Rob Delaney
- 47 years old
- American
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Anyone who has been stumped by the acclaim attached to Sharon Horgan - who hasn't really had any sort of hit since her mid-00s sitcom Pulling - should find this new comedy, written with standup Rob Delaney, clears things up. Horgan plays Sharon, a teacher who falls pregnant after a fling with a visiting American (Delaney). With the latter's good guy credentials in serious doubt, Sharon - cynical, scared, angry and all the more likable for it - tentatively starts playing happy families with a man she barely knows.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 19th January 2015Radio Times review
Sharon Horgan's young Irishwoman meets a handsome American stranger (co-writer Rob Delaney) in a bar and embarks on a wild affair that they both know will end when he heads back to the US. Problem is, she then falls pregnant and they decide to stay together and keep the child.
It's a premise that isn't as far-fetched as it sounds. She obviously needs the support, while he is adamant that his kid will have what he didn't - a dad who sticks around.
It's grown-up, rude, the sex scenes are hilarious and the two leads have a genuine rapport in a comedy that has you rooting for this odd couple all the way through, whether it is meeting her ghastly friends or coping with the medical scares that accompany her pregnancy. There are verve, panache and real things at stake here.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 19th January 2015Rob Delaney: Why I have moved to the UK
US comedian and co-writer of the Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe tells Ben Dowell what he most loves about his new home - the NHS, children's playgrounds and fewer guns...
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 19th January 2015Catastrophe review: An enjoyably rude romcom
Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan's script still somehow manages to find the romance in their situation. Which is why none of it really qualifies as a "catastrophe". They're both nice people, they both want a baby, now they've got a baby. So, really, what's all the whinging about?
Ellen E Jones, The Independent, 19th January 2015Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan on Catastrophe
If you take an Irish woman, an American man, add some attraction and minus a condom, the result is a Catastrophe.
Frances Taylor, Digital Spy, 19th January 2015Sharon Horgan: "I'd rather be funny than pretty"
Could Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney be the world's most outrageous comedy duo?
The Mirror, 18th January 2015TV preview: Catastrophe, C4
Channel 4's new sitcom Catastrophe starts with a bang. Not the nuclear variety as in ITV2's Cockroaches though. Here the bang is the sex between the two characters Sharon and Rob (Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney) who have just met in a bar. It's a fast and furious shag and one of many that punctuates the hilarious first episode.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th January 2015Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney interview
Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney on sex, parenthood and Catastrophe.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 14th January 2015This week's new live comedy
Previews of Hal Cruttenden, Richard Herring and Rob Delaney.
James Kettle, The Guardian, 31st October 2014Channel 4 orders a full series of Catastrophe
Channel 4 has ordered a full series of Catastrophe, a new sitcom in which Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan play a couple living in London.
British Comedy Guide, 30th May 2014