People Just Do Nothing

It's so close to being exactly how I grew up it's uncanny! Brilliant! So well written! I love it!

At first glance this is another British mockumentary in the same vein as The Office. Pathetic characters in normal situations that are familiar yet far-fetched. We laugh at these people with a 'there but for the grace of god' sigh of relief. And yet there's something very real about the characters we meet in this comedy. Even if you don't live in a council tower block you either know people like this or know that people like this exist. The ambitions and eventual failure in achieving them by these sorry losers is very real. They're decent, (fairly) honest people caught in a trap and you're really cheering for them, but if they came up trumps it wouldn't be funny. The comedy is in their failure.

Like many people of my generation who were aspiring DJs, spending countless nights on the decks with their mates getting stoned, there's so much in this that rings true, and these relatively unknown actors do a superb job in making it all feel so real. We laugh with them, we laugh at them, then we come away feeling really bad for them, and it's this subtle fine-line that makes this new comedy really stand out.

As an American I sadly was not in London when pirate radio and garage was popping. Nonetheless, the show managed to keep me invested in the story and the characters. While season one was slow, I'm glad I continued watching as the show gets much better. Season 4 was a little bit weak, but that's probably just because I wasn't a fan of Grindah's character in it. But the show managed to end on a high note with a good season 5 and a great ending. Overall the show is well worth a watch, and got me listening to some new music as well.

Look it's taken a lockdown and Worldwide pandemic for me to finally stop skipping all the recommendations from BBCi and Netflix but this comedy really hits home.

First I loathe all the music , the MC etc that is part of the greatness of this indy type comedy that looks at times its shot on a 90s video cam. I have met every character in this show , I have wanted to knock out ( yes physically) the Grindah guy for well being Grindah. Michelle so radiated as my sister in law who I had to rescue from a burke like Grindah .

I've had a friend like Chabuddy G , was pestered by an older woman at this age by a woman just like Carol. And all the other mates the Go-for , the partner in crime who is actually a decent person and would be far better off without the influence of the selfish Grindah.

I get angry watching this but funny angry because it's so raw.

I'm only at the back of series 3 so I dont know anything further but the younger in cheek joke with Michelle and Decoy is so well played out that I believe that if this was real that Mich is oblivious to it all. The christening or " Christian " is top notch quality humor.

This may seem that its comedy for the dumb illiterate but it's very much cultivated and those involved have turned this into a erudite classic.

Well done the BBC 3 team 👌

It's been a very long time since the golden age of British sitcoms, back in the 90s. Since then, we've seen very little in the way of outstanding, memorable stuff. The last truly great one, in my opinion, was Peep Show which finished last year and you'd have to go back to The Office before that (though I'd like to give a shout out to Plebs, which although not in the same league is still very good). Well now, we've finally got another one.

It's very much inspired by The Office and much of the acting (particularly from the two main characters, Beats and Grindah) clearly has Ricky Gervais's imprint all over it. I don't see this as a bad thing though and if you liked The Office you'll love this. As will anyone with a passing knowledge of inner city life in the UK, the DJ / underground music scene or even if you just like laughing at the "chavvy" end of society. Most of us will recognise at least one of these 4 main protagonists or the characters they associate with, in real life and it all rings very true, particularly the dialogue which is expertly done.

What this is doing languishing on BBC 3 is anyone's guess but it certainly deserves a larger audience. I cannot recommend this highly enough, I haven't laughed so much in years!