I really liked this show. I watched it on DVD in America. I recommend it to everyone. I wished we could have ITV on our telly here, so I could watch it free.
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leah-2177523 January 2021
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bnolan36511 July 2008This show gets just six out of ten from me because...
I have always loved family comedies like this but most of these jokes are just so boring and dull. Don't get me wrong the acting is quite good but the jokes are almost as dull as some of it's storyline's. It is a matter of opinion and some people may disagree and I totally accept that but I am not a huge fan of his show! You'll probably enjoy this show if you enjoyed early kid comedies! If you enjoy shows like Cory in the House you'll get a real laugh out of this show but when I have the remote I like to flick forward to something more funny like "Hannah Montana" or "Phineas and Ferb" or even "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" that is my opinion and if you disagree that's perfectly fine with me! -
McGowan_M6 November 2004In response to the members who say they're 14 & 16 respectively and STILL watch the show, I'm 35 and I love it as well. Probably makes a real saddo.
I normally get home from work about 4.30 in the afternoon just as this is starting and after a lousy day at work, it's nice to have something ridiculous to laugh at before I switch over to BBC2 and endure the (frequently) humiliating misery that is 'The Weakest Link'.
I don't watch a huge amount of TV but this is compulsive viewing and I recommend it to anybody, irrespective of age. The cast are great, the story lines are always funny and all 5 of the main characters are believable, likable individuals.
Long may this show continue. -
dcudley12 July 2006Well where do i start, There's only one word to describe this TV-Series and that is Fantastic, I Love it, it is absolutely brilliant. The Characters are brilliant, the casting is super and the locations are superb. I would really really really really love to see this brought out on DVD/Vidoe. So please whoever is in charge of this show. Please bring it out on DVD cos its well good. no1 TV series I LOVE it. MY PARENTS ARE ALIENS is about 3 orphans(Mel, Josh And Lucy) who are fostered by 2 aliens (Brian And Sophie). Brian And Sophie turn themselves into normal human beings so that there true identities are revealed.
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Angelus230 November 2006I catch-ed this show when I was 11 and the jokes seemed to grow with he cast and audience.
Hilarious is the word to describe the slapstick and gags.
I found that My Parents are Aliens copied certain story lines from shows like Simpsons ( the episode Lucy experiments on Josh) and gas that the Simpson's did( "The doctor said I wasn't supposed to get staples in my head") But the show ended on a high with he first family found myself nearly in tears at the end because I've grown up knowing the characters.
A truly great British show. -
jboothmillard15 January 2007When this first started on CITV (Children's Integalactic Television) I used to find this quite a funny show, and its the first time I saw the main actor on TV. Nowadays though it is repeated too much, I have seen one particular episode at least five or six times. Anyway, basically Brian (Lenny Henry in Pieces' Tony Gardner) and Sophie Johnson (Carla Mendonça, but started off as a better and funnier Barbara Durkin) adopted related children Josh (Alex Kew), Lucy (Charlotte Francis) and Melanie 'Mel' (Danielle McCormack) Barker, and as they did weirder they discovered their true identities as aliens. The rest of the show took off from there with wacky "adventures" involving some special effects and trying to live "normal" life. Also starring Patrick Niknejad as Pete Walker, Jordan Maxwell as Frankie Perkins and Keith Warwick as Trent Clements. The opening titles and Gardner were pretty much the only good reasons to watch it. It was nominated 3 BAFTAs, all for Best Drama (even though it was comedy). Worth watching!
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joshuabrowie-1307927 December 2018I score an 8.5 but rounded to 9. The reason is for two reasons 1. SERIES 8 The first few minutes is wonderful, but then the worst character 'Guido' comes and ruins the whole show (THE WHOLE), Why did the writer wipe there memorys??? Should of ended at season 7. 2. Plot holes 1. In the aliens go home episode it reveals that Brian and Sophie had a different apperance at first, but in Aliens that go home Brian And Sophie take the identitys of there current apperance, which makes no sense. Both episodes are wrote by the same person. 2. Lost characters A lot of characters just totally disappeared with no explanation. The perfect explanation is 'Howie', at the end of the episode Brian reveals he's a moose man and chase after Howie. But is never mentioned again. Im happy he went, because he was annoying but what happened to him? Other examples are Debbie, Dave. 3. The kids social worker In the nobody's perfect episode it is shown that the kids social worker is this unknown women. But it is revealed that Mrs Reece has been there social worker from the start,
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daniel_clancy20018 December 2004I am 15 and have been watching this show since it began, nearly five years ago. Since then, almost every thirty-minute episode has been of consistently high quality - now in it's eighth series, the show has lost none of the hilarity it started out with. The show is very amusing; it caters for all levels. The acting here is absolutely superb from everyone involved. I can honestly say that, as far as I know, this is one of the only shows on TV with child actors who can act. Not only that, but they are all very good actors. The loss of Barbara Durkin in 2001 led to a lot of people thinking: "Well, that's it." She cut a highly amusing figure as Sophie, the mother. The casting of the very different Carla Mendonca was, however, masterful, and I commend whoever thought of it. There is not a single weak performer in the show, the writing has sustained unbelievably high quality - although some of the humour can get rather crude at times - and there is little to criticise. The only thing I would advice they dropped in the next series is the canned laughter, which removes the sophistication of the all-round masterful show.
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orangecoin1 January 2021I used to watch this show when I was really young and didn't understand any of the jokes but these days I have searched on YouTube to see if any of the episodes were on there and thankfully there are.
I am totally booked to this show as I have grown older as I can now understand the jokes
Amazing acting and show. Would totally recommend! -
isla-babe22 March 2015The mark of a good TV show is when it can grab and reel in its secondary audience, and turn them into its primary audience as well. My Parents Are Aliens does just that.
Although this show was on TV when I was part of its target audience, and I most definitely watched it then, I remembered surprisingly little of it when I spontaneously decided to see if any episodes had materialised on the Internet. Fortunately for me, they had, and I have since whittled away many hours watching it and chuckling away. From my standpoint in 2015, nearly a decade after the show itself finished, some aspects of the show seem a little dated (in a bad way, most notably references to pop culture of the time), but this somewhat adds to the bizarre charm it holds. The jokes, though crude at times, still garner a laugh, and the interweaving plot lines are sometimes predictable, but nevertheless entertaining. It's strange to think how much they got away with showing on children's TV, as some lines would definitely be classified as mild adult humour, and other times it encroaches upon a more serious, emotional territory whilst remaining positive and lighthearted (three of the protagonists are orphans who have been moved to various different homes over the years - that is definitely NOT your typical nuclear family). It is almost refreshing to see how this show pushed boundaries that not even shows today dare to touch (for example, even daring to mention the word 'gay' in episode 5 of series 7 - "Worst Aid" - when such a thing is still for whatever reason considered 'taboo' by today's standards - come on, TV producers! Step it up!) Moreover, the laugh track added in later series' somewhat detracts from the more serious elements, but when adjusted to it, it's rather easy to ignore.
Since it is a children's show, the characters are sometimes rather archetypal, occasionally acting and speaking as a method of advancing the plot, especially in the earlier series', but over the years these characters managed to be fleshed out and yet still consistent and relatable. With masterful comedy acting from Tony Gardner as Brian Johnson, and both Barbara Durkin and Carla Mendonça as Sophie Johnson, they make for surprisingly believable characters, despite the strange premise of the show itself. The transition between Durkin and Mendonça was handled well, and although over time the differences in characterisation begin to show, the heart of her character is still there.
The choice to change up characters is always a risky one with a long running show, however, since I have never seen series 8, I cannot address the more drastic changes therein, and can only speak of series' 1-7. To me, the character of CJ (Olisa Odele), introduced in series 6, seemed only to serve as some form of slapstick comic relief, and perhaps a new face for younger kids to relate to as the original trio of Barker kids (Danielle McCormack as Mel, Alex Kew as Josh and Charlotte Francis as Lucy) began to grow up and move out of CiTV's primary audience age. In my opinion, they played it a little too safe with Harry (Stephanie Fearon), as introducing an entirely new persona would have made for a different, interesting family dynamic, and might possibly have spiced up the show a little bit. Since she was only there for one series (7), there was not as much of an opportunity to become as deep as Mel turned out to be, nor was there a chance for her and Trent (Keith Warwick)'s relationship to progress. This is another of my minor criticisms: since Mel and Trent begin dating in series 6 after a few years of intentional build-up from series 2 (I'm not a particular fan of romantic sub-plots, but I have to say this definitely aided the show and kept me gripped!), it would have been nice to see a differentiation in relationships, instead of being the same-old repeated again but with a blander dynamic and no romance (though I would have been VERY angry if there were to be implied romance between Trent and Harry-- Moving on...).
Overall, this show is definitely worth a watch, no matter your age,. With witty jokes, excellent acting from the whole cast, and a strong heart at the core of the show, My Parents Are Aliens remained wholly consistent with both characters and humour, and it's a shame that it has never been released properly on DVD. -
HobbitRadclyffe19 June 2004While most shows on after school are either silly game shows, soppy teen dramas or unfunny cartoons- 'My Parents Are Aliens' is a real gem! Despite being 14, I still love this show and will, on occasion, laugh out loud at the jokes- something which I don't do very often while watching the kiddies telly. The family on their own make for an excellent show, but what really makes this worth watching are their friends namely Trent and Pete, two good looking lads who deserve more screen time!
All in all, this is a really good programme- spoiled only by the added laughter track during the later episodes. The show is usually seen on CITV at around 4:30-5:00, although I am unsure of the days. -
elmtree171223 December 2005My Parents Are Aliens. Is it the best children's TV program of children's television today? This show has been running for seven series' so far and has been commissioned for at least another one. Most shows don't even make it by three, which highlights the strength that this show has. The characters are complex, each with varying backgrounds and good/bad qualities which make them easy to empathise with and over the past few years, we've grown to love each and every one of them. So it was a massive shock when the last episode of Aliens as we know it was broadcast on Wednesday and many a comment on this 'ending' have been voiced over the last 48 hours. Everything, from what I can gather, will be all change apart from the formation for this show: Brian and Sophie who will be continued onto the next era of Aliens. Over the years, Tony Gardner and Carla Mendonca/Barbara Durkin have brought the characters of Brian and Sophie Johnson to life and for those two to have the difficult task of maintaining the high standards set by the current actors is a challenge, but I'm sure they'll pull it off magnificently. For anyone out there reading this who has never watched the program, I would urge you all to give it a shot. The canned laughter track introduced in Series 4 is the only downfall of this piece of comedy genius and for old and young people alike, it's certainly not a waste of half an hour once or twice a week. To argue the point against this though is the introduction of the new children. I have nothing against the actors or the characters of Harry and CJ but to introduce new children so late in the game was always going to have its risks. CJ was too much of a Josh copycat and Harry was almost identical to Mel, personality wise. And to attempt to replace a much loved element of the show such as the lovely Mel was a bad mistake. However, the high standards of the show didn't slip and Harry and CJ gradually became part of the whole routine. My Parents Are Aliens Series 8 should be broadcast around about this time next year and previous series' are being continually repeated on Nickelodeon and CiTV, so if I've convinced anyone with this review then please do watch it, you wont regret it. And now all there's left to say is good luck to those staying, good bye to those leaving and welcome to those arriving. We've been with you every step of the way and intend to keep following, because you're all stars!
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What can I say? It's refreshing, interesting and engaging. You can build up empathy for the main characters without being too deep about it. First class writing with wit and humour and a fantastic talented cast, as well as the unseen crew being brilliant too! Definately one to watch :D
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stephenpps200316 December 2005I think you will find this series funnier when you see the repeats, next year. CITV have made the mistake of showing classic episodes on Monday followed by the new series on Tuesday and Wednesday. Big mistake, the new series should stand alone. Yes I miss Mel but give Harry a chance. It is still worth watching for the brilliant performance of Tony Gardner as Brian. The episode where Brian and Sophie fell madly in love is a classic.
The actress who plays Tania Thomas in the current series is Sasha Tilley, not Emily Fleeshman who played the part in series 3 & 4. Please can someone amend your records in the cast listing. -
garlicbread4eva1 July 2005this is one of my favourite TV programmes ever. i love this TV programme so much and i watch it everyday on nickelodeon and i t v. i really enjoy it and i am really shocked that Alex is nearly 19 ! it's funny and original and i've even been in it (only as an extra) josh (played by Alex) is so fine i really love him 2 bits. love you Alex 4evaxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx jess Also Dic and Dom rule and do so ant and Dec they are so funny and i'm gutted that Dick and Dom aren't on, on a Saturday morning any more and i want it back on now but it's back on in September !!!!!! yes !!!! i can't wait but i can't wait more for the new series of my parents are aliens which they are filming and i am in the first episode so far !!!! look out for me~!!!!!