Funny Girl. Barbara Parker (Gemma Arterton)
Funny Woman

Funny Woman

  • TV comedy drama
  • Sky Max
  • 2023
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Comedy about a fictional British comedy actor, based on Nick Hornby's book Funny Girl. Also features Gemma Arterton, Rupert Everett, David Threlfall, Tom Bateman, Arsher Ali and more.

  • Due to return for Series 2
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 1,794

Press clippings

Funny Woman Series 2 begins production

Production is underway on the second series of Funny Woman, the Sky comedy drama starring Gemma Arterton. Tim Key, Gemma Whelan and Roisin Conaty are amongst those joining the cast.

British Comedy Guide, 12th January 2024

Funny Woman to return for Series 2

Sky has recommissioned period comedy Funny Woman, about a female comedian and writer in the 1960s, starring Gemma Arterton.

British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2023

Broadcast Digital Awards 2023 nominations

Ellie & Natasia, Extraordinary, Funny Woman, Live At The Moth Club, Plebs and We Are Not Alone are amongst the nominees for the Broadcast Digital Awards 2023.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd May 2023

Gemma Arterton interview

'In real life, I'm quite silly'. The actor and producer on the joy of clowning around in her new comedy Funny Woman, how female solidarity has changed her professional life, and her top choice for a karaoke belter.

Michael Hogan, The Observer, 19th March 2023

Is Nick Hornby right - can beautiful women never be funny?

Victoria Coren Mitchell has been watching Sky's Funny Woman and a comedy masterclass on BBC Maestro.

Victoria Coren Mitchell, The Telegraph, 4th March 2023

The week in TV: Funny Woman

Gemma Arterton's Blackpool sitcom queen is an idealised trailblazer.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 13th February 2023

Funny Woman review

Funny Woman, with a stinging script by Morwenna Banks, shamelessly revels in all the raunchy sexism of the 1960s while mocking the men who assumed every attractive female figure was topped off by a head full of air.

Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 10th February 2023

Funny Woman review

Gemma Arterton dazzles but this is a mediocre Mrs Maisel.

Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 9th February 2023

Funny Woman star Gemma Arterton on transforming her look to play beauty queen Barbara Parker

Gemma Arterton on Funny Woman, her new show about a beauty queen who wants to become the queen of comedy in the 1960s.

Caren Clark, What To Watch, 9th February 2023

Funny Woman review

A charming but slight exploration of Britain's entertainment industry in the sixties.

Murray Robertson, The List, 9th February 2023

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