People Just Do Nothing

Firmly in the tradition of the Office and Phoenix Nights comes this gem following the day to day ups and downs of a group of friends running a pirate radio station in a bedraggled West London neighborhood. We meet best pals, the wonderfully delusional MC Grindah and the loyal, clearly talented but dim DJ Kevin "Beats" Bates who run Brentford's top Garage/DnB,Grime Pirate radio station Kurupt FM. Not very ably assisted by child-like stoner Steves and modest & quiet DJ Decoy; the lads face the day to day struggles of keeping their station going and managing their complicated private lives. The ambitious but severely deluded local 'entrepreneur' Chabuddy G provides the station with much needed help & advice that usually brings chaos to the group, while Grindah's housewife/hair dresser girlfriend provides the vital ego massaging that a 'genius' like Grindah needs. Much of the comedy comes from Grindah's frustration at not being a mega star and with his loyal but dimwitted crew who seemingly frustrate his every move as well as the buffoon- ish but well intentioned Chabuddy's attempts to help his friends. This sort of thing has been done before and a lot of Grindah's mugging to camera is straight from the Ricky Gervais school of comedy but this is clearly a labour of love for the cast, about music they clearly have a passion and talent for. Truly a joy to watch the writing and acting (much of which is ab- libbed) are fantastic. A Bad News Tour or Spinal Tap for modern British urban music.

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!

This series is fantastic. I guess if your one of these people ( they do exist ) you may not find it funny. Other wise it is great observational comedy. The characters are endearing and horrific at the same moment. The total delusion of grandeur these people have is so on point. The worrying thing from my point of view is I like the music they play. Well worth a watch.

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