People Just Do Nothing

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.

I was involved with pirate radio in Manchester during early 90's so this series plays close to my heart. I'm now mid 40's and pretty much laughed , cried or both throughout the whole show. Never has a tv series hit the reminisce button so hard. You get drawn into the lives of everyone regardless of how much a part they play. You want to be as enthusiastic as Grindah & Beats. You want to give Miche a hug. You want to chill and have a zoot with Decoy & Fantasy. Everyone needs a Steves in their life and I guarantee you will never anywhere else on TV find a character like Chabuddy G. All I can say to the cast and crew is THANK YOU and keep it Kurrupt x

I am just a bit distraught that this will only be the 4th review on IMDb for this show. 8.6 is great but even after 3 series it still doesn't have the coverage it deserves. If they don't get more recognition they might not make any more. Plus how will Chabuddy ever get his own show?

Or how about Chabuddy G winning an apprentice special.

Think, misfits, spaced, Nathan barley crossed with spinal tap type genius. Mockumentry style with a clever low grade uk/Australian sense of place and time. It's not like it's 1998 is it mate.

I've been kurupted!

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

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 👌