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A trio who are feted on the live circuit bring their orchestrated stupidity to TV, spewing out slapstick, songs, arch references and quick gags in a mashed sitcom about a bad local council. It's aggressive nonsense in the vein of Reeves and Mortimer or... I'd say Rik Mayall or The Goodies, but Klang get there first by namechecking both. They also corpse freely, gurn at the lens and feed off the studio audience, trying hard to push that live buzz through the screen. Flying out of this whirlwind are some peachy gags: "Incompetence is at its highest level since records were lost!"

We Are Klang - Episode 1 Review

As with The Mighty Boosh, We Are Klang operate in a sphere that's less comedy, more a kind of children's programming for bewildered adults. Long a fixture on the Edinburgh comedy fringe, here the three members of Klang appear as the dysfunctional council employees of Klangtown, and when the town mascot disappears, the trio embark on a vaguely surreal journey of Reeves and Mortimer-style comedy and comic song. Not so many actual jokes, to be honest, but a certain rapport with the studio audience is happily in evidence.

Idiotic, silly, funny, annoying: the comedy trio We Are Klang are all these. Their show, set in the fictional council offices of Klangbury, is part sitcom, part physical comedy as incompetent council leader Greg (Greg Davies), simpleton councillor Marek (Marek Larwood) and sociopath Steve (Steve Hall) go about their business.

Comedy circuit stalwarts get their own show. They are Greg Davies (the brilliantly hateful head of Sixth Form in The Inbetweeners), Steve Hall and Marek Larwood and you will have seen them on various TV sketch shows at some point. This six-part sitcom is set in a council office and is distinctly old skool - live studio aud, physical comedy, japes, etc. To give you an idea of the tone: at one point, a character is hit in the nuts with a hammer, and you might also notice the audience being hit around the head with the jokes. That being said, it has its moments, and if you enjoyed Bottom or The Young Ones, then this is an amusing-enough half an hour.

We Are Klang Interview

The comedy trio We Are Klang tell TheLondonPaper about their old-school sitcom, being hit in the crotch with a mallet, and dropping their pants on stage...

The latest cult heroes from the live comedy circuit to land on BBC3 is this sketch outfit, whose ramshackle shows are endearing and wonderful. Here they have added a narrative arc to things - they play three inept town councillors - but their madcap spirit still thrives in the TV studio. The audience are a part of the action, ludicrous set-pieces include a Tracey Emin impression and a song about Jews, and the slapstick reminds us of Bottom... always a fine thing.

Set in fictional Klangbury Council's offices and starring a trio - including Greg Davies, the demonic head of sixth form in The Inbetweeners - as three drastically incompetent councillors, We Are Klang part sitcom, part live comedy with a lot of audience interaction. Fans of Pappy's Fun Club and the live Klang show ought to love it. Our own hopes are only slightly neutered due to it being shown on noted comedy morgue BBC3.