Jerk: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Tim has cerebral palsy, which means that people judge him, and his crumpled tissue of a body. But usually they judge him wrongly. Because what they don't realise is that inside that severely disabled, fragile body is a bit of an asshole. Tim knows he makes people uncomfortable - he does it on purpose. He knows his cerebral palsy means he can get away with saying what others can't. But that's his problem: time spent taking aim at life's easier targets means Tim takes his eye off its bigger prizes: the job, the girl and the visa. Like faking it as a refugee, making a disabled nemesis and offending his new colleagues at a greeting cards company, Tim becomes the master of his own downfall and it's left to his friends Ruth, his indifferent care worker, and Idris, to get him out of all the disastrous situations he gets himself into.

Series details

• Title: Jerk
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2019-02-24
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 28 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 40994
• IMDb ID: tt9811422
• TVDB ID: 359599

Cast and credited roles

• Tim Renkow — Tim
• Sharon Rooney — Ruth
• Rob Madin — Idris
• Lorraine Bracco — Tim's Mother

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-02-24; final listed air date 2019-02-24; episode order: 4.
• Season 2: premiered 2021-08-01; final listed air date 2021-08-01; episode order: 4.
• Season 3: premiered 2023-03-14; final listed air date 2023-03-14; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Jerk on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.