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Original Title :
Crims
Genre :
TV Series / Comedy
Cast :
Elis James,Kadiff Kirwan,Cariad Lloyd
Type :
TV Series
Time :
30min
Rating :
5.9/10
Crims Online

Crims follows straight-laced Luke, played by stand-up comedian Elis James, and Jason played by Kadiff Kirwan, who both make their TV acting debut. Luke inadvertently finds himself sentenced to two years in Young Offender Institution Sunnybank View after becoming a bank robber's getaway driver, along with the bank robber in question, his girlfriend's brother and so-called friend - Jason. To make matters worse he has to share a cell with Jason. Luke will have to rely on Jason's street smarts to get him through. Unfortunately, Jason is a massive idiot.
Series cast summary:
Elis James Elis James - Luke 6 episodes, 2015
Kadiff Kirwan Kadiff Kirwan - Jason 6 episodes, 2015
Cariad Lloyd Cariad Lloyd - Dawn 6 episodes, 2015
Theo Barklem-Biggs Theo Barklem-Biggs - Marcel 6 episodes, 2015
Ricky Champ Ricky Champ - Creg 6 episodes, 2015
Selom Awadzi Selom Awadzi - Daz 6 episodes, 2015
Ed Kear Ed Kear - Black Elton John 5 episodes, 2015
Jamal Hadjkura Jamal Hadjkura - Isaac 5 episodes, 2015
Lashana Lynch Lashana Lynch - Gemma 5 episodes, 2015
Naomi Cooper-Davis Naomi Cooper-Davis - Bev 4 episodes, 2015
Samuel Gomes Da Silva Samuel Gomes Da Silva - Esteban 3 episodes, 2015
Tracy Ann Oberman Tracy Ann Oberman - Governor Riley 2 episodes, 2015
Kola Bokinni Kola Bokinni - Lewis 2 episodes, 2015
Ryan Bullman Ryan Bullman - Massive Steve 2 episodes, 2015


User reviews

Frey

Frey

I'm a connoisseur of British Comedy and whilst 'Crims' isn't a big- league puncher it's fresh, snappy writing and high gag-count keep it rolling on and enjoyable. Kadiff (as Jason) gets all the gags and is the nice-but-dim foil to Elis' 'wrong place wrong time' bemused Luke and the support cast is solid. The show creates it's own comedy language - frequently self-referential - to good effect (in trying not to reveal a planned escape route, Luke corrects himself from 'garden' to 'farden' - thinking this is an actual word, as a snappy riposte, Jason later uses the phrase 'I beg your farden?'). This is very much 'you had to be there comedy but I think that's the best kind. The show relies un-self- consciously on standard tropes but makes the intelligent but subtle nuances count. In other ways, blunt word play makes for simple but effective laughs (In his benign ignorance, Jason proclaims 'I'm not an igno-rapist!').

Definite potential to improve but enjoyable as it is.

  • review by Danny E Mills