People Just Do Nothing is a British television mockumentary sitcom, created and performed by Allan Mustafa, Steve Stamp, Asim Chaudhry and Hugo Chegwin. The programme follows the lives of MC Grindah, DJ Beats and their friends, who run Kurupt FM, a pirate radio station broadcasting UK garage and drum and bass music from Brentford in West London. Stemming from a niche style of comedy that began in the grime scene, the programme originally began as a series of online shorts that became popular enough that the group were asked to make a pilot episode for BBC3's Comedy Feeds. The first series was released on BBC Three in July 2014, with the fifth and final series airing on BBC Two in 2018. A film continuation, People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan, is set to be released in 2021. In 2017, the show won the BAFTA award and Royal Television Society award for Best Scripted Comedy.
| Genre | Sitcom, Mockumentary |
| Created by | Steve Stamp, Allan Mustafa, Hugo Chegwin, Asim Chaudhry |
| Written by | Steve Stamp, Allan Mustafa, Lily Brazier (add.), Asim Chaudhry (add.), Hugo Chegwin (add.), Ben Murray (add.) (s. 1–2) |
| Directed by | Jack Clough |
| Starring | Allan Mustafa, Hugo Chegwin, Asim Chaudhry, Steve Stamp, Daniel Sylvester Woolford, Lily Brazier, Ruth Bratt, George Keywood, Olivia Jasmine Edwards |
| Composer(s) | Hugo Chegwin, Harry Craze, Allan "Seapa" Mustafa, Steve Stamp (s. 2) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
| Executive producer(s) | Ash Atalla, Jon Petrie (s. 4–5) |
| Producer(s) | Jon Petrie (s. 1–3), Jack Clough (s. 4–5) |
| Cinematography | Jamie Cairney (s. 1), Si Bell (s. 2), Matthew Wicks (s. 3–5) |
| Editor(s) | Gareth Heal |
| Running time | 25–30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Roughcut TV |
| Distributor | Fremantle |
| Original network | BBC Three, BBC Two |
| Followed by | People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan |
| Netflix ID | 80125291 |
About People Just Do Nothing
Mockumentary sitcom about a DJ and MC operating a pirate radio station. In 2017, the show won Best Scripted Comedy at the BAFTAs and Royal Television Society awards.
Achievement of People Just Do Nothing
The four main actors in the show have formed a musical group called Kurupt FM. The show was nominated for its first Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award in 2017.
Top Facts You Did Not Know About People Just Do Nothing
UK garage.. Pirate radio.. BBC television sitcoms.. Television shows set in London.
Latest information about People Just Do Nothing updated on July 28 2021.
