The Incredible Adventures Of Professor Branestawm (2014)

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When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

My son and me really enjoyed this very funny adaption of Professor Branestawm and it did not disappoint.Great family fun and Harry Hill's portrayal of the Professor was spot on, the supporting cast were brilliant too especially Simon Day as Colonel Dedshot and Vicki Pepperdine as Mrs Flittersnoop.Charlie Higson's adaption are faithful to the books, taking elements from different stories and creating something new and bringing the character of Connie (Mrs Flittersnoop's niece) to the front of the story and the inventions are of the quality of the W.Heath Robinson illustrations that do feature in the original book.It did make me go and buy the original books. The scene where the photographs come alive made me and my son cry with laughter and funnily enough when we read the scene in the original book it caused the same emotion.Bonkers and brilliant. One of the best eccentric characters in literature, up there with Worzel Gummidge.Recommended. I felt I needed to give a review of this show and the sequel as the reviewer know as HonestReviews wrote a very unfair review and should know that there is an off button on there television set.

I adore Professor Branestawm. One of my favourite books as a kid.So when I heard Harry Hill was to play the professor I had huge doubts. I've never found Hill funny, even though I appreciate his talents. He's just not my style of humorist. I thought he'd be too broad and overplay the character, like his comic persona.I couldn't have been more wrong. Hill is excellent. He's not necessarily playing the character in the books, but brings his own slant which is rounded, believable, funny and entertaining.Just a damn shame about everyone else involved in the production.With the exception of Ben Miller and the young girl, everyone else is overacting. Even David Mitchell, who should know better. Adrian Scarborough pulling silly faces as the vicar when the role was screaming for Mark Williams to offer some nuanced comedy.Ben Miller does of course require special praise. The man is not only one of the funniest actors in Britain, he's one of the finest full stop and if he moved into drama, he could play any role with distinction. Worth the entrance fee alone. Just watch the town hall scene. He's the only one to get any traction out of the munitions factory joke and does so without even trying.So unfortunately, much of this is sub panto mugging to a rather smug script (The Tardis? Really?), the kind that the BBC does insufferably well nowadays. There are gems and laughs to be had from some of the performers but really it's only half way to the Professor Branestawm I hoped for and wanted.

I enjoyed this. A good watch; entertaining and light. Harry Hill and the rest of the cast play up to the paradigms of their characters to good effect. Nothing much new or ground breaking but what is there is good and enjoyable. Best for kids who like to giggle at slapstick humor along with their grandparents. It has been shown lots recently on CBBC and that's the right place for this. I'd like to see more of these made as there is plenty of room to expand these characters and I would also like to see more of Harry Hill, David Mitchel and the rest of the cast in comedic character roles. So if you like to have a giggle on switch of for an hour or so watch this.If you want challenging sharp witty comedy, don't.

Not a laugh. Not a titter. BBC on low quality, high political correctness. Pity because the actors are good and Harry Hill really looks the part.Things that irked:1) The major feminist theme about allowing girls to be taught science. Yawn. 2) The racially 'balanced' cast in a period piece. Yawn. 3) The acceptability of a wife punching and knocking out her husband. What!? Try reversing the roles and getting away with it. 4) The rubbish inventions. A man with a pillow over his head pretending to be a robot?Watched it with my 3 kids. High expectations. Not one laugh. In fact the programme almost emptied our living room. BBC is so busy being PC it has lost all sense of creativity.