Stephen Mangan

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Hang Ups DVD review

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TV review: Hang Ups

Hang Ups review.

The concluding episode in what has been a fine series culminates in an episode of fast-cut, virtuoso farce, a riot of opening and closing doors and fresh domestic hells. Tonight, Stephen Mangan's therapist, Richard Pitt, is in a three-way tussle with his siblings Katherine and Jon for custody of their mum, Maggie (Celia Imrie). But where is she? Meanwhile, Jackson arrives from the US with a strange proposition and Ricky, covered in felt

Stephen Mangan's ancestors "too boring" for WDYTYA?

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Hang Ups review

All the sex won't only make you squirm in the company of your parents, but might also lead to some unsettling conversations. Just ask Lucy Sweet...

Stephen Mangan can do no wrong with his hilarious adaptation of Lisa Kudrow's US comedy Web Therapy. Tonight, put-upon therapist Richard Pitt's mother tries to move in, loan shark Neil rants about his grim past and Kevin Eldon joins the cast as a mean lottery winner. No wonder Pitt feels "like a cock in a blender".

Hang Ups review

A great first episode and it's so good to have a new funny sitcom on terrestrial television once again!