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Timewasters. Image shows from L to R: Lauren (Adelayo Adedayo), Nick (Daniel Lawrence Taylor), Horace (Samson Kayo), Jason (Kadiff Kirwan). Copyright: Big Talk Productions
Timewasters

Timewasters

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV2
  • 2017 - 2019
  • 12 episodes (2 series)

Sitcom about a struggling four-piece South London jazz band who travel back in time. Stars Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Kadiff Kirwan, Adelayo Adedayo, Samson Kayo, Liz Kingsman and more.

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Series 1, Episode 1

Timewasters. Image shows from L to R: Nick (Daniel Lawrence Taylor), Horace (Samson Kayo), Lauren (Adelayo Adedayo), Jason (Kadiff Kirwan). Copyright: Big Talk Productions
The quartet find themselves catapulted back in time to 1926 and, carrying instruments, are swiftly hired as a jazz band to play at a birthday party. Nick, however, is far more concerned with getting back home than playing his first professional gig.

Preview clips

Further details

Stuck in the past after their 'time machine' malfunctions, the gang set out to survive and hopefully thrive in a world without mobile phones, the internet - or any other black people.

After meeting a wealthy pair of twins named Victoria and Ralph, the band are invited to play at a concert, but Nick is determined to get home. In a surreal twist of fate, Nick runs into famed inventor of television, John Logie Baird. Will he be able to persuade JLB to help him on his mission?

Notes

Parts of this episode are from the non-broadcast pilot.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 9th October 2017
Time
10pm
Channel
ITV2
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Daniel Lawrence Taylor Nick
Kadiff Kirwan Jason
Adelayo Adedayo Lauren
Samson Kayo Horace
Liz Kingsman Victoria
Kevin Garry (as Kevin 'KG' Garry) Curtis
Guest cast
Joseph Quinn Ralph
Kevin Eldon Professor John Logie Baird
Tom Meeten Shop Assistant
John Stoate Homeless Pete
Seleme Knight Screaming Woman
Writing team
Daniel Lawrence Taylor Writer
Barunka O'Shaughnessy Script Editor
Production team
George Kane Director
Josh Cole Producer
Kenton Allen Executive Producer
Saurabh Kakkar Executive Producer
Matthew Justice Executive Producer
Mark Henson Editor
Heather Gibson Production Designer
Olivia Scott-Webb Casting Director
Claire Finlay-Thompson Costume Designer
Adele Firth Make-up Designer
Oli Julian Composer
Nick Foster Composer
Oli Russell Director of Photography
David Chalstrey 1st Assistant Director

Videos

Arriving in 1926

The jazz quartet find themselves in 1926 after taking a trip in a time travelling lift.

Featuring: Daniel Lawrence Taylor (Nick), Kadiff Kirwan (Jason), Adelayo Adedayo (Lauren), Samson Kayo (Horace), Tom Meeten (Shop Assistant) & Seleme Knight (Screaming Woman).

Nick kills television

Nick is interrogated by John Logie Baird.

Featuring: Daniel Lawrence Taylor (Nick) & Kevin Eldon (Professor John Logie Baird).

Press

A new sitcom in which a young jazz quartet get trapped in 1926, thanks to a time machine accessed in a council block lift by a chap named Homeless Pete. It's not what you'd call subtle, exactly - were it not for all the swearing and intermittent threat of knife crime, it could be a children's show. That said, this opening double bill belts along entertainingly, with some fun moments of cultural mismatch along the way. Amusing Nigel Havers appearance, too.

John Robinson, The Guardian, 9th October 2017

Critics' choice: Comedy in 5/4 time

This comedy by Daniel Lawrence Taylor is a few stages past promising, a show with a smart premise and a cast who are charmingly odd, provocative, stylish and silly -- the kind of multitasking few new sitcoms achieve.

Victoria Segal, The Times, 9th October 2017

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