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'''''Timewasters''''' is a British satirical time-travel television programme, first broadcast on [[ITV2]] in 2017 with a second series broadcast in 2019. It was created by
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]].
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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"/>}}
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*[[Kadiff Kirwan]] as Jason, saxophone
*[[Adelayo Adedayo]] as Lauren Wolton, drums
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*Kevin 'KG' Garry as Curtis
*[[Joseph Quinn (actor)|Joseph Quinn]] as Ralph
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*[[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
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*[[Ellie White]] as Janice, a Russian spy
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*[[Sam Douglas]] as Vadim, a Russian spy
*[[Daniel Simonsen]] as Alexei, a Russian spy
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*[[Sophie McShera]] as Rose Bickerton, Lauren's superfan
*[[Amy Beth Hayes]] as Nicola, Nick's romantic interest
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*[[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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== Episodes ==
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== Development ==
The programme was created by Taylor, who began working on it in 2015.<ref name="RTSPanel"/>{{rp|2:45}} He recalled that "I wanted to write a comedy for young black actors and I saw that shows such as ''[[The Inbetweeners]]'', ''[[Drifters (TV series)|Drifters]]'' and ''[[Plebs (TV series)|Plebs]]'' were doing well."<ref name="RTSHit"/> Taylor was learning to play the trumpet{{efn|Taylor had been performing as half of the comedy duo Ginger and Black,<ref name="RTSHit"/> in which his partner could play numerous instruments while he couldn't play any.<ref name="RTSPanel"/>{{rp|3:20}}}} and this interest led him to write about a black jazz band in the 1920s.<ref name="RTSTravel"/> While acting on post-apocalyptic romantic-comedy ''
''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"/>
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