People Like Us - Series Two

People Like Us - Series Two (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
180 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
John Morton
Willy Smax

Actors:
Chris Langham ..... Roy Mallard

Synopsis:

The second series of the BBC's award-winning mockumentary series sees Roy Mallard (Chris Langham: Alas Smith & Jones; Not the Nine O'clock News) back on assignment recording the working-lives of 'people like us' - Britain's under-acknowledged professionals. But true to form, his sincere attempts at fly-on-the-wall reporting are turned upside-down as he manages to bring out the worst in his subjects and to become the unwitting protagonist in their stories. Mallard's knack of driving his interviewees to distraction with erratic questioning and senseless, convoluted commentary will have you cringing and laughing out loud at his idiocy. In this series, Mallard tests the faith of a country vicar (Michael Fenton-Stevens: KYTV), becomes a stand-in nanny for a young mother suffering from sleep-deprivation (Tamsin Greig: Black Books; Green Wing) and finds a tenuous link between actors and 'people like us' (with David Tennant: Doctor Who?). Langham's deadpan personification of a well-intentioned but socially-inept documentary-maker is so convincing that the BBC received complaints in both the first and second series about his inappropriate commentary, unprofessional antics and appalling use of the English language. If you are a fan of The Office, you will love People Like Us, a clever satire about observational documentaries and the pseudo-intellectual insights they sometimes provide.

Spoof documentary series. 3 of 6: Film-maker Roy Mallard follows PC David Knight as he deals with a rooftop suicide drama.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 21 May, 2009.

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