We Are Not Alone

There is some really poor quality dross on British TV so I was surprised to come across this series on UKTV PLAY, rather than a mainstream channel because this is REALLY well written. New, clever jokes are inserted throughout, rather than just the first episode as with some BBC comedies. Tight, quality writing, with a lot of thought. It makes it stand out. I'm a little shocked it hasn't been picked up by the mainstream channels. Think Friday Night Dinner and the Wrong Mans... . It's off beat and dark in subject matter (hostile alien invasion) but handled so well and appropriately that it had me in stitches. I'd really highly recommend this.

At first glance, it would be easy to give We Are Not Alone a pass. How many movies about aliens coming to earth do we need, after all? Having watched this, my answer is: well, at least one more.

Created & written by Ben Willbond & Lawrence Rickard (Six Idiots, Ghosts, Horrible Histories) We Are Not Alone was a welcome find following repeat viewings of Ghosts. The pair come together to create a sci-fi comedy that is a pleasure to watch.

After their planet, Gu'un, becomes uninhabitable, newly named Trater, Gor-DAN & Greggs arrive in the UK, determined to move the capital from London to the 'centre of the landmass' which they have determined is... Clitheroe.

With a complete lack of understanding of how things on earth work or why (& the inability of newly bought, but not particularly motivated pal/government contractor Stewart to be able to explain-he doesn't know either) shenanigans ensue as the group try to gain their footing in a world that is largely hostile to their presence.

Simply put, what you have in We Are Not Alone is a fun, easy watch. As I understand it, while this is a standalone project, it's also intended to serve as a potential pilot for a future series, which I believe would be a great way to go. There are enough questions & loose ends as to how the newly formed 'Section 78' will function in the long term that I believe it would be well worth developing it further.

The political satire element is enjoyable to watch, especially under the current circumstances. No, it's not heavy hitting, nor is it intended to be. What it is, is easy, fun and pleasure to watch. There are certainly dynamics between earthlings & Gu'uns to explore in future episodes should the writers/creators choose to go that route. I certainly hope they will.

If you enjoy British comedy, We Are Not Alone is definitely worth your time. I don't like hardcore sci-fi (at all) and this has a great balance & perfect humour for someone like me.

I almost didn't watch this after seeing some low reviews but decided to give it 10 minutes then enjoyed watching the whole thing- it's fun, it's light but with a constant threat of being vaporised, most of all it has a huge range of audience. Young teens and adults will delight at different jokes.

A round of applause goes to the four leading roles, Vicky Mike and Joe are the perfect rag tag trio of alien overlords we all hope for - they've come up North to look for a working class liaison after having quite enough of 'experts' in LON-Don lol!

The star Declan plays his role so well I couldn't commend to four leading characters performance any higher.

The lows for me were only really the rebel/resistance element- I just stopped paying as much attention during those scenes- I wish also the last 20 minutes were better - it has quite an underwhelming ending and felt rushed in places. Some jokes deserved more attention- some deserved less but overall Im sad it's over a one off as I could have happily watched these characters go on all sorts of adventures together.

A solid 9 as just an easy fun watch, low budget British comedy with a sci fi twist - thank you for making it - fingers crossed for more like this please!

This film is SO funny. Most think you have to be a certain age to get the humour but that's definitely not the case. Definitely something for an older audience because of some jokes but it's so cleverly written. You might want to watch other things that the writers Ben Willbond and Laurence Rickard have written like Ghosts on the BBC and Bill a film they released in 2015 to get their humour more.

100% recommend for people to give a go if you don't like it so much that's fine but anyone that does know how funny Ben and Larry can be you'll probably love it

Really Really hope this becomes a series!

Apparently this is a pilot for a series which it would probably have suited being a series much better.

The characters are great, the trio of aliens trying to run the UK are hilarious.

I could have happily watched this every week for several series, has a similar silly tone of things like red dwarf and Shaun of the dead.

Some of the humour is a little Juvenile but with a few tweaks and a more in depth story this could make a pretty iconic series. There's so much they could explore with flashbacks to the invasion and there bumbling efforts to balance each nation's cultural differences to that of their own.

So much potential to fill a massive hole in the market -Hopefully we get the see more of post invasion Earth soon!!! Oh and also a bunch of Gu'un aliens showing up at comic cons would be brilliant!