Everyone Else Burns
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2023
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Sitcom about a Mancunian family and the puritanical Christian sect they are devoted to. Stars Simon Bird, Kate O'Flynn, Amy James-Kelly, Harry Connor, Ali Khan and more.
- Due to return for Series 2
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Everyone Else Burns review
Everyone Else Burns, written by relative newcomers Dillon Mapletoft and Oliver Taylor, is a strikingly fresh sitcom while at the same time touching on some instantly recognisable tropes - the family dynamic, dad worried about his status, rivalry, meddling neighbours. It takes a few swipes at religion but actually in a fairly benign way.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd January 2023Everyone Else Burns review
It's the end of the world... and it's remarkably mundane.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd January 2023Everyone Else Burns review
A comedy to become religiously devoted to.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 23rd January 2023Everyone Else Burns review
Simon Bird's Armageddon comedy is funny as hell.
Rachael Sigee, i Newspaper, 23rd January 2023Everyone Else Burns review
Your prayers for a new bingeworthy British sitcom have been answered.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 23rd January 2023Everyone Else Burns review
Channel 4 sitcom about an apocalypse-obsessed cult is a comedy worth believing in.
Alex Moreland, National World, 23rd January 2023Everyone Else Burns: this great new British comedy will make you laugh again and again
The Inbetweeners' Simon Bird stars in this bright, original show about a hyper-religious family. It's such an excellent reminder of Britain's flair for sitcoms that it's oddly stirring.
Joel Golby, The Guardian, 21st January 2023How a doomsday comedy lured Inbetweener Simon Bird back to TV
Ambitious, warm, funny: Channel 4's great new comedy about an apocalyptic cult was irresistible to the longtime sitcom actor - even if his castmates' clubbing chat went over his head...
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 20th January 2023Creative team behind Everyone Else Burns talk "subverting traditional narratives"
Each character goes on their own personal journey and there are nuances to the way in which they relate to their hyper-religious upbringing.
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17th January 2023Simon Bird: 'The Inbetweeners was already outdated when we made it'
The comedy star talks about his new sitcom Everyone Else Burns, whether The Inbetweeners would be made today, and why bringing it back would be a disaster.
i Newspaper, 9th January 2023