Press clippings

People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan review

A Kuruptingly good comedy.

Dulcie Pearce, The Sun, 20th August 2021

People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan review

Fails to deliver on its eastern promise.

Damon Smith, The Irish News, 19th August 2021

People Just Do Nothing film is a fun misadventure

Like every other movie spin-off, People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan is for people who can't get enough of these characters. Even in a story that feels like Spinal Tap lite, their antics will ensure the fanbase will get what they paid for.

James Luxford, City AM, 18th August 2021

People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan review

Although it's largely one for the fans, there are enough explainers to allow newbies to get quickly up to speed.

Emma Simmonds, The List, 16th August 2021

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 2021

People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan interview

"We take credit for Brentford being in the Premier League".

James Mottram, i Newspaper, 13th August 2021

People 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 2021

TV 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 2021

People 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 2021

People Just Do Nothing head to Japan for new film

Filming is underway on People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan, a new movie starring the characters from the hit BBC sitcom. It'll be in cinemas August 2020.

British Comedy Guide, 28th November 2019