Hullraisers
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2022 - 2023
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Sitcom about three working class woman in Hull juggling work, kids and demanding friends. Stars Leah Brotherhead, Taj Atwal, Sinead Matthews, Perry Fitzpatrick, Felicity Montagu and more.
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Hullraisers is the celebration of Northern working class women we deserve
TV shows about the London middle classes are far more common and decidedly less harrowing, from Motherland to Catastrophe, Fleabag to This Way Up. When it comes to portrayals of northern working class women, we've been short-changed in terms of both quantity and authenticity - until now.
Becky Burgum, Refinery 29, 12th April 2022Hullraisers review
As one female-led comedy with a distinctive geographical flavour launches its final series, another starts its first. Airing straight after the season three premiere of Derry Girls, Hullraisers follows three working-class women at various stages of their adult journey.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th April 2022Hullraisers' Taj Atwal on new comedy
"It's not grey and grim up north."
Abby Robinson, Radio Times, 12th April 2022Hullraisers can be the next Derry Girls
This show flies the Hull flag high. And that makes it more than worth its weight in chip spice.
Alex Birdsall, Hull Daily Mail, 12th April 2022I talk to Leah Brotherhead
"It was really lovely to channel all the people that I know from Hull."
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 10th April 2022Hullraisers sitcom series coming to Channel 4
Channel 4 has ordered Hullraisers, a sitcom series that "celebrates female talent, both on and off screen". Co-written by Lucy Beaumont, it focuses on three working class women living in Hull.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd July 2021Jessica Knappett starring in new Hull-set Comedy Blap
Jessica Knappett is starring in a new Comedy Blaps pilot. Hullraisers has been written by Lucy Beaumont.
British Comedy Guide, 7th March 2020