People Like Us
People Like Us
TV ShowEnded

People Like Us

8.0 / 10
1999
2 seasons
12 episodes
Comedy

People Like Us was a British radio and TV comedy programme, a spoof on-location documentary written by John Morton, and starring Chris Langham as Roy Mallard, an inept interviewer. Originally a radio show for BBC Radio 4 in three series from 1995 to 1997, it was made into a television series for BBC Two that aired from September 1999 to June 2000.

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  • Ep 1

    1.The Managing Director

    20-09-199930m

    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...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Estate Agent

    27-09-199930m

    Roy Mallard spends a day with Levick's Estate Agents-a small family firm in Lewes, Sussex. ""It's no surprise that estate agents are so often compared to synchronized swimmers. A g...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Police Officer

    04-10-199930m

    PC Dave Knight's 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.

  • Ep 4

    4.The Solicitor

    11-10-199930m

    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 matrim...

  • Ep 5

    5.The Photographer

    18-10-199930m

    Will Rushmore is a Winchester-based freelance photographer. He has given up a safe job in town planning to devote himself to his art. It's a struggle and today could be make or bre...

  • Ep 6

    6.The Head Teacher

    6.0
    25-10-199930m

    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-c...

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