samax_89 Much like the Sinclair c5 or the apple newton, the idea behind 'star stories' is much,much better than the end result itself.The premise:target various pompous,media hungry celebrities and across a series of programmes rip the heck out of them unmercifully,sounds like comedy gold in the making except it is not.The main problem with 'star stories' is the writing,in the hands of an acidic or even moderately capable satirist (armando Iannucci,Chris morris) the likes of tom cruise,George Micheal,Simon Cowell etc would be torn a new one with sidesplitting results.Instead the creative forces behind this seem to be content to make the kind of cringe inducing ,amateurish comedy thats usually the domain of over enthusiastic you tube clip makers and there drunk mates.The performances in tandem with the writing also leave a lot to be desired,those hoping to see Self important,media whores like Mr Cowell etc getting a well deserved visual kicking will be disappointed as the caricatures on show are largely puerile facsimiles (hardly a surprise when you count an ex big brother 'contestant' amongst the cast)that are more likely to illicit a groan than a laugh.No wonder Mr cow ell etc didn't sue they're probably embarrassed for those participating in this comedy abortion and relieved that there public flogging had all the force of a summer breeze.

freemantle_uk This program just crosses some many lines of common decency. It is insult, crass and crude and just not funny. The idea is to make fun of celebrates and mock them is nothing new. It is meant to be a parody/satire, but those sort of programs tend to honour the people and there careers. This does not do that. A good example of this is the episode about Tom Cruise. He should have been a easy target because of his Scientology beliefs, he relationship with Katie Holmes and moments like his rants on psychology and jumping the couch. However this program is just insulting to Cruise and other characters. They make out that during the filming of Risky Business that Cruise was soiling himself during the scene when he was dancing in his underwear. They portray Nicole Kidman as someone who didn't care about Cruise and that she was just wanting to marry him for money and to get out of Australia. They make out that Stanley Kubrick just filmed Eyes Wide Shut just so he could masturbate during the sex scenes which is a real low point for me. The list just goes on and on. This is a program that shouldn't be made and I'm surprised some people haven't filed legal action against the making of the program. Just don't want this program and it should die!

john-5048 If you tired of hearing about all these self obsessed "celebrities" this series is for you. The episode about Tom Cruise mercilously mocks his scientology beliefs and his sham marriage to Nicole Kidman- for this alone I thank the creators of Star Stories- someone needed to do this, and the scene where John Travolta convinces Tom by whacking him on the head with a shovel will be welcome by anyone who abhors religious cults.I can imagine that the only people that this series offends are readers of "heat" magazine, or people who think that fame and celebrity makes a person untouchable. A friend of mine once commented "if you live in England there's little chance of your ego (no matter how successful you are) growing too big because someone out there is always ready to prick the balloon- witness shows like Buzzcocks, Mock the Week and Have I got News for you.

Jackson Booth-Millard This is a really good satire comedy about the lives of well known celebrities/stars in the world. All the stories are true, but made like an episode of The League of Gentlemen, i.e. dark. Every episode they take famous celebrities known to us in Britain, whether single people or couples, and it gives us a new twist of all news we heard about them. The people they have mocked and made into genius Little Britain type characters so far are David and Victoria Beckham (with The Spice Girls and Alex Ferguson), George Michael (along with Sir Bob Geldof, Sir Elton John and Boy George), Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas (with Mick Hucknall and Kirk Douglas), Madonna and Guy Ritchie (with Vinnie Jones), Sadie Frost and Jude Law (with Steven Spielberg and Sean Pertwee) and Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie (with the Friends cast). The only member of the cast I can remember is Rhys Thomas from The Fast Show. Very good!