Leah Brotherhead
- Actor
Press clippings
Hullraisers ends after two series
Channel 4 has declined to order a third series of Hullraisers, the sitcom starring Leah Brotherhead, Taj Atwal and Sinead Matthews as three working class women living and working in Hull.
British Comedy Guide, 29th April 2024Hullraisers, series 2, review
Some of the jokes in Hullraisers have been resurrected from the dead, and would have been better left buried.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 10th November 2023Hullraisers, season 2, review
Northern uproar has plenty of zing, but not enough heart.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 9th November 2023Hullraisers announces Series 2 cast
Tom Bennett (PhoneShop) and Sam Swainsbury (Mum) have been announced to join the regular cast in Hullraisers Series 2.
British Comedy Guide, 28th April 2023RTS award nominations revealed
Shortlists for the 2023 RTS Programme Awards have been announced, with Am I Being Unreasonable? picking up four nominations.
British Comedy Guide, 7th March 2023Parenting sitcom Hullraisers to return
Parenting comedy Hullraisers, following a group of female friends and mothers in the northern city, has been recommissioned by Channel 4.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd August 2022Hullraisers review
Female-led Channel 4 comedy is irreverent, but flawed.
Flora Carr, Radio Times, 13th April 2022Hullraisers review
As one female-led comedy with a distinctive geographical flavour launches its final series, another starts its first. Airing straight after the season three premiere of Derry Girls, Hullraisers follows three working-class women at various stages of their adult journey.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th April 2022I talk to Leah Brotherhead
"It was really lovely to channel all the people that I know from Hull."
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 10th April 2022Hullraisers sitcom series coming to Channel 4
Channel 4 has ordered Hullraisers, a sitcom series that "celebrates female talent, both on and off screen". Co-written by Lucy Beaumont, it focuses on three working class women living in Hull.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd July 2021