Rob Beckett's Playing For Time
- TV comedy / factual
- Channel 4
- 2018
- 4 episodes (1 series)
Rob Beckett hosts a show revisiting computer games from 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Stars Rob Beckett, Kerry Godliman and Simon Greenall.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1
In this episode Rob will be time travelling with Scarlett Moffatt, stopping off to play classics like Pac-Man whilst taking in the music, fashion, toys and pop culture of the times.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 30th March 2018
- Time
- 11:15pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 35 minutes
Cast & crew
| Rob Beckett | Host / Presenter |
| Kerry Godliman | Peggy Aytean |
| Simon Greenall | Narrator |
| Scarlett Moffatt | Guest |
| Dan Beckett | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Phil Kerr | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Barbara Wiltshire | Director |
| Tom Vinnicombe | VT Director |
| Russell Balkind | Series Producer |
| Ben Rogers | Producer |
| Emily Hudd | Executive Producer |
| Iain Wimbush | Executive Producer |
| Damon Tai | Editor |
| Jamie Shemeld | Editor |
| Stephen Bryce (as The Handsome Chaps) | Production Designer |
| Dom Clasby (as The Handsome Chaps) | Production Designer |
| Su Judd | Costume Designer |
| Juliette Tomes | Make-up Designer |
| Julia Smith | Lighting Designer |
| Holley Gray | Composer |
Video
The Last Of Us
Rob Beckett and Scarlett Moffatt freak out whilst trying to play The Last Of Us.
Featuring: Kerry Godliman (Peggy Aytean), Rob Beckett & Scarlett Moffatt.
Press
Beckett's new show is GamesMaster meets Back in Time for Dinner. He must make his way back to the present day by completing an iconic video game challenge in each year he lands in. This week's guest, Gogglebox's Scarlett Moffatt, has some relevant screen-within-screen experience.
Ellen E. Jones, The Guardian, 30th March 2018