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Featuring the estimable talents of Sharon Horgan (Pulling) and Rob Delaney, Catastrophe looks the real deal: a properly adult comedy about the big things - relationships, childbirth, etc - that also features the gleefully puerile scene of a drunk woman urinating on a wedding ring. If that sounds like your thing, and really there's no reason why it shouldn't, the opening two episodes are available to view on 4oD.
Rachel Aroesti & Gwilym Mumford, The Guardian, 31st January 2015Catastrophe Series 2 ordered by Channel 4
Just two episodes into its first series, Channel 4 has recommissioned Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney's sitcom Catastrophe.
British Comedy Guide, 28th January 2015Catastrophe: as beautifully rommy as it is commy
Eye-wateringly dirty and unusally soulful - Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney's brilliantly funny Channel Four sitcom dodges the usual romcom pitfalls.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 27th January 2015Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney's immensely likable sitcom continues. She's been knocked up by a stranger in the manner of the movie Knocked Up, only more pleasing to watch. This week it's all about coming to terms with having an adult man as her new roommate, with whom she's about to share parenthood. Her brother Fergal doesn't make matters much easier. Meanwhile, Rob meets up with an old friend, and in doing so comes up with a plan to make Sharon feel a whole lot better about the catastrophic business.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 26th January 2015Catastrophe, a new something-or-other - romcom? Chaucerian cautionary tale? - was, disappointingly, terrific. I had wanted to be able to dismiss it with an easy snide "Catastrophe 'nuff said" or similar - actually I hope I'd never have written anything so nuff-naff - but co-writers/co-stars Sharon Horgan and the American Rob Delaney have created, with one random pregnancy, two delightful characters who bleed authenticity.
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 25th January 2015Despite adhering to an overused setup (two lovers cope with an unwanted pregnancy), Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe overcame its hoariness because, frankly, it was funny and well-performed by writer-stars Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney. They played, um, Sharon and Rob--middle-aged, transatlantic lovers who become expectant parents following a crazy week of passionate sex after meeting in a London bar.
Horgan's loathe to stray from her comfort zone (there's scant difference between her roles in Pulling, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret and Dead Boss), while Twitter-star Delaney's a cut-price Jason Sudeikis with added facial hair, but they work fantastically well together and have strong chemistry. I grew slightly bored once the premiere's plot progressed into a dinner party scenario with dumb homeopath Fran (Ashley Jensen) and her taciturn husband Chris (Mark Bonnar), but Catastrophe's leads are so strong that I'm aboard for the ride.
Although I hope the remainder of the series takes the story down a path that justifies the bleak title, because I don't see what's so catastrophic about these two soulmates having a child together.
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 23rd January 2015Rob Delaney: love, masturbation and comedy with guts
US comedian Rob Delaney on making Catastrophe, moving to London - and what his pregnant wife is thinking about.
Rob Delaney, The Big Issue, 21st January 2015Sharon Horgan & Rob Delaney interview: Catastrophe
Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney's new Channel 4 sitcom Catastrophe is a deeply funny, down-to-earth look at relationships...
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 20th January 2015Catastrophe review - depraved, sweet and very funny
With nimble dialogue and bursting with jokes, Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney's breakneck comedy sucks its humour from a cesspool of human self-loathing.
Julia Raeside, The Guardian, 20th January 2015Catastrophe, Channel 4 review
Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney have created a sitcom for grown-ups to fall in love with.
Barney Harsent, The Arts Desk, 19th January 2015