Fleabag
Channel 4 has announced the commission of a new comedy series Entitled, starring Brett Gelman (Stranger Things, Fleabag, Without Remorse) and created by Matt Morgan (Mister Winner, The Mimic), who will both executive produce. The series is co-produced by SHOWTIME in US, in association with All3Media International.
Showcase Cinemas has announced that it will be screening a series of theatre productions, including the stage version of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag as part of its Event Cinema offering.
From Friday 17 July Showcase Cinemas will be screening a star-studded line up of productions, courtesy of National Theatre Live, meaning that you can watch your favourite blockbusters as well as stage performances all under one roof for just £5.
Fleabag was a big hit when broadcast live from London’s West End to cinemas in 2019.
The stage version of Fleabag is to be available online to raise money for COVID-19 charities.
The acclaimed show, starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge in the title role, was recorded at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre in 2019, and will be available to stream via Soho Theatre’s On Demand streaming site from today, Monday April 6.
Fleabag has won Best Comedy Programme at the Broadcast Awards.
One of the judges said that the second series of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s comedy was “literally the best show in the world last year."
Another judge said it was “faultless from the first minute to the last."
Elsewhere Love Island won Best Entertainment Programme.
Documentary Bros: After The Screaming Stops won Best Multichannel Programme.
Picture: BBC/Two Brothers/Luke Varley
Adrian Edmondson, Susan Calman, Mark Watson, Deborah Frances-White and Stephen K Amos are to present self-penned radio essays on comedy in a new series of audio essays on BBC Radio 3 entitled Top of the Bill.
Edmondson will talk about how rudeness and silliness made him laugh as a child. Susan Calman talks about being inspired by Victoria Wood. Mark Watson speaks of his love of The Simpson. Deborah France-White celebrates Fleabag and Stephen K Amos pays homage to US stand-up Redd Foxx.
Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge had a trumphant night at the Emmy Awards in America.
Waller-Bridge won Best Leading Comedy Actress, while her series Fleabag won Best Comedy Series and Best Comedy Writing.
On winning she said of her creation: "It's so wonderful and reassuring to know that a dirty, pervy, angry and messed-up woman can make it to the Emmys."
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag was among the winners at the Broadcast Digital Awards, picking up the prize for Best Comedy Programme.
Best Short-Form Comedy went to CPL Productions’ Hounslow Diaries, while the documentary Bros: After The Screaming Stops won Best Documentary Programme.
Following a sold-out run in New York, Phoebe Waller-Bridge is to perform her award-winning stage version of Fleabag in London for a strictly limited run.
The play, directed by Vicky Jones, that inspired not one but two hit television series, will run at Wyndham's Theatre from August 20 – September 14.
After last week's slam dunk of an opening episode the second instalment of the second series slips into more conventional comedy territory with Fleabag's main concern being the fact that she has the hots for a hot priest, played by Andrew Scott.
So follow that. After the seismic success of the first series of Fleabag the action picks up 371 days and some hours later, with the family gathered for an important celebratory dinner. But this is Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag, it's never going to be an uneventful meal is it, as an early scene in which a bloody nose is wiped makes abundantly clear.
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