James Corden

Bafflingly, this has made the move to BBC2, so in case you didn't see the first run of the sketch show that earned the ever-present Mathew Horne and James Corden such a mauling, here's a second chance. It's hard to know what's more bleak about it - how witlessly crude it is, the air of nastiness that comes with characters like gay reporter Tim Woodall (in a war zone! In tiny shorts!) or, crucially, the lack of anything even resembling humour - unless the repeated sight of a jiggling belly is your thing.

Stop whining about the BBC's expenses, Brand and Ross, licence fee or whatever. Focus all your anger at this. Watch it for as long as you can bear and then ask yourself: How? How did this ever make it onto television? Then ask yourself: Why? Why did someone recommission this? Then, when you've finished slowly weeping at the hideous nature of humanity, feted for ever to injure itself, whether through global warming, war or terrible camp news reporter jokes, write a letter to the BBC.

James Corden Interview

One minute, the creator of Gavin & Stacey could do no wrong ... the next, one of our best comic talents was the butt of every critic's wrath. He talks to The Observer about success, fame and the fallout from a critical backlash.

Gavin and Stacey 'say goodbye'

Gavin and Stacey writer and star James Corden says he's "very sad" as the cast prepare for the third and final series of the hit TV show. Rehearsals commence on 8 June, with filming starting on 15 June.

Horne & Corden is not something to celebrate

It shows the depths that comedy on BBC3 has plumbed when the corporation crows about the car crash that was Horne & Corden.

Horne & Corden: is the BBC playing a ratings game?

The news that the BBC is looking to renew sketch show Horne & Corden has been met with many raised eyebrows. While the opening show brought in record numbers for a first episode of a comedy series (817,000), it lost almost half the viewers over the six episode run. Coupled with a poor critical response, this did not look like a show that was ready to return. So how has the BBC come to decisions like this one?

Horne & Corden BBC3's most successful comedy launch

Horne And Corden, the sketch show written by and starring Mat Horne and James Corden, was the most successful first series of a comedy on BBC Three. The series, which finished its run of six episodes last week, not only broke all previous records amongst the channel's target audience of 16-34s, but also amongst all audiences.

There must have been times in the past few weeks when Mathew Horne and James Corden have felt like bulls being chased around by banderilla-wielding critics. With savage reviews, talk of burnout and collapses on stage, the crash and burn has been spectacular. This is no time to stick any more knives in.

Indeed, in their defence, the omission of Gavin & Stacey from the Bafta nominations is a ridiculous snub that smacked of a petty attempt to cut Corden down to size. But that's not to say I'm not mightily glad to see the back of Horne & Corden, a show which started poised on the rim and ended up diving headlong down the toilet. At least the two of them finally had a big snog. Now please boys, move on.

'Horne And Corden' ends run with 434,000

Horne And Corden had a disappointing end for BBC Three last night, according to the latest ratings figures.

Bashful and vulnerable they're not, so Horne and Corden really need smart scripts, original sketches and brilliant gags to establish themselves as a duo that can carry a sketch comedy series. At best, their debut has been patchy - now it's looking very thin fare indeed.