Sightseers. Image shows from L to R: Chris (Steve Oram), Tina (Alice Lowe). Copyright: STUDIOCANAL / Big Talk Productions
Sightseers

Sightseers

  • 2012 film

Chris and his girlfriend Tina travel around the country in their caravan, but it is not long before the dream goes sour. Stars Steve Oram, Alice Lowe, Tony Way, Eileen Davies, Roger Michael and more.

  • Repeated Sunday at 2am on Film4
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 1,159

Press clippings

Sightseers turns 10: folk classic remains the best British comedy of the decade

Sightseers never cease to amaze with its hilarious surprises that punctuate the utterly dull everyday realism of the trip like a chunk of scalp amid the dreary rear axle arrangement of the Happy Camper VX12 - each making the other funnier.

Tom Taylor, Far Out, 23rd May 2022

Film of the Day - Sightseers

Intoxicatingly dark, comedy-drama, directed by Ben Wheatley, in which oddball couple escape their mundane Midlands lives and embark on a road trip across the north of England.

Gareth Hargreaves, On The Box, 30th March 2017

Ben Wheatley interview

Sightseers director Ben Wheatley on caravanning in the UK, the suspicious British, and Mike Leigh's robot movie...

Steven MacKenzie, The Big Issue, 18th April 2013

Steve Oram interview

Interview with Steve Oram, the co-writer and co-star of Sightseers.

The Shiznit, 25th March 2013

Sightseers grabs best British film at Empire Awards

Sightseers was named Best British Film at The Jameson Empire Awards 2013.

Big Talk Productions, 25th March 2013

Alice Lowe on sex, serial killers and sexism in comedy

Alice Lowe shone as a killer caravanner in dark comedy Sightseers. But the London Evening Standard Film Awards nominee is bracing herself for an even more twisted and embarrassing film role.

Nick Curtis, Evening Standard, 22nd January 2013

Evening Standard Film Award nominations for Sightseers

Sightseers has picked up a nomination for the Film of the Year, Alice Lowe was also listed for Best Actress & director Ben Wheatley is up for The Peter Sellers Comedy Award.

Big Talk Productions, 15th January 2013

A caravan enthusiast's verdict on Sightseers

Sightseers is spot-on - show-off campers deserve death, says caravan enthusiast Peter Rosenthal.

Laura Barnett, The Guardian, 4th December 2012

Sightseers is 2012's most delightfully sinister romcom

Natural Born Killers meets Mike Leigh's Nuts In May in Sightseers, a nimble, rug-puller of a romcom. All hail one of the best British films of 2012.

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro, 30th November 2012

Sightseers: review

Everyone involved should feel pleased with themselves, especially Smurf and Ged, the film's resident runts and joint winners of this year's coveted Palm Dog at Cannes.

Tara Brady, The Irish Times, 30th November 2012

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