Breeders
- TV sitcom
- Sky One / Sky Comedy
- 2020 - 2023
- 40 episodes (4 series)
Dark comedy starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard as stressed parents. Also features Alun Armstrong, Joanna Bacon, Alex Eastwood, Eve Prenelle, Patrick Baladi and more.
- Series 3, Episode 1 repeated Saturday at 9:55am on Sky Comedy
Streaming rank this week: 305
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Breeders - review
Martin Freeman's hilarious comedy series is almost uniquely truthful about parenthood.
Ed Power, i Newspaper, 6th March 2020TV review: Breeders, series one, episode one
Breeders may just have been the bleakest comedy drama I've ever seen, where two parents have to put up with the insanity of bringing up two children under seven years old, and boy are they struggling with it.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 3rd March 2020Breeders review
Smart, spiky and hilarious, this comedy co-created by Freeman will hit home for new parents.
Morgan Jeffery, Radio Times, 3rd March 2020Simon Blackwell interview
The comedy writer, 53, who gave us The Thick of It and David Copperfield, on Oscar nominations, lucky breaks and why we'll miss the BBC when it's gone.
Michael Segalov, The Guardian, 29th February 202028 new British TV comedies for 2019 and beyond
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Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 17th July 2019Michael Gambon withdraws from Sky One comedy Breeders
The news comes four years after he announced his fears that he had Alzheimer's and that he was quitting his stage career because he can't remember his lines.
Brendan McFadden, Daily Mail, 21st April 2019Martin Freeman to star in new Sky sitcom Breeders
Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard are to star in Breeders, a new Sky One sitcom from writers Simon Blackwell and Chris Addison about the topic of parenting.
British Comedy Guide, 15th October 2018Martin Freeman films BBC comedy pilot Breeders
Martin Freeman has filmed a new pilot for the BBC and American network FX. Written by Simon Blackwell, the show "mines the comedy of parenting".
British Comedy Guide, 7th March 2018