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Playing for Time

Playing for Time

2018TV Series⏱️ 35m
ComedyGame-Show
5.3
IMDB Rating
29 votes

Rob and a celebrity guest 'travel back in time' and reminisce about that era. In order to return to the present day they will have to complete a level of an iconic computer game from each period guided by games-mistress Peggy.

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Rob Beckett, Kerry Godliman, Simon Greenall
Release Date
March 30, 2018
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Rob Beckett
Rob Beckett
as Self - Presenter
Kerry Godliman
Kerry Godliman
as Self - Peggy Aytean
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Simon Greenall
as Self - Voiced by
Asim Chaudhry
Asim Chaudhry
as Self
Rachel Riley
Rachel Riley
as Self
Josh Widdicombe
Josh Widdicombe
as Self
Scarlett Moffatt
Scarlett Moffatt
as Self

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Production
Rumpus Media, Game, Channel 4 Television

🏷️ Keywords

computernon fiction

🎯 Categories

ComedyGame Show

⭐ Featured Review

Poor...very little decent video gaming here
by jw-690-7508242018-07-15
2/10

"Much of this programme is taken up with the pre-amble of a futuristic console arriving at Rob's. Then there is a huge amount of non-gaming conversation with each week's guest. The amount of games covered is low - and every time there is always a huge gap in time travel, missing out games from that decade because Rob was doing something else unfunny. All that aside, I found the most annoying thing to be that they were not playing the versions of games they were pretending. E.g. Frogger - was portrayed as being Atari 2600 (they even had the console and controllers), yet what was on sc..."

📖 Synopsis

Rob and a celebrity guest 'travel back in time' and reminisce about that era. In order to return to the present day they will have to complete a level of an iconic computer game from each period guided by games-mistress Peggy.