Pls Like | |
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Created by | Olly Cambridge |
Written by | Liam Williams |
Directed by | Tom Kingsley |
Starring | Liam Williams |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 18 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Jenna Jones Rupert Majendie Liam Williams Marigo Kehoe James De Frond Ben Caudell |
Production companies | Left Bank Pictures Shiny Button Productions Baby Cow Productions |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Three |
Release | 18 March 2017 – present |
Pls Like is a BBC television satirical mockumentary, produced by Left Bank Pictures and screened on BBC Three online in 2017. A second series followed in 2018 and a third in 2021. The first series starred Liam Williams as himself, in a quest to be a successful YouTube vlogger.
Each series consists of six episodes each. Episodes length varies between 15 and 18 minutes. [1]
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 6 | 11 February 2017 | 18 March 2017 | |
2 | 6 | 25 September 2018 | ||
3 | 6 | 24 January 2021 |
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date | U.K. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "How To Become A Superstar Vlogger" | 11 February 2017 | N/A |
2 | 2 | "Fashion and Beauty" | 18 February 2017 | N/A |
3 | 3 | "Viral Music Video" | 25 February 2017 | N/A |
4 | 4 | "Health & Fitness" | 4 March 2017 | N/A |
5 | 5 | "Tech" | 11 March 2017 | N/A |
6 | 6 | "Humour" | 18 March 2017 | N/A |
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date | U.K. viewers (millions) |
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7 | 1 | "The Hosts" | 25 September 2018 | N/A |
8 | 2 | "Social Change" | 25 September 2018 | N/A |
9 | 3 | "Most Views" | 25 September 2018 | N/A |
10 | 4 | "Kids" | 25 September 2018 | N/A |
11 | 5 | "Self-Care" | 25 September 2018 | N/A |
12 | 6 | "The Likeys" | 25 September 2018 | N/A |
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date | U.K. viewers (millions) |
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13 | 1 | "Travel & Tourism" | 24 January 2021 | N/A |
14 | 2 | "Arts & Culture" | 24 January 2021 | N/A |
15 | 3 | "Sports & Fitness" | 24 January 2021 | N/A |
16 | 4 | "Food & Drink" | 24 January 2021 | N/A |
17 | 5 | "Home & Lifestyle" | 24 January 2021 | N/A |
18 | 6 | "Ethics" | 24 January 2021 | N/A |
Tristram Fane Saunders of The Daily Telegraph said the first series was "impeccably cast, sharply observed." [2] Hannah J Davies of The Guardian said: "it puts a mirror up to the fads and controversies of the day, whether that’s ASMR or the alt-right, and explores their potential for laughs and pathos" [3]
Pls Like was nominated for Best Short Form Programme at the 2018 British Academy Television Awards [4] and was shortlisted for Best Digital Fiction Series at the Banff World Media Festival in Canada.
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