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.
- Series 2, Episode 1 repeated Monday at 10:55pm on BBC3
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How People Just Do Nothing has triumphed
The BBC comedy People Just Do Nothing has undergone a seven-year journey from raw webisodes on a homemade YouTube channel called Wasteman TV, to a slot on Netflix US and growing popularity with American hipsters.
Ian Burrell, i Newspaper, 11th September 2017TV review: People Just Do Nothing
There are lots of ways in which People Just Do Nothing succeeds as near-peerless comedy (only This Country, another BBC Three creation, and Channel 4's The Windsors rivals it). Now just into its fourth series, the team has shifted gear a little, run plot lines a little longer, and introduce some tension and poignancy into proceedings without losing anything of the wit and pace that make it so superbly balanced.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 19th August 2017Preview: People Just Do Nothing
The west London spoof programme returns for a new series following the unconventional group behind Radio Kurupt FM.
Eloise Craven-Todd, On The Box, 19th August 2017Review: People Just Do Nothing, BBC Three/BBC One
Pirate radio station Kurupt FM is back - hurrah - but it has a rival - hiss.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th August 2017People Just Do Nothing review
People Just Do Nothing is the BBC doing 'yoof TV' right.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 16th August 2017Interview: DJ Beats on the stress of being a dad
Kurupt FM star DJ Beats says becoming a dad for the first time has had a seriously bad effect on his health.
Sarah Deen, Metro, 14th August 2017South Bank Awards nominations announced
Camping, Fleabag, People Just Do Nothing, and Kieran Hodgson have secured comedy nominations for the 2017 South Bank Sky Arts Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 6th June 2017BAFTA Awards 2017 - Comedy Winners
The results of the BAFTA Television awards have been announced at a ceremony in London. The comedy-related winners are People Just Do Nothing, Michael McIntyre, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Steve Coogan and Charlie Brooker's Year Wipe. Ab Fab star Joanna Lumley picked up a special award.
British Comedy Guide, 14th May 2017Kurupt FM's festival survival guide
'There's never any need to wear wellies'.
The Guardian, 8th May 2017A catch up with Steve Stamp
As our Comedy Script Room 2017 is about to open for submissions we caught up with Steve Stamp, the co-creator, writer and star of the BBC Three hit comedy series People Just Do Nothing - which has just been nominated for its second BAFTA for Best Scripted Comedy!
BBC, 14th April 2017