People Like Us
8.3
1999
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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- Cast:
- Chris Langham
Episode 6 : The Head Teacher
October. 25,1999
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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Episode 5 : The Photographer
October. 18,1999
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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Episode 4 : The Solicitor
October. 11,1999
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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Episode 3 : The Police Officer
October. 04,1999
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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Episode 2 : The Estate Agent
September. 27,1999
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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