Starstruck
- TV sitcom
- BBC Three
- 2021 - 2023
- 18 episodes (3 series)
Comedy about a 20-something juggling two dead end jobs who discovers she's slept with a film star. Stars Rose Matafeo, Nikesh Patel, Emma Sidi, Alastair Roberts, Joe Barnes and more.
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Aidan Smith's TV week: This Time, Starstruck
A-ha! Alan Partridge is back, though Steve Coogan's chat chump has ditched his usual greeting for: "It's high time to say that if you've got time to give This Time your time then it's time to let This Time spend time making your time a good time ... on This Time!"
Aidan Smith, The Scotsman, 1st May 2021BBC Three's Starstruck is a sweet and funny romcom
It's a bit like Fleabag, only minus the self-loathing, the existential angst and, most noticeably, the Hot Priest.
Rachel Cooke, The New Statesman, 30th April 2021Rose Matafeo interview
Rose Matafeo on Starstruck, fangirling and the romcom renaissance.
Caitlin Danaher, Royal Television Society, 30th April 2021Rose Matafeo remembers heckler's Ginger Spice insult
"I expect that I should get more hecklers, but I never did until this gig"
Will Richards, NME, 30th April 2021Starstruck review
Though it is sometimes too ready to stoop for cheap laughs, Starstruck will leave you yearning to know if Tom and Jessie get back together.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 27th April 2021Matafeo: ban male comics from doing #MeToo material
"I'm sick of seeing sensitive men being like, 'What can we do? What can we DO? Apart from write an hour show about it... what can we DO?'"
Jessie Thompson, Evening Standard, 27th April 2021Rose Matafeo on filming new romcom series in lockdown
Rose Matafeo came to a horrible realisation while filming her new romcom series.
Stevie Gallacher, The Sunday Post, 26th April 2021Starstruck: an early contender for comedy of the year
The first TV show from the Edinburgh Comedy Award winner is manna from heaven for millennial rom-com fans.
Jessie Thompson, Evening Standard, 25th April 2021Starstruck - Matafeo stars in millennial fairytail
Co-written by the stand-up and Alice Snedden, this series about a struggling twentysomething who has a one-night stand with a film star is both improbable and rather enjoyable.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 25th April 2021Nikesh Patel interview
The Londoner plays a movie star opposite Rose Matafeo in her infectious new millennial comedy. He talks to Ellie Harrison about filming nightclub scenes in lockdown, diversity in casting and why he's no longer willing to accept the status quo.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 25th April 2021