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People Like Us

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.

Sep 20, 19992 seasons12 episodesEndedEN

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Chris Langham

Roy Mallard

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Seasons

Season 1

6 episodes

Premiered Sep 20, 1999

Season 2

6 episodes

Premiered May 20, 2001

Episodes

1–6 of 6

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Ep 1

The Managing Director

Sep 20, 1999

30m

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 he'd like. The rest of the staff seem just as incapable as Peter. The sales director, who has a background in oil rig

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Ep 2

The Estate Agent

Sep 27, 1999

30m

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 glimpse beneath the surface of the underwater lipstick, however, can reveal a different story,"" says Roy.

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Ep 3

The Police Officer

Oct 4, 1999

30m

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.

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Ep 4

The Solicitor

Oct 11, 1999

30m

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.

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Ep 5

The Photographer

Oct 18, 1999

30m

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 break when he goes for an interview at a smart London art gallery. Could this at last be the start of something big?

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Ep 6

The Head Teacher

Oct 25, 1999

30m

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.