The Persuasionists

The Persuasionists
GenreSitcom
Created byJonathan Thake
Directed byTristram Shapeero
StarringIain Lee
Simon Farnaby
Adam Buxton
Jarred Christmas
Daisy Haggard
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producersIain Morris
Damon Beesley
Running time30 minutes
Production companyBwark Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release13 January (2010-01-13) –
17 February 2010 (2010-02-17)
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The Persuasionists is a sitcom broadcast on BBC Two set in the world of advertising starring Iain Lee, Simon Farnaby, Adam Buxton, Jarred Christmas and Daisy Haggard, and featuring Natalie Gumede (amongst others). It was the sitcom writing debut for Jonathan Thake, best known until then for ‘the slag of all snacks’ campaign for Pot Noodle. The Persuasionists premiered on Wednesday 13 January 2010.

Bwark Productions (creators of The Inbetweeners) produced the series, Iain Morris and Damon Beesley were the executive producers and Tristram Shapeero directed. Andrew Collins acted as script editor.