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This Way Up Series 2 confirmed
Channel 4 has confirmed it has ordered another six episodes of This Way Up. Aisling Bea's comedy will return for Series 2 in 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 20th November 2020With comedy, I'd rather be offended than bored
New director-general Tim Davie will reportedly steer TV comedy to the right to correct years of perceived anti-Tory bias. But it was Brexit, not the BBC, that put a spanner in British humour.
Suzanne Moore, The Guardian, 2nd September 2020Sharon Horgan interview
From a turkey farm in Ireland to TV acclaim, via periods when she feared she'd never make it. There's a reason why no one else nails sex, relationships and parenthood with the same dark comedic brilliance as Sharon Horgan. She's been there.
Ben Machell, The Times, 18th April 2020Audible signs up star duos for free lockdown podcast
Simon Pegg & Nick Frost, Jennifer Saunders & Dawn French and Paul Whitehouse & Harry Enfield are amongst the comedy duos who have recorded episodes of Audible's new free podcast Locked Together.
British Comedy Guide, 16th April 2020Sharon Horgan: interview
Sharon Horgan talks about the conclusion of her beloved sitcom Catastrophe, and following that up by starring in Military Wives with Kristin Scott Thomas.
Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 21st March 2020Review: Military Wives
If its plotting is as pioneering as a treble clef, this unassuming little number was never pretending to be anything but a tra la to grace under pressure.
Andiee Paviour, Nobody's Reading This But Me, 11th March 2020Film review: Military Wives
Lightning fails to strike twice for Peter Cattaneo, Oscar-nominated director of The Full Monty, with another heart-warming comedy drama of community spirit in the face of adversity.
Damon Smith, The National (Scotland), 10th March 2020Military Wives review
I cried so much during Military Wives - to put it in resolutely British terms, a light drizzle turned into a cloudburst and then a solid, steady downpour - I should probably now come with a flood warning.
Sarah Cartland, Caution Spoilers, 9th March 2020Military Wives review
This crowd-pleasing comedy drama from the director of The Full Monty hits all the right notes.
Mark Kermode, The Observer, 8th March 2020Film review: Military Wives
Inspired by the women who have formed choirs under the Military Wives banner, this drama from Peter Cattaneo stars Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan as army-base wives trying to run a singing group.
Edward Porter, The Sunday Times, 8th March 2020