In 1999, writer-director Justin Kerrigan took a meagre budget and a cast of relative unknowns and made a cult film for the turn of the millennium. Sure, slice-of-life comedies were nothing new, even ones with the kind of absurd flights of fancy Kerrigan employed, but very little on the big screen this side of the Atlantic had shone a light on late-’90s club culture the way this did.
Still endlessly memed today, Human Traffic gave big boosts to the careers of both John Simm and Danny Dyer, and as we’ll be looking at the latter in more depth later in the series (watch this space), we’ve made this episode all about Simm. His TV career had been steadily building, and he’d made his breakthrough in the BBC sitcom Men of the World, starring opposite David Threlfall, which is the paired TV show for this episode.
Joining Guy and Rob to discuss Human Traffic is writer, producer, podcaster and the man with the best Christopher Walken impression in the business, Dan Thomas. Will Dan’s memories of an enjoyable romp hold up, or has it aged like one of Moff’s dodgy disco biscuits?
Men of the World - series 1 episode 1
https://youtu.be/79TddcShAJ4?si=PKcXYQBMetPOFpYl
Comic Strip Presents... - The Yob
https://youtu.be/2-o9TV1AGdk?si=ZNMmCJ-WWq8zklU5
John Simm in Spaced
https://youtu.be/QBiXW-W_V1Y?si=8Ahp_ewQaSgG2gOM
Daniel Peacock’s Cavegirl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1HL4cgoAcA
Bill Hicks on Waco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2EqZ4-enx8
Human Traffic trailer
https://youtu.be/PqY6eAro1QY?si=yZDfSzuHD-lTPf3u
Human Traffic - Nice one Bruva
https://youtu.be/qksndNDMDOw?si=rQ4vtWGi1GM0wVre
Human Traffic - Got any Jungle?
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