Static
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 2017
- 1 pilot
Studio audience sitcom about a man who jacks in a job in London to move back in with his parents. Stars Rob Beckett, Alison Steadman, Phil Davis, Samson Kayo, Jacqueline Chan and more.
Press clippings
Euan Ferguson's best television of 2017
Includes Motherland, Car Share and W1A, while flops include The Nightly Show.
Euan Ferguson, The Guardian, 10th December 2017Static is about a chap called Rob who moves back in with his parents, except - they've moved house, and downsized to a caravan park! In Margate! The caravan is small, and he keeps bumping into the furniture! Cos the caravan's small! And his dad's got a fat belly!
Apologies to my neighbours if you heard loud clapping coming from this sofa. It wasn't applause: I was looking to open a vein. Only the existence of a locked safe containing compromising evidence could possibly explain why Alison Steadman and Phil Davis lent their undoubted talents to this. Compromising evidence of black-mass sex with long-dead jackals.
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 17th September 2017Preview - Static
The last of BBC One's Comedy Playhouse series of pilots sees Rob Beckett taking centre stage, playing a version of himself.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 15th September 2017Starring and co-written by 8 Out of 10 Cats' Rob Beckett, this pilot finds Beckett's hapless thirtysomething Rob jobless and returning home to live with Mum and Dad (Alison Steadman and Phil Davis). Except they have moved to a caravan park in Margate without telling him. It's going for "heartwarming family sitcom", but the result is powerfully unfunny.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 15th September 2017Comedy Playhouse: Static, BBC1
Of the three BBC1 pilots that have just aired Static easily has the most potential. To use a phrase that will probably get this metropolitan elite critic in trouble it hardly pushes the envelope but it is definitely easy to like.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th September 2017Static with Rob Beckett preview
In the end, the personalities win over the script's shortcomings and Static settles into the bland but likeable. Is that enough? Or will Static be going nowhere?
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th September 2017Rob Beckett's Static is going nowhere: review
By calling his creation Static, Beckett is inviting critics to say his comedy vehicle is going nowhere. Reluctantly, I'll oblige. It seems more likely to get towed off to the scrapyard than commissioned for a full series.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 15th September 2017TV review: Static
A gag-free one-off (we hope) starring Rob Beckett as a twentysomething moving back home with his parents.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 11th September 2017Rob Beckett says own experiences inspired BBC1 sitcom
Rob Beckett says his own experiences inspired his new BBC sitcom Static.
Jessica Ransom, TV Times, 10th September 2017Rob Beckett to star in BBC Comedy Playhouse pilot
Rob Beckett is to star in Static, a new BBC One sitcom pilot about a man who quits his job to move back in with his parents, only to discover they've moved to a static caravan park.
British Comedy Guide, 26th July 2017