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.

  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 823

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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

Rob Delaney: the struggles filming while son had tumour

Rob Delaney has revealed how he tackled shooting and writing Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe's fourth and final season while his late son was battling a brain tumour.

Ciara Farmer, Daily Mail, 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

Rob Delaney on how comedy helped him cope through grief

After his two-year-old son Henry died last year, the creator and star of Channel 4's Catastrophe took solace in life's funny moments.

Tim Dowling, Radio Times, 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

Catastrophe preview

Car crash TV that's still putting the fun into dysfunctional marriage. The Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney-penned romcom remains rooted in the reality of parental responsibilities, financial insecurity and body fluids.

Fiona Sturges, The Guardian, 5th January 2019

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