- (This article is about the TV programme. For the ensemble aka Vicki Bennett, see People Like Us (2).)
People Like Us is a British radio and TV comedy programme, a spoof on-location documentary (or mockumentary) written by John Morton, and starring Chris Langham as Roy Mallard, an inept interviewer. Originally a radio show for BBC Radio 4 in three series from 1995 to 1997, it was made into a television series for BBC Two that was broadcast from September 1999 to June 2001.
Links To Peel[]
BBC Two Junctions - 20th May 2001
Peel makes an appearance between 1:06 and 1:10 of the video
Peel made an appearance for the trailer to People Like Us in April 2001, along with journalists Sue Lawley, Esther Rantzen and John Simpson talking about the character Roy Mallard:
"To see one of his programmes is to be reminded why you got into broadcasting in the first place"
Peel never made an appearance in the series, except for promoting the trailer of the programme.