2026 19:09

The show thats just people opening boxes

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 06/08/2026 19:09

Hole in the Wall or Don’t Scare The Hare - utter slop

pimplebum · 06/08/2026 19:10

No current but

10 years younger - absolutely loved it at the time but wooozers has it dated !!
shaming people for bring stressed tired snd not giving a shit about their looks

fat shaming tv programme with super camp fat ugly rude man

Velvera · 06/08/2026 19:11

Madame Blanc Mysteries is rubbish and I don't usually mind a cheesy whodunnit. I was cringing watching the shit acting.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 06/08/2026 19:21

Back in the 70s there was a sitcom called Mind Your Language. This is what Wikipedia says about it: The show is set in an adult education college in London and focuses on the class in ESL, taught by Jeremy Brown, who teaches a group of enrolled foreigners. As I recall, the writers thought hearing foreigners speak was hilarious because they have funny accents and make mistakes when they try to speak English. The writers were wrong. It was excruciatingly bad.

Love Thy Neighbour was another horribly unfunny sitcom from the times. The 'humour' there was a white family finding that their new neighbours were black.

I've never watched more than a few seconds of Mrs Brown's Boys but I get the sense that it might be another in the same line as those abominations from the 70s.

FIoorboard · 06/08/2026 19:23

Mrs Browns Boys

RaraRachael · 06/08/2026 19:26

I lasted one episode of Madam Blanc - utter tripe.
However, it was better than Love Rat which has to be the most awful pile of shite I've had the misfortune of watching.
Coincidentally both starred Sally Lindsay.

I don't watch any reality shows so can't comment on those.

WitcheryDivine · 06/08/2026 19:28

BeaLola · 06/08/2026 18:06

Just came in tonight to watch something “light” whilst drinking a coffee- put this on as I had heard John Hannah was in a new detective show ….. OMG - is he bankrupt or in process of divorce and in desperate need of £ ? It makes Death in Paradise look like a RSC production - it is the wirsr thing I think I have ever watched

Is it bad that this review almost makes me want to watch it?

WitcheryDivine · 06/08/2026 19:32

gayestgal · 06/08/2026 19:09

The show thats just people opening boxes

Is that Deal or no Deal? There was SO MUCH hype about that when it started and when I finally saw it I was absolutely dumbstruck by the “format”. Opening boxes, that’s it.

gayestgal · 06/08/2026 19:38

WitcheryDivine · 06/08/2026 19:32

Is that Deal or no Deal? There was SO MUCH hype about that when it started and when I finally saw it I was absolutely dumbstruck by the “format”. Opening boxes, that’s it.

Thats it, couldn't remember the name

Same, and telling emotional stories about how much they love eachother

Boak