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Sunday, June 13, 2021

Timewasters

I’m excited to report that the British Dieselpunk comedy Timewasters has finally come to the American side of the pond.


IMDb’s website provides a severely understated one-sentence description of Timewasters, “A struggling jazz band from South London are propelled back in time.” This soundbite of a description fails to do the series justice.

Timewasters series centers around four main characters: Nick (Daniel Lawrence Taylor), Jason (Kadiff Kirwan), Lauren (Adelayo Adedayo), and Horace (Samson Kayo), who are all members of what they call a Jazz quartet. One day while preparing to practice, Horace barges in to announce that he’s discovered a time machine. I don’t want to give away any spoilers, but our four heroes ultimately become stuck in 1926 London when their time machine breaks down with hilarious consequences.

Timewasters is definitely no Downton Abby. It’s a fantastic Dieselpunk “Stranger in a Strange Land” comedy that I highly recommend. You can watch Timewasters on IMDb TV.

 

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