Name: Flinch
Genre: Comedy, Reality
Released: 2019-05-03
Rating: 5.1
Cast: Lloyd Griffith, Seann Walsh

British comedians torturing people for laughs. What could go wrong?

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Chaotic British energySadistic slapstickPub banter

Latest Episode

24 min

Season 1 • Episode 10

Latest

Episode 10

May 3, 2019

Players turn into barnyard snacks. A whip-cracking challenge sets off a milk shower. A buzz saw party becomes a true buzzkill.

Overview

Comedy Reality

Harrowing and hilarious tests await the brave and foolhardy, as well as the judges, in this comedy game show. If they flinch, they feel the pain.

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game

Schadenfreude as entertainmentMasochism vs. bravadoThe absurdity of game shows

Standout Aspects

Practical Effects

Rube Goldberg contraptions that bonk people for failing at literally nothing.

Acting

Griffith and Walsh's genuine delight watching humans suffer minor indignities.

Best for:Friends·Binge

Heads up:Violence

First AiredMay 3, 2019

StatusEnded

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensitymedium

Tonelight

Feellight

Seasons1·Episodes10

Top Cast

Lloyd Griffith

Himself - Presenter

Seann Walsh

Himself - Presenter

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Flinch carries the torch of British panel show cruelty from 'Balls of Steel' and 'Distraction'—proving the UK never met a format they couldn't make slightly meaner.

Trivia

Netflix quietly buried this after one season, possibly because 'torture as comedy' tested poorly with algorithmic morality. It lives on in clip compilations of people getting smacked by fish.