▁Carl ▁Carter ▁Tony ▁Co oke ▁ ▁Simon ▁Dean ▁Rich ie ▁Web b ▁Marc ▁Bla ke will ▁& ▁James ▁Harris ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Sam ▁W oll ast on ▁from ▁The ▁Guardian ▁gave ▁the ▁show ▁a ▁mixed ▁review , ▁saying ▁that ▁the ▁writing ▁was ▁good , ▁but ▁the ▁animation ▁was ▁" s ou ll ess " ▁and ▁the ▁Daily ▁Star ▁simply ▁called ▁it ▁" H il ari ous ". ▁The ▁show ' s ▁debut ▁opened ▁with ▁four ▁million ▁view ers , ▁having ▁the ▁highest ▁view ers ▁of ▁any ▁programme ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁show . ▁However , ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁show ▁was ▁be aten ▁by ▁the ▁news ▁on ▁BBC ▁One . ▁The ▁second ▁episode ▁also ▁attract ed ▁ 4 ▁million ▁view ers . ▁ ▁Peter ▁Fl uck ▁was ▁critical ▁of ▁the ▁series . ▁His ▁initial ▁assess ment ▁is ▁decided ly ▁lu ke w arm : ▁the ▁CG I ▁pu ppets ▁" look ▁pretty ▁dead ", ▁it ▁might ▁not ▁be ▁r ude ▁enough , ▁and , ▁if ▁he ▁were ▁younger , ▁he ▁would ▁by pass ▁television ▁and ▁broadcast ▁on ▁YouTube ▁instead . ▁He ▁is ▁encourag ed ▁by ▁the ▁lik es ▁of ▁R ory ▁B rem ner ▁among ▁the ▁imp erson ators . ▁ ▁DVD ▁release ▁On ▁ 1 5 ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁I TV ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁only ▁series ▁would ▁be ▁available ▁on ▁DVD , ▁which ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁ 7 ▁July . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁Sp itting ▁Image ▁ 2 D TV ▁New zo ids ▁