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Flowers. Image shows from L to R: Amy (Sophia Di Martino), Maurice (Julian Barratt), Deborah (Olivia Colman), Donald (Daniel Rigby). Copyright: Kudos Productions
Flowers

Flowers

  • TV comedy drama
  • Channel 4
  • 2016 - 2018
  • 12 episodes (2 series)

Dark comedy following the eccentric Flower family and their struggle to live harmoniously. Stars Olivia Colman, Julian Barratt, Daniel Rigby, Sophia Di Martino, Will Sharpe and more.

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Series 2, Episode 1

It's a couple of years after the end of Series 1, and Maurice and Deborah are on a caravan holiday.

Further details

It's a couple of years after the end of Series 1, and Maurice and Deborah are on a caravan holiday. Maurice is on medication and seems in a better place, while Deborah is about to become the published author of a book about his depression. Shun is drinking away the summer days, Donald has started a plumbing business, and Amy's band The Pink Cuttlefish Orchestra are coming to stay at the ramshackle Flowers' house.

Notes

On its first broadcast, this episode was combined with Episode 2 to form an hour long block. The credits for this episode were shown at the end of the second episode.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 11th June 2018
Time
10pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Olivia Colman Deborah
Julian Barratt Maurice
Daniel Rigby Donald
Sophia Di Martino Amy
Will Sharpe Shun
Colin Hurley Barry
Alistair Green Tommy
Helen Cripps Matilda
Harriet Walter Hylda
Guest cast
Sophia Di Martino Bertha
Kathryn Hunter Wendy
Daniel Rigby Egbert
Colin Hurley Piotr
Will Sharpe Greta
Julian Barratt Friedrich
Olivia Colman Valerie
Anna O'Grady Dolores
Amie Buhari Pan
Mariam Haque Henri
Maite Jáuregui Vera
Sophie Brooke Avelaine
Leila Hoffman Isadora
Ramon Tikaram Clive
Writing team
Will Sharpe Writer
Alice Tyler Script Editor
Katie Carpenter Script Producer
Production team
Will Sharpe Director
Sam Pinnell Producer
Naomi De Pear Executive Producer
Will Sharpe Associate Producer
Holly Pullinger Line Producer
Selina MacArthur Editor
Luana Hanson Production Designer
Catherine Willis Casting Director
Jamie Cairney Director of Photography
Sam Perry Costume Designer
Sjaan Gillings Make-up Designer
Arthur Sharpe Composer
Alex Streeter 1st Assistant Director

Press

Visionary original or specious whimsy? Either way, Will Sharpe's rustic black comedy - which he writes and directs, as well as playing Japanese naif Shun - is completely itself. We are two years on from the first season, and the brittle mental health of author Maurice (Julian Barratt) is threatened by his wife Deborah (Olivia Colman) writing a book about it. Those two, along with Harriet Walter, who joins the cast as a sexually magnetic priest, smother the thought that there's nothing coherent beneath all the wormwoody oddness. Nightly until Friday.

Jack Seale, The Guardian, 11th June 2018

Flowers series 2 preview

It is certainly a one-of-a-kind programme that will stay with you.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th June 2018

Flowers, episode 1 and 2, review

Rejoice as this melancholy curio blooms once again.

Patrick Smith, The Telegraph, 11th June 2018

TV review: Flowers, Season 2, Channel 4

Second series of Will Sharpe's dysfunctional family comedy-drama - starring Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt - ramps up the mayhem.

Brian Donaldson, The List, 8th June 2018

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