Staged
- TV sitcom
- BBC One / BritBox
- 2020 - 2022
- 20 episodes (3 series)
David Tennant and Michael Sheen star as stage actors furloughed by covid-19. Also features Simon Evans, Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg and Lucy Eaton.
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 1 - Saddle Up Sheen!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 4th January 2021
- Time
- 9:45pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 15 minutes
Cast & crew
| David Tennant | David |
| Michael Sheen | Michael |
| Simon Evans | Simon |
| Georgia Tennant | Georgia |
| Anna Lundberg | Anna |
| Whoopi Goldberg | Mary |
| Michael Palin | Self |
| Romesh Ranganathan | Self |
| Simon Evans | Writer |
| D H W Mildon | Script Editor |
| Simon Evans | Director |
| Phin Glynn | Producer |
| Victor Glynn | Producer |
| Georgia Tennant | Producer |
| David Tennant | Executive Producer |
| Michael Sheen | Executive Producer |
| Axel Kuschevatzky | Executive Producer |
| Cindy Teperman | Executive Producer |
| Geoff Iles | Executive Producer |
| Simon Evans | Executive Producer |
| Harriet Hammond | Line Producer |
| Dan Gage | Editor |
| Alex Baranowski | Composer |
| Dave Whyte | Graphics |
| Oliver Kaderbhai | 1st Assistant Director |
| Shane Allen | Commissioning Editor |
Press
Review: Staged
Back in mid-December when the launch date for the second series of Staged was announced I jokingly tweeted: "So clever of BBC to schedule it to coincide with new lockdown". Little did I know how accurate that tweet would be.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th January 2021Review: Staged helps us through another lockdown
Was a second series of Staged needed? I think so.
Erin Zammitt, The Custard TV, 5th January 2021Staged Series 2 Episode 1 review
No matter how starry the guests, this will forever be the Tennant and Sheen show.
Alison Rowat, The Herald, 4th January 2021BBC One's Staged is back for Series 2 - with a twist
David Tennant and Michael Sheen reprise their roles - but Episode 1 completely upends the show's original premise.
Flora Carr, Radio Times, 4th January 2021Review: what was innovative has become stale
The first series of this thespian comedy captured the confusion and claustrophobia of our suddenly curtailed lives but, six months later, the tone is out of step with the national mood.
Rupert Hawksley, The Independent, 4th January 2021Staged Series 2 review
David Tennant and Michael Sheen return laden with celebrity cameos.
Barbara Speed, i Newspaper, 4th January 2021Staged review: Palin cameo lifted backslapping comedy
The novelty of staying at home baking sourdough has definitely worn off, but the novelty of two esteemed actors sending themselves up just about holds.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 4th January 2021