Catastrophe
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2015 - 2019
- 24 episodes (4 series)
Sitcom starring Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan as a couple who make a 'bloody mess' of falling in love. Also features Ashley Jensen, Mark Bonnar, Carrie Fisher, Jonathan Forbes, Frances Tomelty and more.
Streaming rank this week: 407
Press clippings Page 11
Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney pick up where they left off: season three opens by continuing the scene in which "Rob" discovers "Sharon" has furtively bought the morning-after pill. Has she cheated? She was too drunk to know, so there follows an almost agonising farce in which two vulnerable characters wonder if their relationship is over. Thanks to Horgan and Delaney's mastery at mixing cringe with rude, roaring laughs, though, it's still a joyful catharsis.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 28th February 2017Sharon Horgan talks Catastrophe
One way effectively to describe Irish-English Bafta/Emmy-awarded writer, actor, director, and mother of two, Sharon Horgan, is "busy".
Barbara Ellen, Radio Times, 28th February 2017Catastrophe's Rob Delaney: interview
The writer and comedian is also a huge fan of the UK: "I love the NHS. I love the BBC. I love the Tube. I love the bus. I love tea. I love bacon sandwiches"
Tom Dowling, Radio Times, 28th February 2017Catastrophe series 3 preview
Between seasons one or two of Catastrophe, the action leapt forward several years to land Sharon and Rob with two young kids. But no such trickery this time around, as series three starts exactly where the last one ended: with Rob finding a receipt for the morning-after pill his partner brought after a drunken fling, and Sharon with some explaining to do.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th February 2017Preview - Catastrophe
A welcome return for the excruciating sitcom that is guaranteed to have you squirming in your seat.
Gareth Hargreaves, On The Box, 28th February 2017Catastrophe, series 3: preview
Just because a sitcom is about a family, doesn't mean it has to be family friendly.
Ben Travis, Evening Standard, 28th February 2017TV preview: Catastrophe, Series 3
Delaney and Horgan have such fantastic chemistry in every scene they share I'm surprised they haven't run away together in real life. But if nothing else writing this series is a constant reminder that love affairs are never, ever simple.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th February 2017Review: Catastrophe gets off to a flyer
The opening episode of the third series was rich in incident and laughs finds Ben Dowell.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 28th February 2017Catastrophe series 3 episode 1 review
As the third series kicks off, it's clear that Catastrophe's biting, barb-tastic writing is as strong as ever.
Rebecca Monks, i Newspaper, 28th February 2017Catastrophe shows no sign of getting any less funny
But the real darkness came in Rob's steady character shift from sweet, easy-going goof to miserable control freak as, out of work and back on the bottle, his frustrations focused in on the possibility of Sharon's disloyalty. His alcoholism has sat like an unexploded bomb beneath the surface of this sitcom until now; the question that seems bound to dominate is whether it will detonate fully and take out the relationship completely.
Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 28th February 2017