The First Team (TV series)

*The First Team*
The First Team
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Damon Beesley; Iain Morris;
Written by	Damon Beesley; Iain Morris;
Directed by	Damon Beesley; Iain Morris;
Starring	Jake Short; Shaquille Ali-Yebuah; Jack McMullen; Will Arnett; Chris Geere; Theo Barklem-Biggs; Tamla Kari;
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producers	Damon Beesley; Caroline Leddy; Iain Morris; Gregor Sharp; Tom Werner;
Producer	Sam Pinnell
Cinematography	Simon Tindall
Editors	Charlie Fawcett; William Webb;
Running time	27–30 minutes
Production companies	BBC Studios; Fudge Park Productions;
Original release
Network	BBC Two; BBC iPlayer;
Release	28 May –; 2 July 2020
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The First Team (stylised as The F1rst Team) is a British comedy television series, created by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, both well known for their work on The Inbetweeners.^[3] The series follows the lives of Mattie Sullivan (Jake Short), Benji Achebe (Shaquille Ali-Yebuah) and Jack Turner (Jack McMullen), who are young players of a fictional Premier League football team.^[4]

Produced by BBC Studios and the creators' production company Fudge Park Productions, the sole series began broadcasting on BBC Two on 28 May 2020, consisting of six episodes, concluding on 2 July the same year.^[2] The series received mixed reviews by critics.^[5]^[6]

^ "BBC Two - The First Team". BBC. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "BBC iPlayer - The First Team". BBC. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
^ "Meet the cast of BBC Two's The First Team". The Radio Times.
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[1] "BBC Two - The First Team". BBC. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[episodes-2] "BBC iPlayer - The First Team". BBC. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[3] "Meet the cast of BBC Two's The First Team". The Radio Times.

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The First Team

Genre	Comedy^[1]
Created by	Damon Beesley Iain Morris
Written by	Damon Beesley Iain Morris
Directed by	Damon Beesley Iain Morris
Starring	Jake Short Shaquille Ali-Yebuah Jack McMullen Will Arnett Chris Geere Theo Barklem-Biggs Tamla Kari
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producers	Damon Beesley Caroline Leddy Iain Morris Gregor Sharp Tom Werner
Producer	Sam Pinnell
Cinematography	Simon Tindall
Editors	Charlie Fawcett William Webb
Running time	27–30 minutes^[2]
Production companies	BBC Studios Fudge Park Productions
Original release
Network	BBC Two BBC iPlayer
Release	28 May (2020-05-28) – 2 July 2020 (2020-07-02)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)

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The First Team (TV series)

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