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Catastrophe. Sharon (Sharon Horgan). Copyright: Avalon Television
Sharon Horgan

Sharon Horgan

  • 54 years old
  • Irish
  • Actor, writer, producer and executive producer

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BBC Radio's Christmas 2017 highlights

BBC Radio has announced its festive comedy offerings for 2017. Radio 4 will celebrate 50 years of Just A Minute, whilst other specials include comedy drama Anansi Boys, 15 Minute Musical, Dead Ringers and Count Arthur Strong.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2017

Motherland / Detectorists, review

From fundraising cash to buried treasure, these sitcoms are comedy gold.

Barney Harsent, The Arts Desk, 15th November 2017

Motherland, episode 2 review

Magnifying a very special hell in this messy mom-com.

Rachel Ward, The Telegraph, 14th November 2017

Motherland: one of the best comedies in the last decade

I cannot recommend it highly enough, thanks to its knuckle-chewing awkwardness and leftfield casting.

Ian Hyland, The Mirror, 14th November 2017

After the pilot, it was obvious Motherland would return

Creators Sharon Horgan and Graham Linehan mine middle-class motherhood for comedy. These aren't your ordinary middle-class mothers though: they are Mumsnet types that live in large houses in suburban London.

Jonathan Kumar, Telly Binge, 14th November 2017

Why Motherland may be a perfect depiction of parenting

Whereas Catastrophe hilariously captured the minutiae of married life, Motherland does the same with parenting.

Catherine Phillips, Metro, 13th November 2017

Motherland review: A perverse comedy of manners

Please, do not watch Motherland (BBC2, Monday) while your children are in the room.

David Stephenson, The Daily Express, 12th November 2017

Review: Motherland, episode two, BBC2/iPlayer

If you are or you've been a parent you'll love it, but you'll be watching it through your fingers.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th November 2017

Motherland's achievement: its near universal appeal

Both parents and the happily child-free will enjoy this borderline revolutionary BBC Two comedy.

Rachel Cooke, The New Statesman, 9th November 2017

Motherland: a brutally honest depiction of parenthood

Expect terrifying alpha-mums, chaotic childcare and party politics, says Johanna Thomas-Corr.

Johanna Thomas-Corr, Evening Standard, 9th November 2017

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