Henpocalypse!
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 2023
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Sitcom about five women on a hen weekend when the apocalypse occurs. Stars Elizabeth Berrington, Lucie Shorthouse, Callie Cooke, Lauren O'Rourke, Kate O'Flynn and more.
Press clippings
Henpocalypse! dropped after one series
Comedy show Henpocalypse! - about a group of women on a hen do when an apocalyptic pandemic strikes - has been axed.
Despite casting Danny Dyer in a sensational cameo role, the show failed to take hold and, I can reveal, won't be making it to Series 2.
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 4th August 2024Fights! Financial ruin! Drunk mums! Hen dos are utter hell - and perfect sitcom material
From penis accessories to galling week-long trips to Mykonos, bashes for brides to be are excruciating - and BBC sitcom Henpocalypse! is the best ever depiction of their awfulness.
Hollie Richardson, The Guardian, 23rd August 2023Henpocalypse! review
Hen night comedy at the end of the world.
Jude Rogers, The Observer, 20th August 2023Henpocalypse! review
The exclamation mark in the title was one reason to approach new sitcom Henpocalypse! (BBC Two, Tuesday) with caution. Talk about trying too hard. Only clown shoes and a T-shirt saying, "I'm mad, me!" would be more obvious.
Alison Rowat, The Herald, 19th August 2023Henpocalypse! review
BBC Two's Henpocalypse! is an unfunny, right-on bridal shower of s**t - so the BBC will automatically give it another run.
Ally Ross, The Sun, 17th August 2023Henpocalypse! review
We should treasure this raucous, revealing and filthy comedy.
Ben Dowell, The Times, 16th August 2023Henpocalypse! review
Strippers, bridezillas, Armageddon... hurrah for Britain's bawdiest new comedy.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 16th August 2023Henpocalypse! review
How did this painful dildo-wielding comedy make it to air?
Rachel Cooke, The New Statesman, 15th August 2023Elizabeth Berrington on Henpocalypse! and the reality of ageism in TV
The actor discussed her side-splitting BBC Two sitcom, most treasured collaborator and one "great disappointment".
David Craig, Radio Times, 15th August 2023Henpocalypse! review
Apocalyptic hen party comedy is a tiresome stream of penis jokes.
Pat Stacey, The Independent (Ireland), 15th August 2023