No matter how much of a critical mauling Horne And Corden received at the hands of the press, web watchers and other sane and well-adjusted people, it didn’t deter the show from doing some good business. Our Anna didn’t like it much, Our Mof despised it and I… well, didn’t like it either. Then again, I have an inherent dislike of comedy sketch shows unless it stars Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. So why is Horne And Cordon breaking records all over the shop?

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Fair enough, this story came direct from the BBC’s intranet and has a nice spin on it, but it still makes for interesting reading.

A show featuring jokes about fat people broke all previous records among BBC Three’s target audience of 16-34s. The series averaged 0.9 million viewers per episode and gained six per cent share overall. It started with 1.4million viewers and finshed with 0.7million, which obviously shows that the series shed half its audience. This, I think, tells more of a story than the average figure.

But anyway, this is all audience share and percentage stuff that us viewers don’t really care about. What it does show, however, is that the channel obviously rates the show high enough to a) shout from the rooftops about the figures, and b) entertain the idea of a second series.

The latest on that? Apparently Tiger Aspect and BBC Three are in discussions for a second series. It was obviously just me that thought it was self-indulgent claptrap. I don’t dislike these two at all, but they seem to overlook the vital ingredient for any comedy show with Horne And Corden – writing funny jokes.