This Way Up
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2019 - 2021
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Aisling Bea writes and stars in this comedy about a woman recovering from a nervous breakdown. Also features Sharon Horgan, Tobias Menzies, Aasif Mandvi, Indira Varma, Sorcha Cusack and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2
Further details
Aine is interviewed for a private tutoring job teaching English to a young French boy. Etienne has recently lost his mother and finds himself living in London with his reserved father Richard, who he barely knows. But when Aine insists on taking a Bulgarian student to hospital, she's at risk of missing her first lesson with Etienne and badly letting him down.
Meanwhile Shona arranges a meeting with Charlotte to pitch her the idea for a Women's Financial Networking event.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 15th August 2019
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Aisling Bea | Aine |
Sharon Horgan | Shona |
Tobias Menzies | Richard |
Indira Varma | Charlotte |
Kadiff Kirwan | Bradley |
Ekow Quartey | James |
Pik Sen Lim | Chien |
Todor Jordanov | Victor |
Jassem Mougari | Mo |
Daniela Spataru | Alina |
Dorian Grover | Etienne |
Oengus MacNamara (as Oengus Mac Namara) | Patrick |
Milena Valentin | Nurse |
Rob Witcomb | Cliff |
Aisling Bea | Writer |
Brett Goldstein | Script Editor |
Alex Winckler | Director |
Gavin O'Grady | Producer |
Sharon Horgan | Executive Producer |
Clelia Mountford | Executive Producer |
Aisling Bea | Executive Producer |
Hannah Wilcock | Line Producer |
Bridgette Williams | Editor |
Tim Dickel | Production Designer |
Catherine Willis | Casting Director |
Ed Moore | Director of Photography |
Sinead O'Sullivan | Costume Designer |
Jonas Mortensen | Director of Photography |
Lisa Kennedy | Make-up Designer |
Vince Pope | Composer |
Chris May | 1st Assistant Director |
Video
A misunderstanding at the hospital
When one of her students is mysteriously injured, Aine rushes him to the hospital.
Featuring: Aisling Bea (Aine), Pik Sen Lim (Chien), Todor Jordanov (Victor), Daniela Spataru (Alina) & Milena Valentin (Nurse).
Press
This Way Up review
It's Mind Your Language for 2019... with a few 1970s gags thrown in.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 16th August 2019Wittier by the week, Aisling Bea's bittersweet comedy places the emphasis firmly on the sweet in this episode. It is dedicated to demonstrating how everyone has been made so paranoid in the age of offence that they are even afraid to make jokes. Plus, a private tuition job goes horribly, gloriously wrong.
Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 15th August 2019