You've Been Framed!

You've Been Framed has obviously had its heyday since YouTube and TikTok took over, but it was still averaging 3-4 million viewers when ITV2 would repeat older episodes. I do agree that it should've ended earlier than it did but Harry Hill's witty commentary was actually funny on some clips. I don't get why people hate on this show at all, even if it is just cheap cringeworthy commentary and a laughter track on every clip. "Oh, but the clips are all reused!" only in specials and those clips got ditched in 2014 for higher quality clips. Please ITV make a new series of YBF!!!! We need Harry Hill back on TV!!

"You've Been Framed" should have been killed off many years ago when Jeremy Beadle left. Lisa Riley and Johnathan 'I'm mates with Robbie Williams' Wilkes really drove it to rock bottom with increased unnecessary presenting from the studio with incredibly corny jokes. This left precious little time for any actual clips making the show unwatchable.

Harry Hill has saved the show to some extent by removing the studio element and making a commentary that is nearly always far more entertaining than the clips themselves. There is a definite limit however on the amount of fun that can be got from people falling off swings, getting hit in the groin, dancing embarrassingly at weddings until their trousers fall down, etc. etc. The only clips with any real laughter value are those involving animals as these are generally less set-up. Sadly the number of these is outweighed by spoilt children crying about unwanted Christmas presents or just babies smiling at the camera (side-splittingly hilarious I don't think).

The clips remain the same and are often repeated from many series ago. I noticed they have even started blanking out the year when it appears on the camcorder display, probably because they are too ashamed to admit they came from the late 80's/early 90's. As it is far too many of them are set up and it is tiresomely obvious. You only need to stop and think why somebody would actually be filming that event to spot them.

Harry Hill is wasted here and should concentrate on other projects such as TV Burp which is excellent, indeed the Christmas special was one of the few highlights of the seasonal schedule.

This show should have been buried with Beadle. It was utter tedium then but amazingly got worse when Lisa Riley became host. It has now climbed to the lofty heights of 1 out of 10 because Harry Hill is slightly less annoying than his predecessor. If you have an IQ lower than the animals featured in this show or like ambulance chasing then you will love this. It is an advert for why the NHS is stretched to its limits. Why not camp outside A&E and save money on your licence fee.

The only reason you could have for knocking this show is if you haven't seen it since Harry Hill took over.

Every 10 seconds you are guaranteed a giggle - and if one clip raises a minor titter, you mere seconds to wait before the next clip comes on and delivers you a belly laugh.

Harry and his team of writers should be commended on taking what was a tired and dated format to a new level - the kids will still love the falling over and the grannies knickers, but I can now laugh at the risqué gags that are flying over the young'uns heads! And with the use of camcorders on the decline, the introduction of mobile phone videos show that the programme is remaining in touch with the You Tube generation - as long as it doesn't descend into happy slapping, I'm all for it! If Harry and the producers can keep the show as entertaining as this new series, here's to the next 18 years of Framed!

OK, we've had more than 10 years of this now? it won't get any funnier you know. there's only so many times we can laugh at a cat opening a door, a dog on a skateboard, a child hitting his father in the groin, someone falling into a paddling pool, a diving board breaking or a baby being scared of a jack in a box. Put this miserable show out of its misery soon and let us together condemn Lisa Riley to her true place of T.V anonymity.

It did, however, give Beadle a few more years after Beadle's About which can't be a bad thing.