Catastrophe. Image shows from L to R: Rob (Rob Delaney), Sharon (Sharon Horgan). Copyright: Avalon Television
Catastrophe

Catastrophe

  • TV sitcom
  • Channel 4
  • 2015 - 2019
  • 24 episodes (4 series)

Sitcom starring Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan as a couple who make a 'bloody mess' of falling in love. Also features Ashley Jensen, Mark Bonnar, Carrie Fisher, Jonathan Forbes, Frances Tomelty and more.

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Series 4, Episode 1

Catastrophe. Image shows from L to R: Sharon (Sharon Horgan), Rob (Rob Delaney). Copyright: Avalon Television
We rejoin the couple after Rob's secret relapse to alcoholism ended in a dramatic car crash and a forced confession to Sharon. A new acquaintance becomes increasingly friendly with Rob, while Sharon dabbles in a new hobby that could also see her on the wrong side of the law.

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Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 8th January 2019
Time
10pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
35 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Saturday 12th January 2019 1:35am C4

Cast & crew

Cast
Rob Delaney Rob
Sharon Horgan Sharon
Ashley Jensen Fran
Mark Bonnar Chris
Guest cast
Dexter Hyman Frankie
Sonny Hyman Frankie
Julie Hesmondhalgh Amanda
Nick Sampson Judge Hickey
Ahir Shah Prosecution Barrister
Leila Hoffman Helen
Joan Hooley Diane
Jenny Bede Shop Girl
Yemisi Oyinloye Shop Manager
Mark Flitton Security Guard
Writing team
Rob Delaney Writer
Sharon Horgan Writer
Production team
Jim O'Hanlon Director
Toby Welch Producer
Richard Allen-Turner Executive Producer
Kara Baker Executive Producer
Jon Thoday Executive Producer
Rob Delaney Executive Producer
Sharon Horgan Executive Producer
Samantha McCole Line Producer
Christopher Watson Editor
Chris Richmond Production Designer
Tracey Gillham Casting Director
Rebecca Duncan Costume Designer
Mattias Nyberg Director of Photography
Jacquetta Levon Make-up Designer
Oli Julian Composer
Andy Lumsden 1st Assistant Director

Video

Making a friend at Alcoholics Anonymous

Following a car crash, Rob has to do community service at a charity shop and start attending AA meetings...

Featuring: Rob Delaney (Rob), Sharon Horgan (Sharon), Ashley Jensen (Fran), Julie Hesmondhalgh (Amanda) & Leila Hoffman (Helen).

Press

And so to the fourth (and - sad face - final) series of Catastrophe. Rob (Delaney) is in a neck brace and an Alcoholics Anonymous programme and an enforced charity shop job. Cue near-knuckle (but perfectly judged, a truly fine act) observations on cerebral palsy. Sharon Horgan's smartly pissed off, smartly resenting him, smartly loving him. Despite. And if you ever need a faintly filthy and bang on-the-money joke about Radiohead to perk up a self-help session - let's face it, who hasn't? - the terrific Julie Hesmondhalgh is just yer lass for it: a welcome, dippy, addition to this achingly human, filthily human, comedy. We will so miss it.

Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 13th January 2019

There are so many things to love about Catastrophe, not least the way it pays attention to the smallest details in the matter of relationships; when Sharon rings Rob's mobile, for instance, she still comes up as "Sharon London Sex". But what I mostly love about it is Sharon, from the stubborn set of her jaw, which is like Tower Bridge when it's halfway up (or down), to the way she drinks a margarita (as if she is eight, and it is Tizer). I love the way she picks a fight - I'm not very courageous like that - and I love the way that, once she's started, every accusation instantly spirals into a flight of fancy; her pugnaciousness, being so outlandish, is delightful rather than tedious, as it would be in almost anyone else. Above all, I love it when she sulks. Sharon Horgan's bottom lip: what a magnificent thing it is, and with such good comic timing, too.

The New Statesman, 10th January 2019

Catastrophe, Series 4, Channel 4 review

There are five more episodes before Catastrophe ends, and it promises to be a bittersweet goodbye, as new characters join the fray.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 9th January 2019

Catastrophe review

Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan are utterly at home together.

Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 9th January 2019

Still funny but slightly off the boil judging by this series four opener, Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney's comedy is starting to cram in just a little too much catastrophe: Rob has a car crash that somehow leads to him attracting a spooky stalker (the evergreen Julie Hesmondhalgh) and Sharon gets caught shoplifting.

Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 8th January 2019

Catastrophe - series 4, episode 1 review

Catastrophe was back to take the rom out of romcom and twist it into strange shapes, before putting it back again at a skew-whiff angle.

Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 8th January 2019

Catastrophe, season four review

Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney's comedy is spiky, beautifully confident, nimble, quick and exceedingly funny - but it's right that this is the last series.

Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 8th January 2019

TV preview: Catastrophe, C4

This is the third sitcom I've reviewed in two days and with the greatest respect to BBC Three's Cuckoo and BBC Two's Semi-Detached, which are both extremely watchable, Catastrophe is by far the best of the trio.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th January 2019

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