Nick Hornby
- Writer and executive producer
Press clippings
'I didn't know romcoms were so fun!': the return of Gemma Arterton's utterly charming 60s drama
Being on set for Nick Hornby's Funny Woman is so entertaining that the cast struggle to keep a straight face while filming. We spend time behind the scenes of this love letter to swinging 60s London.
Hollie Richardson, The Guardian, 29th August 2024Funny Woman Series 2 begins production
Production is underway on the second series of Funny Woman, the Sky comedy drama starring Gemma Arterton. Tim Key, Gemma Whelan and Roisin Conaty are amongst those joining the cast.
British Comedy Guide, 12th January 2024Funny Woman to return for Series 2
Sky has recommissioned period comedy Funny Woman, about a female comedian and writer in the 1960s, starring Gemma Arterton.
British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2023Is Nick Hornby right - can beautiful women never be funny?
Victoria Coren Mitchell has been watching Sky's Funny Woman and a comedy masterclass on BBC Maestro.
Victoria Coren Mitchell, The Telegraph, 4th March 2023Funny Woman review
Funny Woman, with a stinging script by Morwenna Banks, shamelessly revels in all the raunchy sexism of the 1960s while mocking the men who assumed every attractive female figure was topped off by a head full of air.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 10th February 2023Funny Woman review
Gemma Arterton is absolutely captivating in this Nick Hornby adaptation.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 9th February 2023Funny Woman review
Gemma Arterton stars in a paean to a certain era of innocent, slapstick comedy.
Jessie Thompson, The Independent, 9th February 2023State Of The Union, Series 2, review
Nick Hornby plunges into the culture wars.
Marianka Swain, The Telegraph, 24th May 2022Gemma Arterton set to star in Nick Hornby's Funny Girl for Sky
Gemma Arterton has been lined up to star in Sky's adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel Funny Girl.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd July 2021