Jason Williamson
- Actor and musician
Press clippings
The First Team review
On paper, this pitchside sitcom should be an open goal - but it isn't quite there yet.
Nick Reilly, NME, 29th May 2020The First Team review
Unlikely lads make this slow-burn sitcom not just for football fans.
Susannah Butter, Evening Standard, 28th May 2020TV review: The First Team, BBC2
We might have to wait a bit longer for the real Premier League to start but you can get an early football fix with this new sitcom set in the world of soccer's top flight written by Inbetweeners writers Iain Morris and Damon Beesley. Although a word of warning if you are having really bad withdrawal symptoms, there is no actual football shown. This is pretty much a workplace comedy that happens to be set in the football world. Same shit, shinier cars.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th May 2020The First Team, review: second division comedy
The German Bundesliga and reruns of classic matches have been trying valiantly to fill the football-shaped hole in our lives. Could new pitchside sitcom The First Team (BBC Two) further plug the gap? No, it couldn't. Viewers were left sick as a parrot, rather than over the moon, Clive.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 28th May 2020