Funny Woman
- TV comedy drama
- Sky Max
- 2023 - 2024
- 10 episodes (2 series)
Comedy about a fictional British comedy actor, based on Nick Hornby's book Funny Girl. Also features Gemma Arterton, Rupert Everett, David Threlfall, Tom Bateman, Arsher Ali and more.
Streaming rank this week: 1,293
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Gemma Arterton interview
'In real life, I'm quite silly'. The actor and producer on the joy of clowning around in her new comedy Funny Woman, how female solidarity has changed her professional life, and her top choice for a karaoke belter.
Michael Hogan, The Observer, 19th March 2023Is Nick Hornby right - can beautiful women never be funny?
Victoria Coren Mitchell has been watching Sky's Funny Woman and a comedy masterclass on BBC Maestro.
Victoria Coren Mitchell, The Telegraph, 4th March 2023The week in TV: Funny Woman
Gemma Arterton's Blackpool sitcom queen is an idealised trailblazer.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 13th February 2023Funny Woman review
Funny Woman, with a stinging script by Morwenna Banks, shamelessly revels in all the raunchy sexism of the 1960s while mocking the men who assumed every attractive female figure was topped off by a head full of air.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 10th February 2023Funny Woman review
Gemma Arterton dazzles but this is a mediocre Mrs Maisel.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 9th February 2023Funny Woman star Gemma Arterton on transforming her look to play beauty queen Barbara Parker
Gemma Arterton on Funny Woman, her new show about a beauty queen who wants to become the queen of comedy in the 1960s.
Caren Clark, What To Watch, 9th February 2023Funny Woman review
A charming but slight exploration of Britain's entertainment industry in the sixties.
Murray Robertson, The List, 9th February 2023Funny Woman review
Gemma Arterton's sixties comedian is missing the laughs.
Francesca Steele, i Newspaper, 9th February 2023Review: Funny Woman
It's a little bit on the box-ticking side at times, with racism and class covered as well as sexism, but there is more than enough plot activity in the first episode to keep you watching.
Beyond The Joke, 9th February 2023