Catfish UK

The hosts are no way representative of anyone in the UK. Just about one step up to the performances on any UK Kids TV programme, not one moment did I ever feel there was a spontaneous moment, it all just feels so scripted and unlikely.

Some of it boils down to ...

"Oh my God, he's got a Facebook page, we must go back and tell our 'friend ... ' right away, he needs to know this"

Most of the investigation turns up nothing yet suddenly they know everything. I'd not be at all shocked to discover the 'friends' are actually actors. Perhaps they just do tons of retakes that the maybe genuine 'friends' just come across as bad actors.

The hosts just don't seem to gel at all, they just work together. They just so heavily over produce it all and then, really badly edit it. Nothing feels natural at all. I don't know anyone in the UK who would react how these guys do to the amazingly unshocking 'revelations' they discover.

I am sure some Londoners might enjoy it, it's very London based.

I have watched every episode and the specials of the US series and enjoyed them all .... it's so hard to believe Nev would put his name to this. I think he's been Dick Van Dyked on what constitutes Britishness.

Possibly an American audience might enjoy it more, it just doesn't, IMO, fit well here in the UK.

This is just a crappy version of a great US show. Love Nev in the US show.

I have nothing against Julie, or Oobah...in fact, I think they'd make a great team - on something else.

As for Catfish UK...it's like amateur hour. Everything is telegraphed in, so you know what's going to happen a good 20 minutes before it does. Massive over-reactions to the most mundane of discoveries...really cringey reaction shots...it's almost like Nev and Max's little siblings doing a parody of Catfish US!

Clearly scripted/pre-planned in places, if not entirely. For example, Guy is waiting in the park for a girl...car pulls up...male driver gets out HOLDING A RED ROSE (to imply he's the catfish)...only for him to let the girl out of the other side of the car and then give her the rose! Why on earth would the driver be holding the rose to start with? It's like me going to my girlfriend's house to propose to her, but I give the engagement ring to the Uber driver on the way there, who hands it back to me when I get out of the car...it's just stupid!

I could only manage the first 3 episodes, before I snapped out of it and realised that I was wasting my life away in 1 hour increments!

This wouldn't even be good as a stand-alone show. So even without comparing it to the US version, it's still dreadful.

Just a rushed, barely thought out, underdeveloped, cash grab!

These hosts have no chemistry like the American hosts. I am mad I paid for this season. It has nothing to do with orientation and everything to do with lack of chemistry.

In comparison to the US version this is shoddy. The hosts, be it Oobah, Julie or the frankly shouty over-emoting Nella aren't a patch on Nev and Kamie. It's poor.