We Are Not Alone

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.

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!

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.

The thing with tv now is you always have to pay full attention to every little bit just incase you miss things, there's not enough casual fun tv that's actually a bit fresh and different, panel comedies done to death, just nice to watch something a bit cooky!

I really enjoyed the sort of amateur DR who effects, it felt not well put together but at the same time it felt well done, to me it was just mislead daft fun and I thought it was funny. It didn't rely too much on smut, more just slapstick style comedy and all of the actors played their roles completely OTT but perfectly!

Weirdly never been a huge fan of Joe, find his style to awkward but he was great in this, his style actually suited being an alien so well it felt better fit than him being a human.

From the trailers I didn't think this would be very good, as it looked a bit forced, but I thought I would give it a go. I am so glad I did as I ended up really enjoying it. The pacing is good, the story keeps you interested and you really do care about what happens to the characters. It's not laugh out loud comedy all the time but the house party scene could become a classic.

It's not for everyone as my wife didn't finish watching it, but if you like Sean of the Dead or Red Dwarf then definitely check this one out. Hopefully it will be the start of a series as it certainly leaves the door open for that.