Rob Beckett's Playing For Time. Rob Beckett. Copyright: Rumpus Media
Rob Beckett's Playing For Time

Rob Beckett's Playing For Time

  • TV comedy / factual
  • Channel 4
  • 2018
  • 4 episodes (1 series)

Rob Beckett hosts a show revisiting computer games from 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Stars Rob Beckett, Kerry Godliman and Simon Greenall.

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Series 1, Episode 1

Rob Beckett's Playing For Time. Image shows from L to R: Rob Beckett, Scarlett Moffatt. Copyright: Rumpus Media
In this episode Rob will be time travelling with Scarlett Moffatt, stopping off to play classics like Pac-Man whilst taking in the music, fashion, toys and pop culture of the times.

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Broadcast details

Date
Friday 30th March 2018
Time
11:15pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
35 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Rob Beckett Host / Presenter
Kerry Godliman Peggy Aytean
Simon Greenall Narrator
Guest cast
Scarlett Moffatt Guest
Writing team
Dan Beckett Writer (Additional Material)
Phil Kerr Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
Barbara Wiltshire Director
Tom Vinnicombe VT Director
Russell Balkind Series Producer
Ben Rogers Producer
Emily Hudd Executive Producer
Iain Wimbush Executive Producer
Damon Tai Editor
Jamie Shemeld Editor
Stephen Bryce (as The Handsome Chaps) Production Designer
Dom Clasby (as The Handsome Chaps) Production Designer
Su Judd Costume Designer
Juliette Tomes Make-up Designer
Julia Smith Lighting Designer
Holley Gray Composer

Video

The Last Of Us

Rob Beckett and Scarlett Moffatt freak out whilst trying to play The Last Of Us.

Featuring: Kerry Godliman (Peggy Aytean), Rob Beckett & Scarlett Moffatt.

Press

Beckett's new show is GamesMaster meets Back in Time for Dinner. He must make his way back to the present day by completing an iconic video game challenge in each year he lands in. This week's guest, Gogglebox's Scarlett Moffatt, has some relevant screen-within-screen experience.

Ellen E. Jones, The Guardian, 30th March 2018

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