Chewing Gum
- TV sitcom
- E4
- 2015 - 2017
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Comedy starring singer, poet and award-winning playwright Michaela Coel as an innocent 22 year-old who is learning to grow up. Also features Robert Lonsdale, Danielle Isaie, Susan Wokoma, Shola Adewusi, Maggie Steed and more.
- Series 1, Episode 1 repeated Saturday 4th January at 11pm on U&W
Streaming rank this week: 1,375
Press clippings Page 7
Michaela Coel talks race, class, comedy sex... & more sex
"When I grew up, my race was not a thing. My identity was in my class."
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 6th October 2015The many sides of Chewing Gum's Michaela Coel
The creator and star of E4's new comedy series Chewing Gum explains why, from Pentecostals to periods, nothing is taboo in her outlandish portrait of estate life.
Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian, 4th October 2015Michaela Coel interview
Having seen two superb (and very rude) episodes from the new series I simply had to talk to Michaela Coel about the series.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 28th September 2015You might like... Chewing Gum
A sizeable chunk of the cast is female, and the characters are diverse enough that everyone can identify. You might well see your family or neighbours in some of the characters. Just don't point it out to them!
Kady Potter, Funny Women, 28th September 2015Will E4 comedy Chewing Gum be the rudest show on TV?
Ben Dowell hails a very explicit - but also super funny - comedy from hot new talent Michaela Coel in this spoiler-free preview.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 12th September 2015E4 orders new series Chewing Gum
E4 has ordered a new comedy series called Chewing Gum, in which singer, poet and playwright Michaela Coel plays a Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old.
British Comedy Guide, 21st August 2014