Fleabag
- TV sitcom
- BBC Three
- 2016 - 2019
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Comedy series starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge as a woman living in London whose life is a mess. Also features Sian Clifford, Bill Paterson, Olivia Colman, Andrew Scott, Brett Gelman and more.
- Series 2, Episode 1 repeated Friday at 11:25pm on BBC3
Streaming rank this week: 264
Press clippings Page 13
Comedies in the running for Broadcast Digital Awards 2019
Death On The Tyne, Fleabag, Man Like Mobeen, Sally4Ever, This Country and Timewasters are amongst the nominees in the Broadcast Digital Awards 2019.
British Comedy Guide, 16th May 2019How Fleabag became such a hit
Fleabag] sold thousands of jumpsuits and made religion sexy.
Alice Jones, The New York Times, 16th May 2019Seriously funny: why we fell in love with dramedies
From Toby Jones's Don't Forget the Driver to Ricky Gervais in After Life, a new breed of 'dark comedy' is wowing TV critics and audiences.
Vanessa Thorpe, The Guardian, 11th May 2019Phoebe Waller-Bridge to perform Fleabag play for final run
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is to return as the character Fleabag, for a final run of the stage version of her show.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd May 2019Worrying about 'posh' Fleabag's misunderstanding comedy
If Phoebe Waller-Bridge's show suffers from its poshness, does Frasier suffer too?
Holly Thomas, The Independent, 23rd April 2019Fleabag's genius, but it's for posh girls
In the aftermath of its second season, it's time to reassess Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her champagne receptions.
Ellen E. Jones, The Guardian, 20th April 2019How Fleabag is changing the narrative
A lot of us working in comedy have been aware for some time of the impact that Fleabag would inevitably have.
Lynne Parker, Funny Women, 19th April 2019Six things James Bond could learn from Fleabag
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the creator of the smash-hit sitcom, has been recruited to add some zip to the next 007 film. Here's hoping for added humour.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 15th April 2019Much has been made of two aspects of this slice of TV perfection: the taboo hotness of Andrew Scott's (unnamed) priest, and the double breach of the "fourth wall", with Scott suddenly catching her at a to-camera fugue. Smart, indeed sublime, but for me one huge memory has been the credibility of the relationship between two sisters, outwardly at war, inwardly at deep peace since birth. (Typical exchange, from the preceding week: Claire, desperately, "You got any cigarettes?" Fleabag, "No." Claire, emphatically, "Good.") In such thorough self-knowledge, of every character, will always lie the essence of fine writing.
For now, having waved goodbye to priest, to fox, with a moue of hesitancy but a beautifully resolute finality to camera, Waller-Bridge will have to content herself with overseeing the unaccountably low-profile Killing Eve, and she and the rest of the disappointing Waller-Bridge clan (sister Isobel wrote the music for this) struggle on wriggling through the foothills of talent.
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 14th April 2019Andrew Scott shocked over "hot priest" status
Andrew Scott has admitted that he's shocked over his new 'hot priest' status after his debut on series two of Fleabag and that he never used to be a 'sex symbol'.
Olivia Wheeler, Daily Mail, 12th April 2019