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Timewasters

Season 1 2017
TV-PG

  • 2017-10-09T21:00:00Z on ITV2
  • 30m
  • 2h 12m (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
In season one, the band find themselves transported back in time to the 1920s. After their “time machine” is destroyed, the group quickly realise that being young and black in the Jazz Age is a lot more difficult and unpleasant than they had expected. The band must navigate the parties and pitfalls of the Roaring Twenties while searching for a way back home.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2017-10-09T21:00:00Z

1x01 Black to the Future

Series Premiere

1x01 Black to the Future

  • 2017-10-09T21:00:00Z22m

Nick is committed to his struggling jazz quartet despite the apathy of his sister, drummer Lauren, trombonist Horace and the philandering Jason. Then a tramp, Homeless Pete, shows them a lift which is actually a time machine, whisking them back to 1926 where they attract - largely unwanted - attention until aristocratic twins Victoria and Ralph book them to play at their birthday party. More concerned with returning home Nick enlists the aid of crazed boffin John Logie Baird, who accuses him of being a spy and imprisons him though he escapes to join the others at the ...

2017-10-09T21:00:00Z

1x02 Good Kids, M.D.A City

1x02 Good Kids, M.D.A City

  • 2017-10-09T21:00:00Z22m

While the rest of the band enjoy living it up in their new environs at Victoria and Ralph's house, Nick desperately tries to work out a way back home. He is invited on a spiritual retreat to help with his wellbeing, but it soon becomes apparent that all is not what it seems. Meanwhile, Jason is all loved up with Victoria, but Lauren begins to tire of Ralph's irritating advances.

2017-10-16T21:00:00Z

1x03 Mo Money Mo Problem

1x03 Mo Money Mo Problem

  • 2017-10-16T21:00:00Z22m

Nick decides to get to know Victoria's long-suffering butler a little better. It turns out that Langley once had hopes of being an opera singer, so Nick becomes determined to help him follow his dreams. Elsewhere, Lauren tries to integrate herself into 1920s high society by befriending Victoria and her gaggle of party girls. Will Lauren stick to her principles or change instantly on being accepted by the posh rich girls?

2017-10-23T21:00:00Z

1x04 Started From The Bottom

1x04 Started From The Bottom

  • 2017-10-23T21:00:00Z22m

After rebelling against the men-only rule at the band's latest gig, Lauren unexpectedly finds herself with a new fan called Rose. Rose brings back lots of friends the following night, giving Lauren her moment to shine. Much to Nick's irritation, Lauren soon catches the public's imagination and becomes a star, but will her new-found fame go to her head?

2017-10-30T22:00:00Z

1x05 Murder He Wrote

1x05 Murder He Wrote

  • 2017-10-30T22:00:00Z22m

The band enjoy a game of murder mystery while at Victoria's country house for the weekend. But when Curtis tracks them down to the house, he has his mind on one and one thing only: revenge.

Season Finale

2017-11-06T22:00:00Z

1x06 Return of the Macs

Season Finale

1x06 Return of the Macs

  • 2017-11-06T22:00:00Z22m

The time machine has been fixed! It's finally time for the band to return to home. Or is it? With Nick and Jason both experiencing girl trouble - and Lauren in financial trouble - the path back to modern day London soon looks a lot less simple.

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