People Just Do Nothing
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two / BBC Three (Online) / BBC Three
- 2012 - 2018
- 28 episodes (5 series)
Mockumentary that follows the lives of people connected to the West London pirate radio station Kurupt FM. Stars Allan Mustafa, Hugo Chegwin, Asim Chaudhry, Steve Stamp, Daniel Sylvester Woolford and more.
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This week's dose of the brilliant and pathos-heavy mockumentary sees Hounslow's premier wheeler dealer, Chabuddy G - AKA Alan Brown Sugar - come unstuck when his latest scheme goes awry. Also flagging is Grindah, who is struggling mentally with the prospect of leaving Brentford.
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 3rd December 2018Lights, camera, inaction: the cheerfully hapless mock-doc continues with Chabuddy G taking the helm of a splashy Kurupt FM music promo inspired by both the tireless work of the NHS and Vin Diesel. Meanwhile, Miche ropes in Roche for a hair salon safari to far-flung Essex.
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 26th November 2018After the confiscation of their gear at the end of the last series, Grindah and Beats have been reduced to MCing for another pirate station. The Man can't keep Kurupt FM down for long, though, and soon they are exploiting the goodwill of a local car-boot sale, as Chabuddy G's wheeler-dealer alter ego "Dhal boy" comes to the fore.
Gwilym Mumford, The Guardian, 12th November 2018Why the 'cringe com' reigns
Whether it's cult films or the mockumentary style perfected by The Office, why do we seek discomfort from our comedies?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 12th November 2018Kurupt FM make first virtual reality TV show
Viewers are in for an up close and personal encounter with the Kurupt FM crew, as the cast of hit comedy series People Just Do Nothing kidnap them in the BBC's first-ever comedy virtual reality film.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th November 2018People Just Do Nothing review
Idiotic hubris, crushing realisation and denial should be depressing, but in the fifth and final BBC series, these tragicomic characters transform it all into something joyous.
Tim Dowling, The Guardian, 12th November 2018People Just Do Nothing review
A sublime and rightly award-winning comedy. There's a plentiful supply of comically tragic chutzpah in the fifth and final series.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 12th November 2018Steve Stamp interview
"People think I'm actually Steves. I get pills thrown at me at festivals."
Jessica Barrett, i Newspaper, 11th November 2018Grime to say goodbye. Brentford's finest return for a final season of the acclaimed comedy with change in the air: Grindah and Beats are performing for their hated rivals Kold FM while their equipment is still in the custody of the cops; Steves is on community service; and Miche is facing the prospect of moving to (gasp) Essex. Can a car-boot sale turn things around?
The Guardian, 9th November 2018How People Just Do Nothing struck comedy gold
From YouTube to a BAFTA and now a film, the old mates behind the BBC show have hit the big time.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 27th October 2018