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*[[Liz Kingsman]] as Victoria (series 1)
*[[Anna Chancellor]] as Victoria (series 2)
*Frankie Wilson as Terry, leader of a membergroup of a [[pompadourTeddy (hairstyle)|pompadourBoy]]-wearing youth gangs
*Kristy J Curtis as Rita, a memberTeddy ofGirl ain pompadour-wearingTerry's youth ganggroup
*[[Theo Barklem-Biggs]] as Len White, a club owner
*[[Ellie White]] as Janice, a Russian spy
*[[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
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|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 youth 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 youthTeddy gangBoys, 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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|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|04|08|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = VadimJanice andescapes Alexeito wantthwart the timeSoviet machine but Janice escapes againspies. 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 youthTeddy gangBoys, donning a [[pompadour (hairstyle)|pompadour]] wig to fit in. Vadim fears directly confronting the "highly intellectual" time travellers so orders the spies to follow Janice to the time machine. The youthTeddy gangBoys confront the squatters; Nick and Horace reconcile as they attempt to defuse the situation, reconciling inbut the process[[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 realizesdiscovers 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 kissesembraces 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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== Themes ==
Central themes in the series are race and injustices based on race, gender, and social status.<ref name="RTSRock"/> Taylor stated in an interview that setting"Racism is ridiculous" and enjoyed mining it for humour.<ref name="RTSHit"/> He set the first series in the 1920s providedto provide distance which made it less awkward to address racial issues.<ref name="RTSTravel"/>
Jimi Famuewa wrote for the ''[[Evening Standard]]'' that ''Timewasters'' challenged the way in which black characters are portrayed in period dramas.<ref name="FamuewaPeriod"/>
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