The WORST episodes of Timewasters

Every episode of Timewasters ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Timewasters!

Timewasters is a comedy about a struggling four-piece South London jazz band who travel back in time to the 1920's via a urine-sodden lift in a dilapidated block of flats. Stuck in the past after their ‘time machine' is destroyed, our gang decide to explore, before quickly discovering that being young and black in the Jazz Age is a lot less genteel and a lot more shady than Downton Abbey had led them to believe.

Last Updated: 11/5/2024Network: ITV2Status: Ended
There Has Been a Murder!
star
6.90
31 votes

#1 - There Has Been a Murder!

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2017

The band visit Victoria's country house and decide to enjoy a game of murder mystery, but things start to get a little too real when Curtis returns from the future.

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19:58
star
7.00
18 votes

#2 - 19:58

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/11/2019

Horace wants to go back in time to see his Grandma. The band can't stop him, and they all end up time-travelling to 1958.

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Nick + Nicola
star
7.08
24 votes

#3 - Nick + Nicola

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2017

In the final episode, the time machine has been fixed, but will the band return home? Contains adult, sexual humour and strong language throughout.

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The Jazz Age
star
7.11
103 votes

#4 - The Jazz Age

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2017

Stuck in the past after their 'time machine' malfunctions, the gang set out to survive and hopefully thrive in a world without mobile phones, the internet - or any other black people. After meeting a wealthy pair of twins named Victoria and Ralph, the band are invited to play at a concert, but Nick is determined to get home. In a surreal twist of fate, Nick runs into famed inventor John Logie Baird. Will he be able to persuade JLB to help him on his mission?

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Summer of Love
star
7.18
17 votes

#5 - Summer of Love

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/18/2019

Victoria decides that it's time to marry off her and Jason's son, JJ. But it seems the only woman JJ has eyes for is Lauren.

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Follow Your Dreams
star
7.18
39 votes

#6 - Follow Your Dreams

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2017

Nick decides to get to know Victoria's long-suffering butler a little better. It turns out that Langley once had hopes of being an opera singer, so Nick becomes determined to help him follow his dreams. Elsewhere, Lauren tries to integrate herself into 1920s high society by befriending Victoria and her gaggle of party girls. Will Lauren stick to her principles or change instantly on being accepted by the posh rich girls?

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The Wellness Institute
star
7.22
67 votes

#7 - The Wellness Institute

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2017

While the rest of the band enjoy living it up in their new environs at Victoria and Ralph's house, Nick desperately tries to work out a way back home. He is invited on a spiritual retreat to help with his wellbeing, but it soon becomes apparent that all is not what it seems. Meanwhile, Jason is all loved up with Victoria, but Lauren begins to tire of Ralph's irritating advances.

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Nick's World Famous Jazz Club
star
7.27
15 votes

#8 - Nick's World Famous Jazz Club

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/2019

The gang move in with Victoria, Nick wants to open his own Jazz club which Lauren sees as a new business venture. Meanwhile a mysterious woman called Janice is tailing the gang, is she a spy?

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Men Only
star
7.28
29 votes

#9 - Men Only

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2017

After rebelling against the men-only rule at the band's latest gig, Lauren unexpectedly finds herself with a new fan called Rose. Rose brings back lots of friends the following night, giving Lauren her moment to shine. Much to Nick's irritation, Lauren soon catches the public's imagination and becomes a star, but will her new-found fame go to her head?

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Timebender
star
7.37
19 votes

#10 - Timebender

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/25/2019

Horace's private diary from 2019 is published in 1958 and becomes an overnight 'science fiction' sensation.

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Bad Juju
star
7.53
17 votes

#11 - Bad Juju

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/1/2019

Nick's musical idol General Hands comes to stay. Nick think they're going to get on famously, but Hands has other plans.

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By Any Means Necessary
star
7.63
19 votes

#12 - By Any Means Necessary

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/8/2019

Nick befriends some West Indians and Horace befriends some Teddy Boys, but when the two groups meet, it sparks a race riot.

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