Stephen Mangan

Hang Ups, episode 1 review

Real therapists will roll their eyes but this comedy is a wonderfully ribald treat.

TV review: Hang Ups

So far it is half-excellent, half-nervous breakdown.

Stephen Mangan stars in and co-scripts this fast-paced and funny new series about Richard, a put-upon therapist trying to make a new career by carrying out sessions online. Among his clients are a woman whose life and aspirations are defined by Instagram and an aggressive creditor who agrees to take sessions to offset some of Richard's debts. Charles Dance and Richard E Grant co-star, as does The IT Crowd's Katherine Parkinson, as Richard's partner, who is constantly accompanied by a male friend.

Can British remakes of American shows work?

Hang Ups, the new Stephen Mangan comedy based on Lisa Kudrow's original, is a rare example of the UK successfully taking on a US hit.

Hang Ups star Stephen Mangan explains his new sitcom

The actor joins his Channel 4 comedy co-creator - and brother-in-law - Robert Delamere to talk through mental health and why they've never argued.

Hang Ups preview

With a gag rate that's rare on TV comedy, an imposing sense of peril for poor Richard, and some of the most entertaining nutjobs on screen (that is probably not the correct physiological term), Hang Ups is definitely worth a weekly session - on whatever device you choose to watch it on.

TV: Hang Ups, Channel 4

Boy oh boy that Stephen Mangan has a hell of a work ethic.

Hang Ups review

Mangan stars in a remake of Lisa Kudrow's Web Therapy and manages the rarest of TV feats: a UK adaptation that's every bit as good as the US original.

Hang Ups, Channel 4 review

Stephen Mangan's new sitcom is hilarious and off-the-wall.

Stephen Mangan on writing his first sitcom Hang Ups

"I'll be in therapy for years after this."