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People Like Us was a British radio and TV comedy programme, a spoof on-location documentary 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 aired from September 1999 to June 2000.

This mockumentary subverts the serious tone of investigative journalism through a hopelessly incompetent interviewer. Roy Mallard's awkward silences and profound lack of awareness turn every interview into a brilliant comedy of errors.