The First Team
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 2020
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Comedy following three young football players at a fictional Premier League team. Stars Jake Short, Shaquille Ali-Yebuah, Jack McMullen, Will Arnett, Chris Geere and more.
Episode menu
- Series 1, Episode 4 - International Break
With the rest of the team away on international duties, Petey announces that he's hosting a barbeque.
Further details
Mattie, Benji and Jack find themselves the only guests as a long, strange afternoon unfolds.
Meanwhile Jack's dad oversteps the mark by posting club business on social media and Cesare's job as manager looks uncertain. Have the fans turned against him? And what is Petey planning? Mattie seeks out the Club Chairman Mark Crane but the meeting does not go quite as he expected.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 18th June 2020
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jake Short | Mattie Sullivan |
| Shaquille Ali-Yebuah | Benji Achebe |
| Jack McMullen | Jack Turner |
| Will Arnett | Mark Crane |
| Chris Geere | Chris Booth |
| Theo Barklem-Biggs | Petey Brooks |
| Tamla Kari | Olivia Talbot |
| Paolo Sassanelli | Cesare |
| Yetunde Oduwole | Mrs Achebe |
| Neil Fitzmaurice | Darren Turner |
| Marvin Brown | Bootz |
| William Waterhouse | Slaven |
| Talitha Stone | Janey Brooks |
| Philips Nortey | Clive |
| Tom Andrews | Salesman Tony |
| Tim Faraday | Gammon |
| Lewis Macleod | Patrick Stewart (Voice) |
| Damon Beesley | Writer |
| Iain Morris | Writer |
| Robert Popper | Script Editor |
| Damon Beesley | Director |
| Iain Morris | Director |
| Sam Pinnell | Producer |
| Tom Werner | Executive Producer |
| Caroline Leddy | Executive Producer |
| Gregor Sharp | Executive Producer |
| Damon Beesley | Executive Producer |
| Iain Morris | Executive Producer |
| Jane Harrison | Line Producer |
| William Webb | Editor |
| Jeff Sherriff | Production Designer |
| Nadira Seecoomar | Casting Director |
| Jacqueline Mills | Costume Designer |
| Simon Tindall | Director of Photography |
| Line Kolaasaeter | Make-up Designer |
| Mike Skinner | Composer |
| Charlie Elliot | 1st Assistant Director |
Press
TV review: The First Team, series 1 episode 4
I've gone from being unimpressed with the show, to mildly hating it.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 18th June 2020