Semi-Detached
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 2019 - 2020
- 7 episodes (1 series)
Real-time sitcom following the hapless Stuart as he struggles between his new family and ex-wife, who lives across the road. Stars Lee Mack, Neil Fitzmaurice, Ellie White, Samantha Spiro, Patrick Baladi and more.
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Semi-Detached review
Promising concept and cast let down by shortage of laughs.
Patrick Cremona, Radio Times, 6th August 2020Lee Mack on the difference between his sitcoms
The comedian says his character Stuart is very different from the version of himself he plays in his other popular sitcom.
Patrick Cremona, Radio Times, 5th August 2020Lee Mack begged to be cast in new sitcom Semi-Detached
The comedian was originally only asked to read the script so he could give feedback.
Patrick Cremona, Radio Times, 5th August 2020Semi-Detatched review
The 20-minute pilot first aired 18 months ago but resurfaced last night to herald a full series, launching in early August. It's hilarious, and very welcome as a new outlet for Lee Mack's comic genius.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 27th July 2020Semi-Detached starring Lee Mack to return for full series
Semi-Detached, the sitcom set in real-time, starring a cast including Lee Mack, is to return for a full series, following the success of the pilot episode.
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Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 17th July 2019Semi-Detached review
Semi-Detached is not anything new or game-changing, but it is an incredibly confident and funny comedy, and the real-time gimmick gives it an energy and a forward pace that many sitcoms lack.
Reece Goodall, The Boar, 13th January 2019TV: Semi-Detached, BBC2
After his foray into live sitcom with Not Going Out just before Christmas Lee Mack is back in sitcomland with this all-star fast-paced one-off pilot in which the twist is that everything happens in real time.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th January 2019Semi-Detached review
The first sitcom pilot of the year stars Lee Mack in this real-time story set over one man's terrible half-hour (although the pilot's only 20 minutes long).
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 6th January 2019Semi-Detached review
There may be questions over whether the furious pace can be sustained for the extra 50 per cent running time required for the traditional BBC sitcom half-hour. Or indeed whether such maelstroms of mayhem can be conjured up week after week. But this is a promising germ for that holy grail of comedy commissioners everywhere: a mainstream suburban sitcom that doesn't suck.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th January 2019