GameFace
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4 / E4
- 2014 - 2019
- 13 episodes (2 series)
Sitcom starring Roisin Conaty as a hapless 30-something with a complex love life. Also features Damien Molony, Caroline Ginty, Nina Toussaint-White, Dustin Demri-Burns, Karl Theobald and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar
Further details
A boozy night has some disastrous consequences for Marcella - including a ruined children's party, a lot of missed calls from her ex-boyfriend and an unwanted house-guest who's never seen Friends. Meanwhile her temping job takes an unexpectedly dramatic twist and, in her first life-coaching session, she admits that her dreams of becoming a full time actress aren't going to plan.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 12th October 2017
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- E4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Roisin Conaty | Marcella |
| Damien Molony | Jon |
| Caroline Ginty | Caroline |
| Nina Toussaint-White | Lucy |
| Dustin Demri-Burns | Simon |
| Karl Theobald | Graham |
| Ben Clark | Steven |
| Ciarán Dowd | Ian |
| Ava Hammatt | Little Girl |
| Catriona Knox | Amy |
| Rosa-Marie Lewis | Office Lady |
| Paul Longley | Office Guy |
| Jake Stacey | Little Boy |
| Rachel Stubbings | Child's Mum |
| Clare Wille | Jane |
| Roisin Conaty | Writer |
| Andrew Chaplin | Director |
| Charlotte Lewis | Producer |
| Ben Farrell | Executive Producer |
| Roisin Conaty | Executive Producer |
| Charlie Fawcett | Editor |
| Ros Cumberland | Production Designer |
| Rosalie Clayton | Casting Director |
| Benedict Spence | Director of Photography |
| Marlene Lawlor | Costume Designer |
| Jo Houtmeyers | Make-up Designer |
| Matt Bell | 1st Assistant Director |
| Hannah Mackay | Crew |
Press
GameFace, which had its pilot in 2014, has been commissioned as a series, which is good news for writer and star Roisin Conaty and for us. Oh, it's not something we've not seen before. Shambolic thirtysomething singleton drinks too much, eats too much cake, reads self-help books - it's more scatological than Miranda, less whimperingly funny than Fleabag, but firmly in that part of the spectrum. Yet Conaty still has the ability to pull something truly leftfield from nowhere, such as the nice, if overdone, gag about the guy who had, somehow, never seen Friends. Immensely likable, surprisingly moreish.
Euan Ferguson, The Guardian, 15th October 2017Preview - GameFace
Sitcom GameFace originally began as a pilot back in 2014 and has only just now been given a full series on E4.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 12th October 2017Gameface preview
It's probably impossible to review Roisin Conaty's Gameface without mentioning the F-word: Fleabag.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th October 2017TV review: GameFace, E4
If you are the kind of person who doesn't watch E4 because you think it is a bit too youthy, then make an exception for GameFace, the new series written by and starring Roisin Conaty.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th October 2017