Staged
- TV sitcom
- BBC One / BritBox
- 2020 - 2022
- 20 episodes (3 series)
David Tennant and Michael Sheen star as stage actors furloughed by covid-19. Also features Simon Evans, Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg and Lucy Eaton.
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Reviews: Scot Squad; Staged
One of the great unspoken romances is over. No more will Bobby the bam burst into the cop shop to blurt urgent nonsense. No more will Officer Karen listen patiently, fail to make a single note then send him on his way.
Aidan Smith, The Scotsman, 9th January 2021Interview: Staged director Simon Evans
Serendipitously timed to coincide with England's third national lockdown, Staged - the BBC's award-winning Covid comedy starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant - is back on screens this month. Theatre director Simon Evans talks to Fergus Morgan about how he came up with the idea for the show and his special talent for directing famous faces.
Fergus Morgan, The Stage, 8th January 2021Review: Staged
Back in mid-December when the launch date for the second series of Staged was announced I jokingly tweeted: "So clever of BBC to schedule it to coincide with new lockdown". Little did I know how accurate that tweet would be.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th January 2021Review: Staged helps us through another lockdown
Was a second series of Staged needed? I think so.
Erin Zammitt, The Custard TV, 5th January 2021Review: Staged Series 2
At eight episodes, it does feel a little that it could have been wrapped up in Episode 7, but it certainly feels if the gang have arrived once more in lockdown to help us get through it.
Paul T Davies, BritishTheatre.com, 5th January 2021Staged Series 2 Episode 1 review
No matter how starry the guests, this will forever be the Tennant and Sheen show.
Alison Rowat, The Herald, 4th January 2021BBC One's Staged is back for Series 2 - with a twist
David Tennant and Michael Sheen reprise their roles - but Episode 1 completely upends the show's original premise.
Flora Carr, Radio Times, 4th January 2021Review: what was innovative has become stale
The first series of this thespian comedy captured the confusion and claustrophobia of our suddenly curtailed lives but, six months later, the tone is out of step with the national mood.
Rupert Hawksley, The Independent, 4th January 2021Staged Series 2 review
David Tennant and Michael Sheen return laden with celebrity cameos.
Barbara Speed, i Newspaper, 4th January 2021