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.
Streaming rank this week: 1,825
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This Way Up, Channel 4 review
Hilarity with a dark undercurrent.
Markie Robson-Scott, The Arts Desk, 8th August 2019This Way Up review
Aisling Bea shines in a caring, humane new comedy.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 8th August 2019This Way Up review
The worse things get, the better the jokes become.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 8th August 2019This Way Up, review
Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan team up in this brilliant, sharp-tongued show.
Ed Cumming, The Independent, 8th August 2019Aisling Bea interview
Aisling Bea says making therapy accessible is her 'big issue'.
Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 8th August 2019TV preview: This Way Up, C4
Don't compare This Way Up to anything else, it is a thing of fragile beauty out there on its own.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th August 2019This Way Up preview
The title This Way Up is intended as a wry acknowledgment of how Aisling Bea's character Aine is struggling to reorientate herself towards normality following a mental breakdown.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th August 2019Aisling Bea: 'Female isn't a genre'
"Your soul, your sanity," says Aisling Bea, "can feel like a wet bar of soap in your hands. Trying to hold on to it on a difficult day, the battle to keep the mood, when you can feel yourself slipping, can be a massive challenge."
Helen Brown, The Telegraph, 4th August 2019Aisling Bea interview
For Aisling Bea, the best way to star in a funny sitcom was to write it herself. Here, she talks about her father's death, social activism and not always trusting her own head.
Eva Wiseman, The Guardian, 4th August 2019This Way Up: A droll, nervy comedy
A funny woman on the brink of disaster is at the centre of this new series resembling a London-Irish Broad City.
Danny Leigh, The Financial Times, 2nd August 2019