Spent
- TV comedy drama
- BBC Two
- 2024
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Michelle de Swarte's comedy drama, based on her former life as a catwalk model. Also features Amanda Wilkin, Matt King, Juliet Cowan, Karl Collins, Eleanor Nawal and more.
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Spent review
A smart comedy that cleverly peppers a bleak picture of modern life with laughs.
Ed Power, The Irish Times, 8th July 2024Spent review
Michelle de Swarte's riches-to-rags comedy is astonishing.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 8th July 2024Spent review
Michelle de Swarte is a mask of fraying dignity in this seductive comedy.
Nick Hilton, The Independent, 8th July 2024How I turned my modelling career into a must-see TV comedy show
Michelle de Swarte spent years working as a model - but behind the scenes was a world of drugs and dodgy men. Now, it's all material for her new series.
Scarlett Russell, The Sunday Times, 7th July 2024Spent's Michelle de Swarte: "Comedy is a great vehicle to touch on serious issues"
Ahead of the release of her new BBC Two series, the comedian discusses the transformative power of comedy.
Abby Robinson, Radio Times, 7th July 2024Michelle de Swarte stars as a former catwalk model in Spent
BBC Two has confirmed the commission of Spent, a six-part comedy series in which Michelle De Swarte plays a former catwalk model who is on the run.
British Comedy Guide, 24th May 2023Michelle de Swarte lands BBC modelling comedy
Michelle de Swarte is writing and set to star in a BBC comedy drama based upon her former life as a catwalk model, High End Homeless.
British Comedy Guide, 13th December 2022Michelle de Swarte pilots comedy drama High End Homeless for Channel 4
Former catwalk model Michelle de Swarte channels her experiences of the fashion scene into pilot comedy drama High End Homeless.
British Comedy Guide, 10th June 2022