Julia Davis
- 58 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and director
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Julia Davis's gothic spoof returns for a two-part special. This opening hour sees evil housekeeper Dorothy determined to disrupt Helene and Dr Foggerty's marriage, while keeping master Edmund incapacitated with laudanum. Though this series provides Davis with the perfect setting in which to cultivate the bizarre idioms and stomach-turning adjectives that peppered Nighty Night, without the latter's acute social observation, Hunderby's appeal seems limited to her grotesque linguistic invention - and rather repetitive for it.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 10th December 2015Julia Davis interview
She has made a career of portraying malicious grotesques. As Hunderby returns to the screen, the queen of psycho-comedy talks about technophobia, period drama and repulsive food.
Tim Lusher, The Guardian, 6th December 2015Interview: Julia Davis
Davis's 1830s-set gothic farce not only won Best Sitcom and Best New Comedy Programme at the British Comedy Awards, but Hunderby went on to earn Davis a writing Bafta in 2013. With such recognition you would think Sky Atlantic would call for an immediate follow-up series, so why has it taken so long?
Gerard Gilbert, The Independent, 6th December 2015How the BBC turned down Hunderby
The BBC turned down the chance to make Hunderby, creator Julia Davis has revealed. And she had sack Alexander Armstrong from the key role of Doctor Foggerty, after she found a more suitable actor in Rufus Jones.
Chortle, 4th December 2015Friends star David Schwimmer joins Julia Davis sitcom
Friends alumnus David Schwimmer will co-star with Julia Davis and Nick Mohammed in their new Channel 4 sitcom, Morning Has Broken.
British Comedy Guide, 1st October 2015Latitude festival comedy review: The Bird
It's beautifully shot and produced. The film is dark, and sad in parts - in particular a shot of Julia Davis whistling flickeringly for the bird her desperate, deprived son has stamped out, teary mascara running down her face - but the sturdy roster of comedy talent behind the film ensure there are enough bleak laughs and grim smiles raised.
Molly Stewart, Giggle Beats, 19th July 2015Julia Davis: silly, funny and deliciously twisted
The star of Nighty Night and Human Remains is one of the rare few in British comedy who has never put a foot wrong.
Ed Gamble, The Guardian, 17th June 2015This Radio 4 comedy stretches the character-creating skills of Julia Davis and Mark Wootton to their limits, with the pair playing six different couples attending therapy sessions, trying to process problems ranging from "small mouths" to "sexy bread". Reminiscent of Davis's much-loved series Human Remains, Couples oozes eccentricity and playful innuendo.
The Guardian, 4th April 2015Couples review - a parade of hysterical eccentrics
Surreal and disturbed meets goading and diabolical as Julia Davis and Marc Wootton play a series of couples in therapy.
Priya Elan, The Guardian, 26th March 2015Julia Davis comedy Hunderby to return to Sky Atlantic
Julia Davis's black comedy Hunderby is to return to Sky Atlantic for a two-part special before the creator moves on to a new project for the channel.
British Comedy Guide, 16th February 2015