Fleabag is a British comedy-drama television show created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who also stars in the title role. Based on Waller-Bridge's one-woman show first performed in 2013, It was originally produced by Two Brothers Pictures for digital channel BBC Three in a co-production agreement with Amazon Studios.[1][2] Waller-Bridge plays Fleabag, an angry, confused, sexually voracious young woman living in London. Sian Clifford and Olivia Colman also star. Andrew Scott joined the cast in the second series. The programme frequently breaks the fourth wall, in which the protagonist talks to the camera.[3]
The show premiered on 21 July 2016 and concluded its second and final series on 8 April 2019.[4][5] Fleabag received widespread critical acclaim and various accolades, with Waller-Bridge being awarded the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2017. The second series received eleven Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won six, including Outstanding Comedy Series, and Outstanding Lead Actress and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Waller-Bridge, with additional acting nominations for Clifford, Colman, and guest stars Fiona Shaw and Kristin Scott Thomas
Background
The show is adapted from Waller-Bridge's 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe one-woman play of the same name which won the Fringe First Award.[7][8][9] The initial idea of the character of Fleabag came from a challenge by a friend, where Waller-Bridge was given the task of creating a sketch for a 10-minute section in a stand-up storytelling night.[10]
Cast
Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Fleabag, a young woman living in London
Sian Clifford as Claire, Fleabag's sister
Olivia Colman as Fleabag's godmother, who is now in a relationship with Fleabag's father
Bill Paterson as Fleabag's dad
Brett Gelman as Martin, Claire's American husband
Hugh Skinner as Harry, Fleabag's ex-boyfriend
Hugh Dennis as Bank Manager, approached by Fleabag for a loan
Ben Aldridge as Arsehole Guy, one of Fleabag's love interests
Jamie Demetriou as Bus Rodent, one of Fleabag's love interests (series 1)
Jenny Rainsford as Boo, Fleabag's deceased best friend/business partner
Andrew Scott as The Priest, with whom Fleabag falls in love (series 2)
Fiona Shaw as Fleabag's counsellor (series 2)
Kristin Scott Thomas as Belinda, a successful businesswoman who meets Fleabag at an awards ceremony presented by Claire (series 2)
Ray Fearon as Hot Misogynist, who serves as Fleabag's lawyer and love interest (series 2)
Angus Imrie as Jake, Martin's teenage son and Claire's step-son
Christian Hillborg as Klare, Claire's Finnish business partner and love interest (series 2)
Jo Martin as Pam, who works at The Priest's church (series 2)
Both series of Fleabag received widespread acclaim from television critics. At review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, both series received approval ratings of 100%. The first series received an average rating of 8.5/10, based on 40 reviews, with the site's critical consensus reading: "Clever and viciously funny, Fleabag is a touching, wildly inventive comedy about a complicated young woman navigating the aftermath of trauma."[16] The second series received an average rating of 9.29/10, based on 78 reviews, with the critical consensus stating: "Fleabag jumps back into the fray with a bracing second season that upholds its predecessors' frenzied wit and delicate heart, replete with Phoebe Waller-Bridge's indefatigable charisma".[18] At Metacritic, the first series received a weighted average score of 88 out of 100, based on 19 critics,[17] while the second series received a score of 96, based on 19 critics, both signifying "universal acclaim".[19]
Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker described the show's first series as "a precision black-humor mechanism, a warped and affecting fable about one single woman's existence."[20] Maureen Ryan at Variety called it "scathingly funny", concluding that "long after it’s pulled you in with its irreverence and jokes about sex, and beguiled you with its cutting wit and messily human characters, it reveals that it’s actually a tragedy".[21] Hank Stuever of The Washington Post characterised it as a "funny, highly profane but surprisingly poignant dramedy".[22] Mike Hale in The New York Times praised the show for its "restless, almost feral energy and its slap-in-the-face attitude."[23] Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times commended its unpredictability, acting, and "clear eye for truth that often becomes, like all good comedy, quite devastating".[24]
Serena Davies of The Daily Telegraph lauded the show's second series as "a near-perfect work of art".[25] Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon praised its "brilliant swan song", finding the series' conclusion satisfying and "well-earned".[26] For Rolling Stone, Alan Sepinwall wrote that the "tragicomic masterpiece reaches new heights in its second outing".[27] James Poniewozik of The New York Times wrote that "the new season feels immediately confident, if inevitably less groundbreaking. Yet it continues to push its form".[28] At the show's conclusion Hannah Jane Parkinson of The Guardian described it as "the most electrifying, devastating TV in years", writing of the second series that "it seems as though many who either did not watch the first series, or who didn’t think it lived up to the hype, have been converted".[29]
In 2019, Fleabag was ranked 8th on The Guardian's list of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century.
The show premiered on 21 July 2016 and concluded its second and final series on 8 April 2019.[4][5] Fleabag received widespread critical acclaim and various accolades, with Waller-Bridge being awarded the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2017. The second series received eleven Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won six, including Outstanding Comedy Series, and Outstanding Lead Actress and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Waller-Bridge, with additional acting nominations for Clifford, Colman, and guest stars Fiona Shaw and Kristin Scott Thomas
Background
The show is adapted from Waller-Bridge's 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe one-woman play of the same name which won the Fringe First Award.[7][8][9] The initial idea of the character of Fleabag came from a challenge by a friend, where Waller-Bridge was given the task of creating a sketch for a 10-minute section in a stand-up storytelling night.[10]
Cast
Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Fleabag, a young woman living in London
Sian Clifford as Claire, Fleabag's sister
Olivia Colman as Fleabag's godmother, who is now in a relationship with Fleabag's father
Bill Paterson as Fleabag's dad
Brett Gelman as Martin, Claire's American husband
Hugh Skinner as Harry, Fleabag's ex-boyfriend
Hugh Dennis as Bank Manager, approached by Fleabag for a loan
Ben Aldridge as Arsehole Guy, one of Fleabag's love interests
Jamie Demetriou as Bus Rodent, one of Fleabag's love interests (series 1)
Jenny Rainsford as Boo, Fleabag's deceased best friend/business partner
Andrew Scott as The Priest, with whom Fleabag falls in love (series 2)
Fiona Shaw as Fleabag's counsellor (series 2)
Kristin Scott Thomas as Belinda, a successful businesswoman who meets Fleabag at an awards ceremony presented by Claire (series 2)
Ray Fearon as Hot Misogynist, who serves as Fleabag's lawyer and love interest (series 2)
Angus Imrie as Jake, Martin's teenage son and Claire's step-son
Christian Hillborg as Klare, Claire's Finnish business partner and love interest (series 2)
Jo Martin as Pam, who works at The Priest's church (series 2)
Both series of Fleabag received widespread acclaim from television critics. At review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, both series received approval ratings of 100%. The first series received an average rating of 8.5/10, based on 40 reviews, with the site's critical consensus reading: "Clever and viciously funny, Fleabag is a touching, wildly inventive comedy about a complicated young woman navigating the aftermath of trauma."[16] The second series received an average rating of 9.29/10, based on 78 reviews, with the critical consensus stating: "Fleabag jumps back into the fray with a bracing second season that upholds its predecessors' frenzied wit and delicate heart, replete with Phoebe Waller-Bridge's indefatigable charisma".[18] At Metacritic, the first series received a weighted average score of 88 out of 100, based on 19 critics,[17] while the second series received a score of 96, based on 19 critics, both signifying "universal acclaim".[19]
Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker described the show's first series as "a precision black-humor mechanism, a warped and affecting fable about one single woman's existence."[20] Maureen Ryan at Variety called it "scathingly funny", concluding that "long after it’s pulled you in with its irreverence and jokes about sex, and beguiled you with its cutting wit and messily human characters, it reveals that it’s actually a tragedy".[21] Hank Stuever of The Washington Post characterised it as a "funny, highly profane but surprisingly poignant dramedy".[22] Mike Hale in The New York Times praised the show for its "restless, almost feral energy and its slap-in-the-face attitude."[23] Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times commended its unpredictability, acting, and "clear eye for truth that often becomes, like all good comedy, quite devastating".[24]
Serena Davies of The Daily Telegraph lauded the show's second series as "a near-perfect work of art".[25] Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon praised its "brilliant swan song", finding the series' conclusion satisfying and "well-earned".[26] For Rolling Stone, Alan Sepinwall wrote that the "tragicomic masterpiece reaches new heights in its second outing".[27] James Poniewozik of The New York Times wrote that "the new season feels immediately confident, if inevitably less groundbreaking. Yet it continues to push its form".[28] At the show's conclusion Hannah Jane Parkinson of The Guardian described it as "the most electrifying, devastating TV in years", writing of the second series that "it seems as though many who either did not watch the first series, or who didn’t think it lived up to the hype, have been converted".[29]
In 2019, Fleabag was ranked 8th on The Guardian's list of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century.
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