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
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

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. 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.

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. The series received mixed reviews by critics.