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{{short description|UK television comedy}}
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| creator = [[Daniel Lawrence Taylor]]
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'''''Timewasters''''' is a British science-fiction comedy television programme, first broadcast on [[ITV2]] in 2017 with a second series broadcast in 2019. It was created by [[Daniel Lawrence Taylor]] and written by Taylor and [[Barunka O'Shaughnessy]]. It was produced for ITV Studios by [[Kenton Allen]] and Matthew Justice of [[Big Talk Productions]]. The episodes were directed by [[George Kane (director)|George Kane]]. The programme stars Taylor, [[Adelayo Adedayo]], [[Samson Kayo]] and [[Kadiff Kirwan]] as the members of an unsuccessful all-black South London [[jazz quartet]] who time-travel to the [[1920s in jazz|1920s]], and later the [[1950s in jazz|1950s]], visiting the [[Jazz Age]] and post-war [[cool jazz]] period while experiencing culture clashes as they manoeuvre in the unfamiliar eras.<ref name="DeadlineIMDb"/>
Critical response to the programme was generally favourable, with praise for its originality in addressing racism through the comedic insertion of modernity into a period setting. It is also known for satirizing [[historical drama]]s and their lack of diversity. There was critical praise for the writing, direction, chemistry of the main cast, and music. Taylor won the Breakthrough Award at the 2018 [[Royal Television Society]] Programme Awards, and the programme was nominated for Best Scripted Comedy at the [[2018 British Academy Television Awards]].
== Cast ==
Main cast (the jazz quartet):<ref name="DeadlineIMDb"/><!--ref for the four main cast only-->{{efn|Taylor named the four main characters after his four siblings.<ref name="CarsonRenaissance"/>}}
*[[Daniel Lawrence Taylor]] as Nick Wolton, trumpet and bandleader
*[[Kadiff Kirwan]] as Jason, saxophone
*[[Adelayo Adedayo]] as Lauren Wolton, drums
*[[Samson Kayo]] as Horace Cunningham, trombone and vocals. Kayo also portrays Horace's grandfather Aston in the series 2 premiere.
Recurring:<!--in order of appearance-->
*John Stoate as Homeless Pete, operator of the time machine
*Kevin 'KG' Garry as Curtis
*[[Joseph Quinn (actor)|Joseph Quinn]] as Ralph
*[[Liz Kingsman]] as Victoria (series 1)
*[[Anna Chancellor]] as Victoria (series 2)
*Frankie Wilson as Terry, leader of a group of [[Teddy Boy]]s
*Kristy J Curtis as Rita, a Teddy Girl in Terry's group
*[[Theo Barklem-Biggs]] as Len White, a club owner
*[[Ellie White]] as Janice, a Russian spy
*Oliver Wellington as JJ, Jason and Victoria's son
*Clint Dyer as General Hands, a grifting jazz musician
*[[Sam Douglas]] as Vadim, a Russian spy
*[[Daniel Simonsen]] as Alexei, a Russian spy
Guests:<!--in order of appearance-->
*[[Kevin Eldon]] as Professor [[John Logie Baird]]
*[[Nigel Havers]] as Dr Braithwaite, a
*[[Nigel Planer]] as Albert Langley, Victoria's butler
*[[Sophie McShera]] as Rose Bickerton, Lauren's superfan
*[[Amy Beth Hayes]] as Nicola, Nick's romantic interest
*[[Danielle Vitalis]] as Myrtle, Horace's grandmother
*[[Daniel Rigby]] as Martin, an alternate-reality version of Horace
*[[Tom Bennett (actor)|Tom Bennett]] as [[Ronnie Scott]], a jazz musician and club owner
*[[Javone Prince]] as Pastor Gabriel
*[[Patrick Baladi]] as Jonty Ripperton Clack, a conservative politician
*Maple Briscoe as Time Travelling Girl
== Episodes ==
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===Series 1 (2017)===
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|ShortSummary = A struggling jazz quartet
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|10|09|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Nick obsesses over time travel and is sent to a racial-stereotyping therapist
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|10|16|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Lauren tires of being treated like a performing seal by Victoria and her "rich bitch" friends, but reverses her attitude and joins them after
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|10|23|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = The quartet gain a regular booking at a
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|10|30|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Victoria invites the quartet to her family's country estate, where Horace hosts a [[murder mystery game]]. Jason pursues Victoria in a game of hide-and-seek, but soon finds that he is being hunted by Curtis. Jason tries to flee and begs for his life when confronted by Curtis, who collapses while coughing blood. Lauren, delayed due to her fear of nature, arrives to help Jason and encourages him to hide Curtis's body. They return to the murder mystery but Jason's guilty conscience causes him to repeatedly confess. He
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|11|06|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Nick spots Homeless Pete at the
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|03|11|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = In 2019 the quartet reunite for a sombre performance at the funeral of Horace's grandmother Myrtle. Overcome with grief, Horace decides to use the time machine to warn her. The others follow but find that Homeless Pete has taken them all to 1958 (instead of "two minutes to eight" pm). Nick becomes overexcited at seeing jazz musicians and chases after them, getting into an altercation with a gang of [[Teddy Boy]]s. Myrtle happens along, is pushed down, and suddenly defended by Len White, owner of the Blue Flamingo jazz club. As chemistry builds between Myrtle and Len, Horace begins to fade and eventually transforms into a three-quarters white man named Martin. Martin flees from violent Lauren and the quartet enter into another confrontation with the Teddy Boys, in which Myrtle is again knocked down. This time Myrtle is aided by Aston, Horace's grandfather. Myrtle immediately forgets about Len and Horace violently emerges from Martin, just as The One Ton Clam are called to the stage to perform. Jason reunites with Victoria, now in her fifties, and they all decide to stay in the era of [[cool jazz]], unaware that they are being watched by the mysterious Janice.
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|03|11|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = The gang stay with Victoria, whose finances are greatly reduced. Lauren covers their rent from working [[Bouncer (doorman)|security]] at Len's cabaret club. The Blue Flamingo changes to a [[rock and roll]] venue, so Nick revives a wartime jazz club in a [[Nissen hut]] in Victoria's garden. When Len rejects Lauren's idea to offer full stripping and lap dances, Lauren brings the concept and dancers to Nick's club. Nick is initially outraged until he sees the line of customers gathered, and they bring in a considerable sum on their opening night. Horace organizes the dancers and proposes a [[cooperative]], which attracts the rest of Len's dancers. However, Nick's idol, General Hands, takes one look at the club and walks away, declaring that he doesn't perform in titty bars. Although Lauren gains council approval for expansions, Nick calls Len to take his dancers back. Meanwhile, Jason becomes concerned that Victoria may have other lovers of his type and build, and very slowly comes to understand that her son JJ (Jason Junior) is also his son. Janice infiltrates Nick's club as a cleaning woman and is ordered to retrieve Horace's smartphone.
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|03|18|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Victoria throws a [[debutante ball]] to find a wife for JJ. Jason tries to bond with his son (who is five years older than him) and encourages JJ to sleep around. JJ accepts Lauren's sexual proposition but her conscience stops her due to Jason's serious objections. But when Lauren realizes that Jason thinks she isn't good enough for JJ, she sleeps with JJ to spite Jason. Paranoid about spy stories in the newspapers, Nick gathers all their belongings from the future to burn. Horace is trying to ask Janice to the ball when she learns about the fire and runs to Nick. Nick mistakes her for a groupie, leaving Horace feeling rejected. Janice saves Horace's diary from the fire, but as Janice reads it and understands his feelings, she abandons her mission.
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|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|03|25|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Jason purchases a book on parenting advice and a copy of ''Time Bender'', an unauthorized publication of Horace's diary. It becomes a science-fiction bestseller and creates a sensation over the mystery of its author's identity. Lauren encourages Horace to reveal himself so they can both make money. He appears on a television arts show – which Janice observes as she has been relegated to logging television programmes. Meanwhile, Nick discourages a saxophonist from starting a jazz club due to his own difficulties, and realizes that he may have interfered with the establishment of [[Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club]]. Things become worse when celebrity Horace demonstrates [[UK garage]] music which becomes a sensation. Lauren pressures Horace to write a sequel, and Horace comes out as a time traveller but is disbelieved and dismissed. Ronnie starts the jazz club but won't let the quartet perform due to Horace's notoriety. Janice escapes her minders, Alexei and Vadim, who see Horace's admission and are convinced that time travellers are real.
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|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|04|01|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Victoria is away for a funeral and Jason worries that he's got fat. General Hands returns, secretly on the run from his creditors. When he thinks Horace suspects his motives, Hands accuses Horace of attacking him with voodoo and Nick has Horace leave to appease his idol. Horace wanders into a church and confesses his trouble at being accused of having bad juju, and undergoes a baptism. Hands steals Lauren's money (which she skimmed from Horace) and fluffs Jason's ego, eventually taking boudoir photographs of Jason to sell to men's skin magazines. Janice finds Horace and tries to warn him but Lauren pulls Horace away to get their money back, leaving Janice to be captured by Russian spies who were surveilling Horace. Jealous of Jason, Nick shoots his own skin pictures for Hands, who calls him creepy and leaves, refusing to perform at Nick's club.
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|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|04|08|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Janice escapes to thwart the Soviet spies. Victoria returns, engaged to the widower, rich {{abbr|MP|Member of Parliament}} Jonty. JJ leaves Lauren for fatally neglecting his pet. The gang are evicted, Nick's club closed, and Horace has run away. Jonty advocates the deportation of West Indian immigrants and Nick inadvertently invites them to "his lawn" (actually Jonty's garden) where a shantytown forms. Horace joins the Teddy Boys, donning a [[pompadour (hairstyle)|pompadour]] wig. Vadim fears directly confronting the "highly intellectual" time travellers so orders the spies to follow Janice to the time machine. The Teddy Boys confront the squatters; Nick and Horace reconcile as they attempt to defuse the situation, but the [[1958 Notting Hill race riots|Notting Hill race riots]] erupt. Janice warns Horace that she must destroy the time machine before the Soviet spies can change history. JJ believes Lauren redeemed herself by helping the immigrants but then discovers she bought houses from frightened owners. Jason gives JJ his cheap digital watch. The Russians get to the time machine first and Janice detonates a bomb; she survives and embraces Horace. The gang fear that they're stranded until a girl on [[roller shoes]] speeds by, suggesting that she also has a time machine.
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== Development ==
The
''Timewasters'' is Taylor's first project writing for scripted television. He worked with an editor provided by [[Big Talk Productions]], who were producing ''Cockroaches'' for ITV, and improved his script over a few drafts.<ref name="RTSHit"/> According to Taylor, the programme came at a time when there were "discussion[s] about putting more black talent on screen".<ref name="RTSHit"/> His spec script drew interest from ITV,<ref name="RTSPanel"/>{{rp|4:35}} which commissioned a rehearsal reading.<ref name="RTSPanel"/>{{rp|7:10}} Casting was made through auditions; though the main cast hadn't worked together before, they had a quick chemistry and studio executives thought they were longtime friends.<ref name="RTSHit"/><ref name="RTSPanel"/>{{rp|8:40}} Taylor then worked with [[Barunka O'Shaughnessy]] and through a series of drafts they improved the humour and pacing of his stories for the first series.<ref name="RTSHit"/>
== Production ==
The
=== Music ===
The cast took lessons to act like they could play their instruments, but
[[Nick Foster]] and Oli Julian composed the original music for the programme and arranged the jazzy covers of modern songs.<ref name="LBBscore"/> Foster posted the ''Timewasters Season One Original Soundtrack'' on his [[SoundCloud]] account.<ref name="S1OST"/> Cover songs include "[[Hey Ya!]]", "[[Return of the Mack]]",<ref name="GizmodoReview"/> and "[[Back to Black (song)|Back to Black]]".<ref name="GGA"/>
Songs in series 2 include "[[This Is How We Do It]]" (episode 1), "[[Flowers (Sweet Female Attitude song)|Flowers (In the Pouring Rain)]]" (episode 2), "[[Brown Sugar (D'Angelo song)|Brown Sugar]]" and "[[The Cleftones|My Angel Lover]]" (episode 3), "[[Do You Really Like It?]]" (episode 4), and "[[No Letting Go (song)|No Letting Go]]" (episode 5).
== Themes ==
Central themes in the series are race and injustices based on race, gender, and social status.<ref name="RTSRock"/>
Jimi Famuewa wrote for the ''[[Evening Standard]]'' that ''Timewasters'' challenged the way in which black characters are portrayed in period dramas.<ref name="FamuewaPeriod"/>
== Release ==
The
The programme had its North American premiere streaming on [[CBC Gem]] in May 2020,<ref name="Gem1"/> with the second series available in September 2020.<ref name="Gem2"/> It premiered in the US on Amazon streaming service [[IMDb TV]] on 11 June 2021.<ref name="DeadlineIMDb"/><ref name="NewYorker"/>
== Reception ==
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=== Critical response ===
Joel Keller of ''[[Decider (website)|Decider]]'' recommended the programme, finding it to have unexpected humour in the way it treats racism "head on without taking itself ... seriously".<ref name="Decider"/> Homa Khaleeli wrote for ''[[The Guardian]]'' that ''Timewasters'' challenges the archetypes and lack of diversity in period dramas.<ref name="KhaleeliSubverted"/> Cheryl Eddy of ''[[Gizmodo]]'' described the series as a sharply satirical comedy which expertly draws humour from racism. She praised the writing, the music, and the chemistry between the four lead actors.<ref name="GizmodoReview"/> Melody McCune of ''Geek Girl Authority'' wrote that the series "deftly and brilliantly doles out social commentary" of systemic racism in life and in media. She praised the writing, the chemistry of the leads, and the music.<ref name="GGA"/>
Angelica Guarino of [[Common Sense Media]] thoroughly enjoyed the programme, calling it "harmoniously ambitious, off-beat, and fast paced," with uniform story arcs. She particularly praised Taylor's performance, and encouraged parents to discuss with their children the racial issues raised and how it can be "empowering to make jokes about serious topics".<ref name="CSM"/>
Noah Berlatsky of [[NBC News]] wrote that the "wonderful comedy ... subvert[s] heroic white narratives" of genre productions, using "hypervisible" outsider underdog characters who eschew expectations as their endeavours backfire, while broadly mocking the white characters who believe themselves special.<ref name="NBCreview"/> Agathe Devionot of ''Just Focus'' felt that the series was a perfect fusion of comedy with the modernity of the main characters encountering cultural shock in the time-travel scenario. Devionot praised the "comic genius" of the main cast and the collaboration between writer and director.<ref name="JustFocus"/>
The series was praised by members of the [[Royal Television Society]] (RTS): Ed Gove noted the rarity of an all-black central cast on British TV, and summed up the programme's attitude toward race with a joke from the pilot: "People like us never get to time travel – it's what white people do, like skiing or brunch."<ref name="RTSTravel"/> Matthew Bell compared ''Timewasters'' to ''[[Derry Girls]]'' and ''[[Home (British TV series)|Home]]'', for finding humour in dark subject matter.<ref name="RTSHit"/> Kate Holman wrote that the programme "challenges the traditional period drama" and expertly draws comedy from the juxtaposition of past and present prejudices.<ref name="RTSRock"/>
On 3 April 2019, RTS London presented a livestreamed panel discussion, ''Timewasters: Production Focus'', in which the programme was discussed by Adedayo, Kane, Kayo and Taylor. [[British Film Institute]] lead programmer and event chair Justin Johnson<ref name="RTSHit"/><ref name="RTSFocus"/> opened by stating that ''Timewasters'' "successfully combined a science fiction premise with a period setting [and] a full-on comedy."<ref name="RTSPanel"/>
=== Nominations and awards ===
The programme was recognized at several national awards ceremonies. Taylor won the Breakthrough Award at the 2018 RTS Programme Awards.<ref name="RTSHit"/> The series was nominated for Best Scripted Comedy at the [[2018 British Academy Television Awards]]<ref name="HuffBafta"/> and Taylor and O'Shaughnessy were nominated for Best Comedy Writing on Television at the 2018 [[British Screenwriters' Awards]].<ref name="BSA"/>
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| rowspan="4" | 2018
| RTS Programme Awards
| Breakthrough Award
| [[Daniel Lawrence Taylor]]
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| [[2018 British Academy Television Awards|British Academy Television Awards]]
| Best Scripted Comedy
| ''Timewasters'' series 1
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| [[British Screenwriters' Awards]]
| Best Comedy Writing on Television
| Daniel Lawrence Taylor and [[Barunka O'Shaughnessy]]
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| [[Edinburgh International Television Festival]]
| Best Breakthrough Talent
| Daniel Lawrence Taylor
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="ETVA"/>
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| rowspan="4" | 2019
| Broadcast Digital Awards
| Best Comedy Programme
| ''Timewasters'' series 2
| {{nom|Shortlisted}}
| <ref name="BCG-BDA"/><ref name="BDA"/>
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| rowspan="3" | RTS North West Awards
| Best Comedy Programme
| ''Timewasters'' series 2
| {{won}}
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| rowspan="2" | Best Performance in a Comedy
| [[Samson Kayo]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Daniel Lawrence Taylor
| {{nom}}
|}
== Planned US remake ==
In 2019, Taylor stated that he was in talks with [[LL Cool J]] as a potential producer for a US remake of the series for CBS.<ref name="RTSHit"/><ref name="CarsonRenaissance"/> In early 2021, it was announced that a US remake of ''Timewasters'' was in development at [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], under showrunner [[Lauren Ashley Smith]] with Lawrence Taylor, Kenton Allen and Matthew Justice (Big Talk Productions) also executive producing. The remake would be set in New York City and explore the [[Harlem Renaissance]] while contrasting the black experience of 2021 with that of 1926.<ref name="DeadlineRemake"/><ref name="NewYorker"/> The untitled project was being developed for ABC through [[CBS Studios]].<ref name="DeadlineDeal"/> It was reported that a pilot was scheduled to be filmed in early 2021, following COVID-19 delays.<ref name="BCGuspilot"/><ref name="Deadlineuspilot"/> However, a lack of press releases or reportage after August 2021 suggests that it did not go into production.
==See also==
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<ref name="DeadlineIMDb">{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/timewasters-imdb-tv-big-talk-1234762753/ |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |title='Timewasters':UK Comedy Series Travels To IMDb TV In The U.S. |first=Jake |last=Kanter |date=24 May 2021 |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524233633/https://deadline.com/2021/05/timewasters-imdb-tv-big-talk-1234762753/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="DeadlineRemake">{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/lauren-ashley-smith-developing-u-s-remake-of-british-time-travel-comedy-timewasters-in-the-works-at-abc-1234679842/ |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |title=Lauren Ashley Smith Developing U.S. Remake Of British Time-Travel Comedy 'Timewasters' In the Works at ABC |first=Peter |last=White |date=25 January 2021 |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=23 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723012518/https://deadline.com/2021/01/lauren-ashley-smith-developing-u-s-remake-of-british-time-travel-comedy-timewasters-in-the-works-at-abc-1234679842/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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<ref name="Deadlineuspilot">{{cite news |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |title=Big Talk CEO Kenton Allen on 'The Offenders' Renewal; Getting 'Back' Back On Channel 4/Sundance; The End Of 'Friday Night Dinner' |first=Jake |last=Kanter |date=13 January 2021 |url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/big-talk-kenton-allen-the-offenders-back-friday-night-dinner-1234670955/ |access-date=5 January 2025 }}</ref>
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<ref name="RTSHit">{{cite web |url=https://rts.org.uk/article/ticket-timetravel-how-timewasters-became-comedy-hit |title=Ticket to timetravel: How Timewasters became a comedy hit |first=Matthew |last=Bell |publisher=[[Royal Television Society]] |work=Television<!--a.k.a. Television magazine--> |date=April 2019 |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828200646/https://rts.org.uk/article/ticket-timetravel-how-timewasters-became-comedy-hit |url-status=live }}</ref>
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<ref name="RTSRock">{{cite web |url=https://rts.org.uk/article/rocknroll-windrush-itv2s-timewasters-visit-1950s |title=From rock'n'roll to Windrush: ITV2's Timewasters visit the 1950s |first=Kate |last=Holman |publisher=[[Royal Television Society]] |date=11 March 2019 |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828181211/https://rts.org.uk/article/rocknroll-windrush-itv2s-timewasters-visit-1950s |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="HoughtonLiverpool">{{cite news |first=Allstair |last=Houghton |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/whats-being-filmed-liverpool-lord-13747807 |title=What's being filmed in Liverpool? Lord of the Rings origins film takes to city streets |work=Liverpool Echo |date=11 October 2017 |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828181149/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/whats-being-filmed-liverpool-lord-13747807 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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<ref name="HuffBafta">{{cite news |first=Ash |last=Percival |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tv-baftas-2018-winners-list_uk_5af8577ae4b00d7e4c1b9010 |title=TV BAFTAs 2018 Winners List: 'This Country' And 'Three Girls' Lead The Awards Pack |date=13 May 2018 |work=[[Huffington Post]] |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828181149/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tv-baftas-2018-winners-list_uk_5af8577ae4b00d7e4c1b9010 |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="BonaLiverpool">{{cite news |first=Emilia |last=Bona |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/look-inside-one-liverpools-oldest-13253105 |title=Look inside one of Liverpool's oldest private clubs... and it's opposite Primark |work=Liverpool Echo |date=1 July 2017 |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828181152/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/look-inside-one-liverpools-oldest-13253105 |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="FamuewaPeriod">{{cite news |first=Jimi |last=Famuewa |work=Evening Standard |title=How TV period dramas like Guerrilla, The Get Down and Timewasters are diversifying the genre |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/how-tv-period-dramas-like-guerrilla-the-get-down-and-timewasters-are-diversifying-the-genre-a3520381.html |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828181149/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/how-tv-period-dramas-like-guerrilla-the-get-down-and-timewasters-are-diversifying-the-genre-a3520381.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="CarsonRenaissance">{{cite news |first=Sarah |last=Carson |title=Daniel Lawrence Taylor: 'We're going through a black renaissance' |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/daniel-lawrence-taylor-timewasters-interview-new-series-itv2-267740 |work=inews |date=11 March 2019 |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109064752/https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/daniel-lawrence-taylor-timewasters-interview-new-series-itv2-267740 |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="KhaleeliSubverted">{{cite news |first=Homa |last=Khaleeli |title=Doctor Who? How sci-fi sitcom Timewasters subverted time-travel TV |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/23/how-sci-fi-sitcom-timewasters-subverted-time-travel-genre |work=The Guardian |date=23 September 2017 |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828194730/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/23/how-sci-fi-sitcom-timewasters-subverted-time-travel-genre |url-status=live }}</ref>
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<ref name="GizmodoReview">{{cite web |first=Cheryl |last=Eddy |title=''Timewasters''{{'}} Time-Travel Adventures Are Definitely Not a Waste of Time |url=https://gizmodo.com/timewasters-time-travel-adventures-are-definitely-not-a-1847081036 |website=[[Gizmodo]] |date=15 June 2021 |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828181154/https://gizmodo.com/timewasters-time-travel-adventures-are-definitely-not-a-1847081036 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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<ref name="S1OST">{{cite web |url=https://soundcloud.com/nickfostermusic/sets/timewasters-season-one-ost-oli-julian-nick-foster |title=Stream Nick Foster {{!}} Listen to Timewasters Season One OST |access-date=30 August 2021 |website=[[SoundCloud]] |archive-date=31 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831132653/https://soundcloud.com/nickfostermusic/sets/timewasters-season-one-ost-oli-julian-nick-foster |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt7333970}}
*[https://www.bigtalkproductions.com/production/timewasters/ ''Timewasters''] at [[Big Talk Productions]] website
*{{YouTube|0CSwBtqE-64|''Timewasters'' series 1 trailer}}
*{{YouTube|4RaGJtjDys0|''Timewasters:Production Focus''}} – panel discussion hosted by the [[Royal Television Society]]
*[https://soundcloud.com/nickfostermusic/sets/timewasters-season-one-ost-oli-julian-nick-foster ''Timewasters'' Season One Original Soundtrack] at [[SoundCloud]]
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