Fleabag

[Gary Hart's Stalker]

Is on BBC2 right now!

And yes, it's really funny!

 

[ThePompousPaladin]

Thought it was brilliant.

Really well written and excellent characterisations. An emotional rollercoaster, with some genuinely laugh out loud moments.

9/10, would be 10 but i thought the brother in law character wasn't acted particularly strongly.

 

[ThePompousPaladin]

Brilliant telly. Very very good. Was adapted from a one woman show I believe. Not as brave a commission as people just do nothing (funny but too many brentisms but produced by ash atalla so you can forgive that) but you cannot fault the bbc on either.

I had a quick look at the writer page, turns out the same person as the lead, she adapted it from an edinburgh stage show.

 

[Randsta]

I thought it was good but not as funny as it could be. I like dark comedy and this is pretty dark!!


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[scamander]

watched them all - it's brilliant, very dark in places. What certainly helps is that they are all very good actors, rather than comedians, I mentioned on the Steptoe thread how having actors in comedy can be a risk but does allow the show more options in terms of telling a story (e.g. not just personality based one-liners).

Hope there's a second series.

 

[whitelion]

Had never heard of this until seeing this thread.

Just watched the first two on catchup and onto the third. It's very watchable and reminds me a little of Witless. Thought the Psycho shower scene in episode two was brilliant.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Very funny something our brothers across the pond are still unable to understand

Interesting comment. Why do you think that is?

 

[whitelion]

Just finished watching the six episodes back to back - thanks to the op for the heads up.

 

[chaileyjem]

. An emotional rollercoaster, with some genuinely laugh out loud moments.

9/10, would be 10 but i thought the brother in law character wasn't acted particularly strongly.

he was in the last ever episode of Mad Men.

 

[ThePompousPaladin]

he was in the last ever episode of Mad Men.

Never watched it, i have a feeling the edit didn't do him justice in this, perhaps some of the parts that would have pieced the character together better ended up on the cutting room floor.

 

[Titanic]

Series 2 off to a cracking start

 

[Silverhatch]

Series 2 off to a cracking start

Killing Eve and Fleabag - genius writer

 

[Titanic]

Killing Eve and Fleabag - genius writer

and an outstanding cast.

 

[Machiavelli]

Killing Eve and Fleabag - genius writer

I haven't seen last night's yet, but you're so right on this. I don't really follow writers/directors/producers that much, but I doubt anyone else has produced such delights for their first two series.

 

[chaileyjem]

Episode one of the SE02 was astonishingly good. Blood, Lots of blood, Catholics, Alcoholics, and Olivia Colman.
Watch it.

 

[Titanic]

Episode one of the SE02 was astonishingly good. Blood, Lots of blood, Catholics, Alcoholics, and Olivia Colman.
Watch it.

and Andrew Scott too.

Series 1 available on iPlayer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p070npjv/episodes/player

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Great to see the better bits of BBC3 being bumped back on to BBC1 rather than being forever consigned to their BBC3 online only ghetto. Long may that strategy continue!

 

[Blue3]

The first series if you have not see it is fantastic and if not is currently available on Iplayer recommend you watch that first

Having said that if the first episode of series two is anything to go by then series two is setting up to be even better than that it's funny dark, funny sexy, funny brilliant, great cast British comedy at its very best

 

[vegster]

Saw one or two episodes of Fleabag with Mrs V, comes over as a cross between Gervais's " embarrassed " style comedy combined with Bridgit Jones Diary but with no boundaries of what is off the radar. Not for me.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Delighted to hear this is back. Completely stumbled across series 1 and thought it was great.