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 22
Catastrophe might be the best TV comedy of 2015
With its likeable attractive leads, this is that rarest of things: a sitcom which genuinely hits the ground running from the very first episode.
Chris Hallam, Metro, 20th January 2015Catastrophe review
Catastrophe got off to a powerful start, cramming a full series-worth of exposition and drama into the first ten minutes.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th January 2015Anyone who has been stumped by the acclaim attached to Sharon Horgan - who hasn't really had any sort of hit since her mid-00s sitcom Pulling - should find this new comedy, written with standup Rob Delaney, clears things up. Horgan plays Sharon, a teacher who falls pregnant after a fling with a visiting American (Delaney). With the latter's good guy credentials in serious doubt, Sharon - cynical, scared, angry and all the more likable for it - tentatively starts playing happy families with a man she barely knows.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 19th January 2015Radio Times review
Sharon Horgan's young Irishwoman meets a handsome American stranger (co-writer Rob Delaney) in a bar and embarks on a wild affair that they both know will end when he heads back to the US. Problem is, she then falls pregnant and they decide to stay together and keep the child.
It's a premise that isn't as far-fetched as it sounds. She obviously needs the support, while he is adamant that his kid will have what he didn't - a dad who sticks around.
It's grown-up, rude, the sex scenes are hilarious and the two leads have a genuine rapport in a comedy that has you rooting for this odd couple all the way through, whether it is meeting her ghastly friends or coping with the medical scares that accompany her pregnancy. There are verve, panache and real things at stake here.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 19th January 2015Sharon Horgan: 'It's hard to stay in love'
The Irish comedian and writer talks about her new Channel 4 series Catastrophe, the difficulties of romance while being a parent and the limits of satire.
Gabriel Tate, The Telegraph, 19th January 2015Sharon Horgan: I've mined my life for comedy
"We started looking at our own lives and the genesis of our relationships and we thought it might be nice to see the beginning"
Ellie Austin, Radio Times, 19th January 2015Rob Delaney: Why I have moved to the UK
US comedian and co-writer of the Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe tells Ben Dowell what he most loves about his new home - the NHS, children's playgrounds and fewer guns...
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 19th January 2015Catastrophe review: An enjoyably rude romcom
Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan's script still somehow manages to find the romance in their situation. Which is why none of it really qualifies as a "catastrophe". They're both nice people, they both want a baby, now they've got a baby. So, really, what's all the whinging about?
Ellen E Jones, The Independent, 19th January 2015Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan on Catastrophe
If you take an Irish woman, an American man, add some attraction and minus a condom, the result is a Catastrophe.
Frances Taylor, Digital Spy, 19th January 2015Catastrophe review: 'promising'
It may be coarse in places but, with more sentiment, Catastrophe may just work.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 19th January 2015