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Episode 1: Episode 1

Summary

The first episode of the comedy, written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on her one-woman stage show about a woman wrestling with the demands of modern living through a mixture of bravado and casual sex. Fleabag struggles to make ends meet in the frenetic world of contemporary London as she tries to work out what she should be doing with her life. With Olivia Colman and Hugh Dennis

Review

It’s hard to remember any other television show apart from Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s bitterly dark comedy that was watched by a comparatively small audience and yet punched through to become a cultural touchstone.

BBC1 starts a run of repeats of both series as we meet Fleabag (she is never properly named) as she flirts unwisely on buses, sleeps with weird and/or controlling men, veers into rages that last a heartbeat and does something unmentionable as she watches a Barack Obama speech in bed on her laptop.

There are some great cameos from big names – Olivia Colman, Hugh Dennis – but this is very much Waller-Bridge’s show (she’s also the writer). She’s created a character who dances perilously close to the edge, but despite Fleabag’s failings you’ll be willing her not to fall off.

First shown online on BBC3.

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Released on
2016-07-21
Languages
English
Formats
Colour | HD | SUB | WIDE

Credits

Cast

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FleabagPhoebe Waller-Bridge
Arsehole GuyBen Aldridge
Bus RodentJamie Demetriou
HarryHugh Skinner
Bank ManagerHugh Dennis
ClaireSian Clifford
Young ManSean Richards-Mulzac
BooJenny Rainsford
LecturerTree Waller-Bridge
Drunk GirlSarah Daykin
DadBill Paterson
GodmotherOlivia Colman
Taxi DriverJordan Long

Crew

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Production company
WriterPhoebe Waller-Bridge
Executive producerPhoebe Waller-Bridge
Executive producerJack Williams
Executive producerHarry Williams
ProducerLydia Hampson

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  • Summary

    The first episode of the comedy, written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on her one-woman stage show about a woman wrestling with the demands of modern living through a mixture of bravado and casual sex. Fleabag struggles to make ends meet in the frenetic world of contemporary London as she tries to work out what she should be doing with her life. With Olivia Colman and Hugh Dennis

    Review

    It’s hard to remember any other television show apart from Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s bitterly dark comedy that was watched by a comparatively small audience and yet punched through to become a cultural touchstone.

    BBC1 starts a run of repeats of both series as we meet Fleabag (she is never properly named) as she flirts unwisely on buses, sleeps with weird and/or controlling men, veers into rages that last a heartbeat and does something unmentionable as she watches a Barack Obama speech in bed on her laptop.

    There are some great cameos from big names – Olivia Colman, Hugh Dennis – but this is very much Waller-Bridge’s show (she’s also the writer). She’s created a character who dances perilously close to the edge, but despite Fleabag’s failings you’ll be willing her not to fall off.

    First shown online on BBC3.

    How to watch

    Next showing

    channeltimestatus

    BBC Three

    BBC Three
    -

    BBC Three

    BBC Three
    -

    BBC Three HD

    BBC Three HD
    -

    BBC Three HD

    BBC Three HD
    -

    Streaming

    We may earn commission from links on this page. Our editorial is always independent (learn more)

    Details

    Released on
    2016-07-21
    Languages
    English
    Formats
    Colour | HD | SUB | WIDE

    Credits

    Cast

    rolename
    FleabagPhoebe Waller-Bridge
    Arsehole GuyBen Aldridge
    Bus RodentJamie Demetriou
    HarryHugh Skinner
    Bank ManagerHugh Dennis
    ClaireSian Clifford
    Young ManSean Richards-Mulzac
    BooJenny Rainsford
    LecturerTree Waller-Bridge
    Drunk GirlSarah Daykin
    DadBill Paterson
    GodmotherOlivia Colman
    Taxi DriverJordan Long

    Crew

    rolename
    Production company
    WriterPhoebe Waller-Bridge
    Executive producerPhoebe Waller-Bridge
    Executive producerJack Williams
    Executive producerHarry Williams
    ProducerLydia Hampson
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