Dead Pixels
- TV sitcom
- E4
- 2019 - 2021
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Comedy about mates Meg, Nicky and Usman, whose world revolves around a role-playing computer game. Stars Alexa Davies, Will Merrick, Sargon Yelda, Charlotte Ritchie and David Mumeni
Streaming rank this week: 3,367
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Bears
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 28th March 2019
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- E4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Alexa Davies | Megan 'Meg' Jefferies |
| Will Merrick | Nicholas 'Nicky' Kettle |
| Sargon Yelda | Usman |
| Charlotte Ritchie | Alison |
| David Mumeni | Russell |
| Noush Skaugen | Zara |
| Jon Brown | Writer |
| Andrew Ellard | Script Editor |
| Al Campbell | Director |
| Asa Movshovitz | Animation Director |
| Matthew Mulot | Producer |
| Sam Bain | Executive Producer |
| Jesse Armstrong | Executive Producer |
| Phil Clarke | Executive Producer |
| Jon Brown | Executive Producer |
| Lucy Jack | Line Producer |
| Mike Holliday | Editor |
| Keith Dunne | Production Designer |
| Nadira Seecoomar | Casting Director |
| Marlene Lawlor | Costume Designer |
| Luke Bryant | Director of Photography |
| Susie Munachen | Make-up Designer |
| Andrew Barnabas | Composer |
| Paul Arnold | Composer |
| Matthew Hanson | 1st Assistant Director |
Video
When a casual gamer joins your online party
Meg decides to invite her new co-worker to her online game party and realises he is a complete newbie...
Featuring: Alexa Davies (Megan 'Meg' Jefferies) & David Mumeni (Russell).
Press
Dead Pixels review
From what I've seen of Dead Pixels, I can assure you this is an inviting import with plenty of promise. Bawdy, incisive, timely, and inventive, Dead Pixels is exactly the kind of show we need to pep up the summer TV lineup.
Allie Gemmill, Collider, 18th August 2020Dead Pixels review
The show skilfully juxtaposes scenes from their real, every-day lives, with the magnitude of their mission in the game - gaining back their castle which has been under siege.
Clemmie Carson, Telly Binge, 31st March 2019Dead Pixels, E4, review - gamers for a laugh
Witty sitcom about videogame addicts pits real life against fantasy
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 29th March 2019World of Dorkcraft: this caustic new sitcom pokes fun at hardcore acolytes of online role-playing games, following exasperated office drone Meg (Raised by Wolves's brilliant Alexa Davies) and skittish shut-in Nicky (Will Merrick) as they happily ignore any and all real-world responsibilities to pursue intangible gains in the orc-filled world of Kingdom Scrolls. Creator Jon Brown - a writing veteran of Fresh Meat - clearly knows his virtual subject, mining surprising amounts of pathos and raunch from a plausibly gaudy gaming realm.
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 28th March 2019Dead Pixels review
There are perils in making a comedy about gaming. After all, the core market may be too firmly glued to their screens to tune in, while the geeky image of the pastime that endures even as more people partake could be a turn-off for non-players.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th March 2019Dead Pixels generates comedy from gaming highs & lows
As if there wasn't enough good comedy on British television at the moment, with This Time, Fleabag, Derry Girls, Home and Timewasters currently on the air, Dead Pixels has now arrived to win laughs from the world of gaming.
Sophie Davies, The Custard TV, 28th March 2019