![The First Team. Image shows from L to R: Olivia Talbot (Tamla Kari), Mark Crane (Will Arnett), Benji Achebe (Shaquille Ali-Yebuah), Mattie Sullivan (Jake Short), Jack Turner (Jack McMullen), Chris Booth (Chris Geere), Petey Brooks (Theo Barklem-Biggs) The First Team. Image shows from L to R: Olivia Talbot (Tamla Kari), Mark Crane (Will Arnett), Benji Achebe (Shaquille Ali-Yebuah), Mattie Sullivan (Jake Short), Jack Turner (Jack McMullen), Chris Booth (Chris Geere), Petey Brooks (Theo Barklem-Biggs)](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/300x200/f/first_team_the.jpg)
The First Team
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 2020
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Comedy following three young football players at a fictional Premier League team. Stars Jake Short, Shaquille Ali-Yebuah, Jack McMullen, Will Arnett, Chris Geere and more.
![The First Team. Image shows from L to R: Mark Crane (Will Arnett), Jack Turner (Jack McMullen), Mattie Sullivan (Jake Short), Benji Achebe (Shaquille Ali-Yebuah), Petey Brooks (Theo Barklem-Biggs) The First Team. Image shows from L to R: Mark Crane (Will Arnett), Jack Turner (Jack McMullen), Mattie Sullivan (Jake Short), Benji Achebe (Shaquille Ali-Yebuah), Petey Brooks (Theo Barklem-Biggs)](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/900x450/f/first_team_b.jpg)
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2020
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 6 (1 series)
- Stars
- Jake Short, Shaquille Ali-Yebuah, Jack McMullen, Will Arnett, Chris Geere, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Tamla Kari, Paolo Sassanelli and more
- Writers
- Damon Beesley and Iain Morris
- Directors
- Damon Beesley and Iain Morris
- Producers
- Sam Pinnell, Tom Werner, Caroline Leddy, Gregor Sharp, Damon Beesley, Iain Morris and Jane Harrison
- Company
Sitcom following the mostly off-the-pitch misadventures of three young football players at a fictional Premier League club.
The stories focus on their friendship, and these boys from around the world are far less proficient with women, money and social media than they are at scoring goals.
The players find themselves struggling with their mercurial Italian manager Cesare, the team's eccentric American Chairman, resident hard-man Petey Brooks and ineffectual coach Chris Booth.
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Afternoons (Working title)
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour