Starstruck
- TV sitcom
- BBC Three
- 2021 - 2023
- 18 episodes (3 series)
Comedy about a 20-something juggling two dead end jobs who discovers she's slept with a film star. Stars Rose Matafeo, Nikesh Patel, Emma Sidi, Alastair Roberts, Joe Barnes and more.
- Series 1, Episode 4 repeated Wednesday at 11:05pm on BBC3
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Rose Matafeo on filming new romcom series in lockdown
Rose Matafeo came to a horrible realisation while filming her new romcom series.
Stevie Gallacher, The Sunday Post, 26th April 2021Starstruck: an early contender for comedy of the year
The first TV show from the Edinburgh Comedy Award winner is manna from heaven for millennial rom-com fans.
Jessie Thompson, Evening Standard, 25th April 2021Starstruck - Matafeo stars in millennial fairytail
Co-written by the stand-up and Alice Snedden, this series about a struggling twentysomething who has a one-night stand with a film star is both improbable and rather enjoyable.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 25th April 2021Nikesh Patel interview
The Londoner plays a movie star opposite Rose Matafeo in her infectious new millennial comedy. He talks to Ellie Harrison about filming nightclub scenes in lockdown, diversity in casting and why he's no longer willing to accept the status quo.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 25th April 2021Rose Matafeo interview
The comedian opens up on modern dating, periods, sex and her new sitcom Starstruck.
Harvey Day, BBC, 25th April 2021Rose Matafeo shines in this sweet millennial romcom
Most of the scenes here would fit quite happily into a Bridget Jones film as Matafeo brings charm to her goofy heroine.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 25th April 2021Rose Matafeo's comedy Is Notting Hill for millennials
The show is extremely perceptive throughout about modern dating but perhaps nowhere better than in one soon-to-be-memed scene.
Alicia Lansom, Refinery 29, 25th April 2021Starstruck review
Why is Starstruck a BBC Three commission with a late-night terrestrial slot, when it has 'mainstream' written right through it?
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th April 2021Starstruck, BBC3, review
A screwball romcom full of chemistry.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 25th April 2021Starstruck: best end-of-20s panic sitcom since Girls?
It might not break new ground. But this romantic comedy has extra polish, gemstone one-liners and ... Minnie Driver.
Joel Golby, The Guardian, 24th April 2021