Asim Chaudhry
- British
- Actor and writer
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People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan review
Brentford's doziest pirate radio team star in a fish-out-of-water showbiz satire halfway between The Office and Spinal Tap.
Steve Rose, The Guardian, 13th August 2021People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan review
The first big-screen outing for Kurupt FM is a worthy follow-up to the brilliance of the TV series.
Patrick Cremona, Radio Times, 13th August 2021People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan interview
"We take credit for Brentford being in the Premier League".
James Mottram, i Newspaper, 13th August 2021People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan review
A film version of People Just Do Nothing was in the pipeline a while before filming began in 2019. Sensibly and strategically, the show's creators chose to embark on the big screen follow-up when, at the end of the fifth series of the mockumentary sitcom, the Kurupt FM characters went their separate ways.
Francis Nash, The Upcoming, 13th August 2021Kurupting The Industry review
This documentary on the story behind the Bafta-winning show about pirate radio is shameless puffery - but is no poorer for it.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 11th August 2021On the set of the People Just Do Nothing movie
The Kurupt FM crew are back in a big screen, fish-out-of-water adventure set in Japan, complete with lots of eye-wateringly tight DayGlo Lycra.
Alexi Duggins, The Guardian, 10th August 2021TV preview: The People Just Do Nothing Story
On the face of it, a comedy about a group of very unlikely lads running a pirate radio station in Brentford, west London, sounds as though it might not be the average middle-aged woman's Americano (your previewer being the MAW in question). I mean, drum and bass, garage music, Brentford, tracky bottoms and baseball caps? But funny is funny.
Alison Rowat, The Herald, 7th August 2021People Just Do Nothing documentary coming to BBC
The stars of People Just Do Nothing have reunited to make a documentary about their rise from internet obscurity to television popularity and upcoming feature film Big In Japan, for a new BBC Three documentary, Kurupting The Industry: The People Just Do Nothing Story.
British Comedy Guide, 20th July 2021Kurupt FM wins Best Comedy Podcast 2021
The Kurupt FM Podkast won the Best Comedy Podcast title at the British Podcast Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 12th July 2021Asim Chaudhry reveals how Taskmaster is filmed
"I was the worst contestant but I did have an absolute amazing time on Taskmaster, I think it's just genius," he says.
Radio Times, 6th July 2021