Jerk
Jerk follows the life of acclaimed stand up Tim Renkow, who plays a heightened version of himself; an American art school dropout who needs to get a visa to stay in the UK. The only problem is that Tim has cerebral palsy. This means that people judge him… all the time. Although usually they judge him wrongly, because what they don’t realise is that inside that severely disabled, vulnerable body is a bit of an asshole.
Tim is back and has enrolled himself on a uni course - not that he has any intention of going. But a student visa means he can stay in the UK and wreak more havoc.
Following a car accident, Tim is referred for personal training, but he gets more than he bargained for with ex-Paralympian PT Claire, known as 'the wrecking ball'.
After terrifying a group of young kids, Tim is invited by well-intentioned but misguided teacher Marcus to run a disability workshop for children.
After being mistaken for an addict, Tim is welcomed in by an eccentric religious community who set their sights on his spiritual health. Despite staunch atheist Idris’s protestations, Tim’s life seems genuinely to improve after attending church, to the extent that he excitedly agrees to be baptised.
Tim is employed by a greeting card company headed by Shaun (Karl Theobald), but takes excessive advantage of his disabled status.
Tim concocts a false personal history about being a refugee in order to receive free meals, but quickly becomes tangled in a web of deceit.
Tim's mother suggests that he get married in order to avoid deportation. After a failed attempt at internet dating, he meets Clara (Izuka Hoyle) and invites her to an art exhibition by his old enemy, Kiefer (Lee Ridley).
Tim's deportation is averted when it is discovered he has British ancestry, but his encounter with Great Uncle Thomas (David Calder), does not go smoothly.
Tim Renkow has cerebral palsy. Which means that people judge him...all the time. 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 of its bigger prizes: the job, the girl and the visa.
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| Language | English |
| Release | 2019-02-24 |
| Producer | Roughcut Television |