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
Streaming rank this week: 2,135
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Funny Woman review
Gemma Arterton's sixties comedian is missing the laughs.
Francesca Steele, i Newspaper, 9th February 2023Review: Funny Woman
It's a little bit on the box-ticking side at times, with racism and class covered as well as sexism, but there is more than enough plot activity in the first episode to keep you watching.
Beyond The Joke, 9th February 2023Funny Woman reviewed by comedian and The Traitors star Hannah Byczkowski
Why Gemma Arterton's new drama drove me mad.
Hannah Byczkowski and Ruth Lawes, Metro, 9th February 2023Funny Woman review
Gemma Arterton is absolutely captivating in this Nick Hornby adaptation.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 9th February 2023Funny Woman review
Gemma Arterton stars in a paean to a certain era of innocent, slapstick comedy.
Jessie Thompson, The Independent, 9th February 2023Funny Woman review
Arterton shines through the showbiz clichés.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 9th February 2023Gemma Arterton interview
Gemma Arterton talks to This Morning about her new Sky comedy series, Funny Woman. She stars as Barbara Parker, a young woman from Blackpool finding her comic voice in the male dominated world of the 1960s sitcom, the force of nature who takes London by storm!
ITV, 8th February 2023How blonde bombshell with 41" boobs inspired new show Funny Woman
Beautiful women weren't meant to be funny too - or so said received wisdom in the sexist showbiz world of the 1960s.
It's a concept that Bond girl Gemma Arterton sets out to challenge in a new Sky sitcom that she has produced and starred in, and starts tonight.
Mike Ridley, The Sun, 8th February 2023Funny Woman review
Sky's 1960s-set series swings too wildly between old-fashioned farce and serious social issues.
Dan Einav, The Financial Times, 6th February 2023