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People Like Us

People Like Us

Description: Ordinary people's lives are documented in comic style by an off-screen narrator.
Genre: Comedy
Year Released: 1999
Number of seasons: 2
Number of episodes: 12
First episode air date: September 20, 1999
No Of Series: 3 (radio); 2 (TV)
Network: BBC
Program Creator: John Morton
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