Flowers
- TV comedy drama
- Channel 4
- 2016 - 2018
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Dark comedy following the eccentric Flower family and their struggle to live harmoniously. Stars Olivia Colman, Julian Barratt, Daniel Rigby, Sophia Di Martino, Will Sharpe and more.
Streaming rank this week: 44
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2
Notes
On its first broadcast, this episode was combined with Episode 1 to form an hour long block. The combined programme reached approximately 830,000 viewers (5.5%).
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 25th April 2016
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Olivia Colman | Deborah |
| Julian Barratt | Maurice |
| Daniel Rigby | Donald |
| Sophia Di Martino | Amy |
| Will Sharpe | Shun |
| Georgina Campbell | Abigail |
| Angus Wright | George |
| Colin Hurley | Barry |
| Zita Sattar | Barbara |
| Rico Canadinhas | Hugo |
| Helen Cripps | Matilda |
| Leila Hoffman | Hattie |
| Sharon Young | Dr Grey |
| Emily Lloyd-Saini | Dylan |
| Will Sharpe | Writer |
| Katie Carpenter | Script Editor |
| Will Sharpe | Director |
| Naomi De Pear | Producer |
| Diederick Santer | Executive Producer |
| Selina MacArthur | Editor |
| Luana Hanson | Production Designer |
| Jamie Cairney | Director of Photography |
| Arthur Sharpe | Composer |
Press
Flowers: Colman and Barratt come together to fall apart
This melancholic new comedy features a married couple at odds and jokes as twisted as the staircases. We meet the stars and wunderkind creator.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 25th April 2016Unknown writer gets his big TV break with Flowers
Will Sharpe was born in London but until the age of eight he lived in Tokyo. He was educated at Winchester College, then went to Cambridge, where he read classics and joined the university's dramatic club, Footlights, subsequently spending a year with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Maggie Brown, The Observer, 24th April 2016