People Like Us

Before there was The Office, there was People Like Us. A mockumentary in the style of the \docusoap\ British reality television shows popular at the time about regular people and their regular lives, People Like Us follows actors playing average citizens going about their days working (or failing to do so), with an inept interviewer in tow, frequently getting sidetracked or becoming haplessly involved with his subjects. It is perfectly droll and quintessentially British, with a slew of great deadpan actors, some of whom have gone on to gain larger fame.

1999 HD 30min United Kingdom English

Chris Langham

Comedy

mockumentary spoof

S1E1 - The Managing Director 1999-09-20

Roy Mallard travels to Nottingham to spend a day with Peter Wilson, Managing Director of Zenotech, a company fighting to keep afloat in the stimulating environment of Surface Mount Technology. In other words, it manufactures Thick Film Hybrids for the computer industry. Zenotec is a typical example of the high tech infrastructure that has sprung up in the last 30 years all over Nottingham. Managing director Peter Wilson gives Roy an insight into his inept management skills when he is forced to fire delivery driver Dean Trussler in the face of a new corporate strategy to radically simplify the transport systemâ€”by not having one. Roy reports: ""Being cruel in order to be kind is never easy. As Peter is not doing this to be kind, his task of being cruel is even more of a challenge."" But not everything goes to plan and Roy ends up with less of a fly-on-the-wall presence than hed like. The rest of the staff seem just as incapable as Peter. The sales director, who has a background in oil rig

S1E2 - The Estate Agent 1999-09-27

Roy Mallard spends a day with Levicks Estate Agents-a small family firm in Lewes, Sussex. ""Its no surprise that estate agents are so often compared to synchronized swimmers. A glimpse beneath the surface of the underwater lipstick, however, can reveal a different story,"" says Roy.

S1E3 - The Police Officer 1999-10-04

PC Dave Knights routine day is transformed into a tense roof-top drama when an insurance company employee threatens to commit suicide. And Roy suffers from vertigo sickness.

S1E4 - The Solicitor 1999-10-11

Roy interviews the partners of Chesire solicitors, Broadbent & Broadbent, a firm specialising in matrimonial cases, but it transpires that Nicola and Graham Broadbent have a matrimonial case of their own.

S1E5 - The Photographer 1999-10-18

Will Rushmore is a Winchester-based freelance photographer. He has given up a safe job in town planning to devote himself to his art. Its a struggle and today could be make or break when he goes for an interview at a smart London art gallery. Could this at last be the start of something big?

S1E6 - The Head Teacher 1999-10-25

In the course of a day spent with Stuart Symonds, the Headteacher at King Edward VII Comprehensive, Roy almost discovers the difference between pupil-centred teaching and teacher-centred learning.

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