People Just Do Nothing
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two / BBC Three (Online) / BBC Three
- 2012 - 2018
- 28 episodes (5 series)
Mockumentary that follows the lives of people connected to the West London pirate radio station Kurupt FM. Stars Allan Mustafa, Hugo Chegwin, Asim Chaudhry, Steve Stamp, Daniel Sylvester Woolford and more.
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RTS Award Winners 2017
BBC Three sitcom People Just Do Nothing has won in two categories at the Royal Television Society Awards 2017, as has Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge. The Last Leg was also a winner. Julie Walters got a Lifetime Achievement Award.
British Comedy Guide, 21st March 2017Comedies nominated in Royal Television Society Awards 2017
Catastrophe, People Just Do Nothing and The Windsors are amongst the nominees for the Royal Television Society Awards 2017.
British Comedy Guide, 7th March 2017Chortle Awards 2017 nominees announced
The nominees for the Chortle Awards 2017 have been announced. David Baddiel, Bridget Christie, Richard Gadd, Kieran Hodgson and Stewart Lee are shortlisted for best live show.
British Comedy Guide, 16th February 2017Writers' Guild Of Great Britain 2017 shortlist announced
The writers of Plebs, People Just Do Nothing, Fleabag, Guilt Trip, The Pin and John Finnemore's Double Acts are nominated in the WGGB Awards 2017.
British Comedy Guide, 6th December 2016People Just Do Nothing film planned
The creators of pirate radio station-set sitcom People Just Do Nothing are "talking about" the idea of making a film when the programme has finished on TV.
British Comedy Guide, 27th November 2016Interview: Kurupt FM's message to Trump
The cast of BBC Three's mockumentary series People Just Do Nothing - MC Grindah, Steves and Chabuddy G - tell Kate Hutchinson about the future of UK nightlife; the closure of Fabric nightclub; their relationship with Craig David; and their personal message to Donald Trump.
Kate Hutchinson, The Guardian, 4th November 2016MC Grindah talks love, Trump and Kurupt FM
The much sought-after garage MC speaks exclusively to RadioTimes.com
Ellie Harrison, Radio Times, 28th September 2016How People Just Do Nothing made sitcoms funny again
In an age of bleak comedy that barely makes you snigger, one show has been keeping up the lost art of making people laugh - the hilarious, half-witted pirate radio mockumentary. Now, finally, the BBC are throwing their weight behind it.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 22nd September 2016People Just Do Nothing DVD review
Some 14 years after they made their debut on underground pirate station Kurupt FM, DJ Beats, MC Grindah and the rest of the crew are going mainstream as they arrive on DVD for the first time ever.
James Clark, TNT Magazine, 9th September 2016The mock documentary about MC Grindah and Beats, pirate radio DJs in hoodies who run Kurupt FM, returns for a new series. There are shades of The Office in this, but maybe we've come full circle with mock-docs so copying - or drawing influence from - The Office is now a genre in itself.
It's still funny though and the setting is far enough removed from the Slough paper merchants that it can stand alone. We see Chabuddy G preparing for a date. Ask what the G stands for and he'll tell you: "Gucci. Girls. Girth." But he's not so cool, deep down, and is worried this new woman will "break my heart and steal all my stuff again". The rest of the lads are in the studio to record a new track but daren't admit they don't know how to operate the equipment.
Julie McDowall, The National (Scotland), 24th August 2016