People Just Do Nothing

People Just Do Nothing
Also known as	PJDN Kurupt FM
Genre	Sitcom Mockumentary
Created by	Allan Mustafa Steve Stamp Hugo Chegwin Asim Chaudhry
Written by	Allan Mustafa Steve Stamp Asim Chaudhry Hugo Chegwin
Directed by	Jack Clough
Starring	Allan Mustafa Hugo Chegwin Asim Chaudhry
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	10 (including 1 pilot)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ash Atalla
Producer(s)	Jon Petrie
Location(s)	Brentford, London, England, United Kingdom
Running time	approx. 30 minutes
Production company(s)	Roughcut TV
Release
Original network	BBC iPlayer, BBC Three (TV), BBC Three (online)
Original release	2012 (pilot) 2014 (series 1) 2015 (series 2)
External links
BBC website

People Just Do Nothing is a BBC television sitcom that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Three in July 2014. Created, written and performed by Allan Mustafa, Steve Stamp, Asim Chaudhry and Hugo Chegwin, the programme follows the lives of MC Grindah (Mustafa) and DJ Beats (Chegwin), who run Kurupt FM, a pirate radio station broadcasting garage and drum and bass from Brentford in west London. The show follows a mockumentary format, and was the first BBC Three programme to premier exclusively on its iPlayer service.^[1]

The show started life in 2010 as a YouTube series that was filmed and edited by Asim Chaudhry (Chabuddy G) ^[2] before the BBC commissioned a pilot in July 2012, which became the most shared iPlayer show for the month. A four part series was eventually commissioned, which first aired on iPlayer in July 2014, then on terrestrial television the following month. ^[3] A second series, of five episodes, was aired in July 2015.^[4]

In October 2015, the BBC announced it had commissioned a third and fourth series of People Just Do Nothing, ^[5] both consisting of six, 30 minute episodes.^[6] Series 3 & 4 will initially be available on the new online BBC Three and later screened on BBC Two.

Cast

• Allan 'Seapa' Mustafa as MC Sniper (pilot)/MC Grindah (series), the emcee and founder/leader of the radio station.
• Hugo Chegwin as Kevin "DJ Beats" Bates, the principal DJ. Beats is a loyal friend of Grindah, but is sometimes mistreated by him.
• Lily Brazier as Michelle (pilot)/Miche (series), Grindah's long-term girlfriend. She is a housewife in the first series but gets a job at a beauty salon in the second series.
• Licia Hedlund-Green (pilot)/Olivia Jasmine Edwards (series) as Angel, Grindah and Michelle's young daughter.
• Daniel Sylvester Woolford as Decoy, a friend of Grindah and Beats & also the local Jamaican/yardie , and a DJ at the radio station. It is heavily implied that Decoy is the biological father of Michelle's daughter Angel.
• Steve Stamp as Steven "Steves" Green, a dim-witted habitual MDMA user and the runt of the litter at Kurupt FM. His grandmother owns the flat from which the station broadcasts.
• Ruth Bratt as Roche, Beats' girlfriend, a security guard at a local cash & carry. Roche loves Beats but is not very keen on the radio station, especially Grindah.
• George Keywood as Craig, Roche's son from a former marriage, a lazy teenager who spends most of his time at home playing Call of Duty.
• Asim Chaudhry as Chabuddy G, a local entrepreneur who runs an internet cafe. Ambitious but severely deluded, his hare-brained ideas usually bring chaos to the group.
• Magda Rogoz (pilot)/Maria Louis (series) as Aldona, Chabuddy's unloving wife from Poland.
• Victoria Alcock as Carol, Miche's Mum
• Marvin Jay Alvarez as Fantasy, a shy but long-standing member of the Kurupt FM crew.
• Joel Tiddy as Weapon X, a Kurupt FM DJ.

Production

Both series were filmed in and around the Brentford Towers Estate in Green Dragon Lane, Brentford.^[7]

Broadcast

In Australia, the series premiered on 12 August 2015 on Channel [V].^[8]

Series overview

Series		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	Pilot		17 August 2012
	1	4	20 July 2014	3 August 2014
	2	5	15 July 2015	12 August 2015

Episodes

Pilot (2012)

No. overall	Title	Original air date
1	"Comedy Feeds: People Just Do Nothing Pilot"	17 August 2012
Mockumentary that follows the lives of people connected to west London pirate radio station Kurupt FM. MC Sniper is released from a very short stretch in jail and finds that the station is having problems with its transmitter, threatening Sniper's comeback set.

Series 1 (2014)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original air date
2	1	"Secret Location"	20 July 2014
After receiving noise complaints from a neighbour, the members of Kurupt FM decide to soundproof the flat from which they broadcast. They enlist the help of local entrepreneur Chabuddy G, who devises a creative solution using egg boxes and factory second packets of peanuts in return for Kurupt airing his commercial.
3	2	"Angel's Birthday"	27 July 2014
Grindah is tasked with organizing his daughter's fifth birthday party. After his last-minute negotiations with Argos break down, Chabuddy G steps in to offer an adapted version of his hen's night party package.
4	3	"Competition"	3 August 2014
Kurupt FM run a listener competition, presenting the prize personally to the winner. Chabuddy G's wife's brother comes to visit from Poland, but their apparent closeness raises questions about the true nature of their relationship. Meanwhile, DJ Beats flunks a job interview for Tie Land.
5	4	"The Website"	3 August 2014
The Kurupt crew ask Chabaddy G to design a website[9] for their radio station. He agrees, in return for being allowed to play a DJ set on air. Steves attempts to obtain a crisis loan from the Job Centre. Strapped for cash, DJ Beats is forced to play at a friend's wedding reception to save the station and his washing machine.

Series 2 (2015)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original air date
6	1	"The Godfather"	15 July 2015
It is Angel's christening and Grindah is contemplating his choice of godfather.
7	2	"The Babysitter"	22 July 2015
Miche starts her new trial job at a salon, meaning Grindah is on babysitting duties.
8	3	"Weed Drought"	29 July 2015
Grindah and Beats are in the midst of a weed drought and take matters into their own hands.
9	4	"Promotion"	4 August 2015
Chabuddy prepares for his latest business venture, and Grindah has a big announcement for Miche. Meanwhile, Beats takes Craig on a comical father-and-son fishing trip.
10	5	"Clubnight"	12 August 2015
It's the opening night of Chabuddy's new nightclub, the Champagne Steam Rooms. The Kurupt FM crew prepare for their headliner set, while Miche is offered a full-time position at the salon.

References

1. Gerard O'Donovan (2014-05-14). "People Just Do Nothing, BBC iPlayer, review: 'impressive'". The Daily Telegraph.
2. "People Just Do Nothing Webisodes". Wasteman TV. Youtube. 2010-07-30. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
3. "People Just Do Nothing - from Youtube to BBC Comedy Feed to full series". Writersroom Blog. BBC Online. 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
4. "People Just Do Nothing gets second series on BBC Three". Digital Spy. 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
5. "Critically acclaimed mockumentary series People Just Do Nothing returns to BBC Three for third and fourth series". BBC Media Centre. BBC Online. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
6. Hannah Gannagé-Stewart (2015-10-09). "People Just Do Nothing wins double order". Broadcast. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
7. John Hind (13 July 2015). "People Just Do Nothing: How BBC3's latest comedy started with a series". The Independent.
8. Purcell, Charles (6 August 2015). "New This Week (Aug 10): True Detective finale, The Interceptor, GOT S1-5, Graceland and live sport". The Green Room. Archived from the original on 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
9. "Kurupt FM website".

External links

• People Just Do Nothing at BBC Online
• People Just Do Nothing's channel on YouTube
• People Just Do Nothing on Facebook
• People Just Do Nothing at the Internet Movie Database
• People Just Do Nothing at the British Comedy Guide
• People Just Do Nothing at Radio Times
• Kurupt FM 108.9