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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Preview - Catastrophe

All too soon we've arrived at the finale of this season's run of Catastrophe.

Gareth Hargreaves, On The Box, 4th April 2017

Review: Catastrophe series 3 finale was heartbreaking

Knowing that it is one of the last time we'll see Fisher in a fresh role made it automatically bittersweet.

Catherine Gee, The Telegraph, 4th April 2017

Mark Bonnar interview

"I've always been attracted to the weird". The actor talks crude comedy, Catastrophe and Carrie Fisher.

Ellie Harrison, Radio Times, 28th March 2017

"Gut-wrenching" editing Carrie Fisher's last scenes

Rob Delaney has revealed that Carrie Fisher features in "most" of the scenes in the final episode of Catastrophe series three.

Frances Taylor, Radio Times, 22nd March 2017

Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney's refreshingly modern romcom continues with the pair reaching various middle-age milestones. Sharon is left feeling obsolete after a bleak fertility prognosis, before the pair are asked to become legal guardians to Chris and Fran's teenage son (who happens to be a superstar Hollywood actor) in the event of their deaths. Meanwhile, with a return to soul-destroying work on the horizon, Rob relaxes his strict teetotality - to ominous effect.

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 21st March 2017

Preview - Catastrophe

The delicious marital/domestic train wreck comedy penned by Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney continues as the couple get to put to one side their own dysfunctionality and infidelities for an evening at dinner with estranged couple Chris and Fran.

Gareth Hargreaves, On The Box, 21st March 2017

How Catastrophe became more excruciating - using Brexit

Want to make your comedy monstrously relevant? Lob a country's most close-to-home horror into the mix.

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 15th March 2017

Bad news: with Rob still unemployed and Sharon's public-sector salary falling shy of their financial obligations, a move to a cheaper property is on the cards. Good news: the couple have found the perfect property within their price range, with the charming grandfatherly owner keen to sell to them. They just need that mortgage application to come through without a hitch. You can probably guess which category of news that last bit will fall under.

Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 14th March 2017

What Catastrophe gets right (and wrong) about parenting

TV shows about modern parenthood are everywhere at the moment. But while you've got to hope that BBC One's chilling maternity leave thriller The Replacement isn't a story most mums can relate to, the possible psychopaths in Channel 4's Catastrophe are a little more recognisable: nasty little playground biters.

Isabel Mohan, The Telegraph, 10th March 2017

Rob is still dealing with simmering fury over Sharon's drunken tussling with a student's penis, and his lack of gainful employment is now starting to undermine him, too. His feelings of inadequacy are ramped up when the tragic death of another staff member at Sharon's school has the unexpected benefit of getting her promoted. Meanwhile, young Frankie has developed a new predilection for biting other pupils. It's lovely to have Catastrophe back.

Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 7th March 2017

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