
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.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1

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
Daniel Lawrence Taylor | Nick |
Kadiff Kirwan | Jason |
Adelayo Adedayo | Lauren |
Samson Kayo | Horace |
Liz Kingsman | Victoria |
Kevin Garry (as Kevin 'KG' Garry) | Curtis |
Joseph Quinn | Ralph |
Kevin Eldon | Professor John Logie Baird |
Tom Meeten | Shop Assistant |
John Stoate | Homeless Pete |
Seleme Knight | Screaming Woman |
Daniel Lawrence Taylor | Writer |
Barunka O'Shaughnessy | Script Editor |
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 2017Critics' 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