Forget ‘Doctor Who,’ This Near-Perfect 2-Part British Sci-Fi Comedy Almost Got a U.S. Remake

Time travel has become one of television’s favorite toys. There have been Time Lords, superheroes, historians, and countless reluctant saviors hopping between centuries. Timewasters had no interest in any of that, though. Daniel Lawrence Taylor’s British comedy, which aired for two seasons on ITV2 between 2017 and 2019, followed four struggling musicians from South London who stumbled into a time machine hidden inside the elevator of their rundown apartment building.