Flowers. Image shows from L to R: Amy (Sophia Di Martino), Maurice (Julian Barratt), Deborah (Olivia Colman), Donald (Daniel Rigby). Copyright: Kudos Productions
Flowers

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.

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Series 2, Episode 4

A drunken Maurice has turned the Flowers' home into a party house.

Further details

Amy's girlfriend Hylda overcomes her aversion to family situations and goes to confront Deborah about Amy's increasingly strange behaviour. A drunken Maurice has turned the Flowers' home into a party house with the Pink Cuttlefish Orchestra, deaf to the protests of a disapproving Donald. Amy is fighting her way through the racing thoughts and manic images that are flashing through her mind and is about to discover the truth about her grandfather and the origins of the mysterious Baumgaertner book...

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 13th June 2018
Time
10pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 6th June 2019 3:10am C4

Cast & crew

Cast
Olivia Colman Deborah
Julian Barratt Maurice
Daniel Rigby Donald
Sophia Di Martino Amy
Will Sharpe Shun
Colin Hurley Barry
Alistair Green Tommy
Helen Cripps Matilda
Harriet Walter Hylda
Guest cast
Sophia Di Martino Bertha
Kathryn Hunter Wendy
Daniel Rigby Egbert
Julian Barratt Friedrich
Olivia Colman Valerie
Anna O'Grady Dolores
Amie Buhari Pan
Mariam Haque Henri
Maite Jáuregui Vera
Sophie Brooke Avelaine
Leila Hoffman Isadora
Duncan Pow Dennis
Alice Lowe Paula
David Sterne Bolero
Writing team
Will Sharpe Writer
Alice Tyler Script Editor
Katie Carpenter Script Producer
Production team
Will Sharpe Director
Sam Pinnell Producer
Naomi De Pear Executive Producer
Will Sharpe Associate Producer
Holly Pullinger Line Producer
Selina MacArthur Editor
Luana Hanson Production Designer
Catherine Willis Casting Director
Jamie Cairney Director of Photography
Sam Perry Costume Designer
Sjaan Gillings Make-up Designer
Arthur Sharpe Composer
Alex Streeter 1st Assistant Director

Press

C4's Flowers is much more than just a 'dark comedy'

Flowers, which ran all week on Channel 4, was thrillingly good to watch -- but is, I now realise, extremely tricky to summarise.

James Walton, The Spectator, 14th June 2018

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