Walliams & Friend

Walliams & Friend

2016
Walliams & Friend
Walliams & Friend

Walliams & Friend

6.1 | en | Comedy

Comedy series in which David Walliams is joined by a different guest in each episode for a variety of sketches, alongside a talented supporting cast.

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EP6  Hugh Bonneville Christmas Special
Dec. 27,2016
Hugh Bonneville Christmas Special

In this extended episode, star of Downtown Abbey and W1A Hugh Bonneville partners with David Walliams for a variety of comedy sketches. Hugh demonstrates his comic versatility as he plays roles as diverse as Alan Sugar, dishing out the hardest ever Apprentice tasks, and even the Countess of Grantham in her new commercial. In addition, Hugh and David pair up to play smarmy game show hosts of the completely baffling 'Double or Nothing', the world's most embarrassing dancing dads and even Bruce Wayne and his loyal butler Alfred. Also features mini festive episodes of Middle Class Jeremy Kyle and Celebrity Slammer.

EP5  Miranda Richardson
Dec. 23,2016
Miranda Richardson

Sketches feature a pair of obnoxious estate agents, a couple on the world's most awkward date and an advert for a company that claims compensation for people who have had their feelings hurt in the workplace. There is also a viewer who loves Ant but hates Dec and an obstinate shopper who refuses to pay 5p for a carrier bag, while a middle-class Jeremy Kyle tackles a man who leaves the lid off the biscuits.

EP4  Meera Syal
Dec. 16,2016
Meera Syal

David Walliams is joined by actress, writer and comedian Meera Syal. Together for the first time, these two classic sketch performers introduce us to the sadly disappointing pleasure robots of tomorrow. They also play a squabbling husband and wife, a struggling actress auditions for the role of background extra in the evening news, and a robber meets his match in the BBC's newest police drama Good Cop, Indian Mum Cop.

EP3  Sheridan Smith
Dec. 09,2016
Sheridan Smith

David Walliams is joined by stage and TV actress Sheridan Smith, who transforms into a real-life Barbie doll, faces an unlikely dilemma whilst filming a swords-and-sorcery epic and hits all the wrong notes as a cruise ship singer with a chip on her shoulder.

EP2  Harry Enfield
Dec. 02,2016
Harry Enfield

David Walliams has invited comedian Harry Enfield to be his 'Friend' and the result is a masterclass in sketch. Together they appear as John Torode and a rather fussy Gregg Wallace in MasterChef, portray a hilarious pair of ageing lotharios and take a look back at some of Harry's comedy characters that never saw the light of day, until a certain David Walliams got his hands on them.

EP1  Jack Whitehall
Nov. 28,2016
Jack Whitehall

David Walliams is joined by award-winning comedian Jack Whitehall. The episode includes Jack and David's inappropriate take on Sherlock and Watson, the world's worst dating show contestant and Jack doing something David has never done before - dressing as a woman. There is also the launch of Britain's cruelest reality TV show Celebrity Slammer, in which David finds himself locked up with the Chuckle Brothers.

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Released: 2016-11-28 | Released Producted By: , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0848p75
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Comedy series in which David Walliams is joined by a different guest in each episode for a variety of sketches, alongside a talented supporting cast.

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Paul Evans It's a very up and down comedy series, some of the sketches are hugely funny and some are painful. The fact that Walliams is so popular means he can entice all manner of stars to appear alongside him, the episodes with Joanna Lumley and Jack Whitehall I think are among the funniest, but the Harry Enfield episode is the best of the lot. Some would argue some of the sketches feel a little dated, but throughout I'm reminded of the humour of Catherine Tate, Webb & Mitchell, etc but, still in his own unique style.I love the thought of Chris Ellison locked up with the Chuckle Brothers, that was great, but Harry Enfield's Queen Elizabeth is hilarious, 'who does one think one is?'Hopefully back for more. 7/10
morton-alexander-e Sooo bad! From David Walliams, the man with an ego the size of a small planet, more unfunny crap...so unfunny they've had to add a laughter track (check the real audience next to the fake audience member asking the unfunny J. Beiber question)....How did this escape? Oh yes, it's from the well known National Treasure (?!?) Walliams...total bilge! Would the BBC like to inform us exactly how much these 'shows'cost? Probably not...whatever, it was way too much. Walliams has got by with a thimbleful of talent and a barrow-load of bluster...he's a very lucky boy.Because of him being a National Treasure (?!?) he'll probably survive this ordure...unjustly.
Prismark10 There was an unlikely one off pairing at Christmas 1989 when Bruce Forsyth and Ronnie Corbett teamed up for a comedy special.This brings into mind something similar as Walliams has had a supposed falling out with comedy partner Matt Lucas.Walliams & Friend includes Joanna Lumley who appears in lots of sketches with him here. There is the nerdy fan who pesters Ms Lumley for a cheeky selfie, the rather racy Bake Off judges with added double entendres and the chavvy fake tan workers.There is little of the bad taste humour from Little Britain that we associate Walliams with. It is more mainstream but apart from a few mild chuckles there was little comedy.
l_rawjalaurence In structural terms, WALLIAMS AND FRIEND is an old-fashioned sketch show of the kind found in Eighties comedies such as THE TWO RONNIES and THE MIKE YARWOOD SHOW. Designed to show off the versatility of the star, it proves that he possesses comic talent, especially in cross-gender roles.Some of the sketches are funnier than others; I especially enjoyed a spoof of THE GREAT British BAKE-OFF where Walliams (as Paul Hollywood) and guest Joanna Lumley (as Mary Berry) indulge in a lewd exchange of pleasantries involving the names of cakes and buns. I also liked Walliams's parody newsreader sketch reminiscent of Ronnie Barker at his best.Joanna Lumley has great fun playing a variety of roles, including a sketch where she lectures a group of Lumley clones in how to behave in Lumleyesque fashion.