Gap Year
- TV comedy drama
- E4
- 2017
- 8 episodes (1 series)
Comedy drama series about a motley gang of travellers embarking on a three month trip around Asia. Stars Anders Hayward, Tim Key, Alice Lee, Ade Oyefeso, Brittney Wilson and Rachel Redford
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Gap Year review
Overall, there's an appealing ironic undertone, and a knowingness to the fact the characters often aren't fully immersed in the world they came looking for. After going to great pains to watch a sunrise over the Great Wall Of China, comes the question: 'How much longer are we going to spend looking at it?'
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd February 2017Gap Year: 9 ways to stop yours being a total disaster
How to avoid some of the sticky situations in E4's new comedy about five backpackers travelling around Southeast Asia.
Radio Times, 23rd February 2017TV Review: Gap Year
I'll confess, I didn't expect to enjoy the first episode as much as I did. Too often it seems that shows about students, or for students, miss the mark.
Nasim Asl, The National Student, 23rd February 2017What the stars of 'Gap Year' did on their gap year
As a Brit with a few travels under his belt, comedian and writer Tom Basden knows whereof he speaks. He also has the self-awareness to acknowledge it, not least through his new eight-part comedy drama.
Gabriel Tate, i Newspaper, 22nd February 2017Janeane Garofalo joins the cast of Foreign Bodies
Janeane Garofalo will guest star in the recurring role of Sam, a seasoned traveller who, after 20 years working in tourism and visiting exotic places, has very much had her fill.
Channel 4, 17th June 2016Tim Key amongst cast for new E4 series Foreign Bodies
The cast has been announced for Tom Basden's E4 backpacker comedy drama Foreign Bodies. Tim Key is amongst the stars, playing a 38-year-old in denial about his life.
British Comedy Guide, 5th May 2016E4 orders new comedy drama Foreign Bodies
E4 has ordered Foreign Bodies, a comedy drama series about a gang of travellers embarking on a three month trip around Asia.
British Comedy Guide, 14th January 2016