This Way Up
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2019 - 2021
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Aisling Bea writes and stars in this comedy about a woman recovering from a nervous breakdown. Also features Sharon Horgan, Tobias Menzies, Aasif Mandvi, Indira Varma, Sorcha Cusack and more.
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How sitcoms got less white, less male, and funnier
In the Nineties, British sitcoms hit a dead end. Now, they're where our most exciting and original TV happens.
Tom Nicholson, Esquire, 20th July 2021Aisling Bea interview
"I like playing someone who makes the other characters laugh and sells the jokes when the character makes jokes."
Rachel Leishman, The Mary Sue, 19th July 2021This Way Up review
Aisling Bea leavens a comedy about mental illness with the filthiest of jokes.
Victoria Segal, The Sunday Times, 18th July 2021The week in TV: This Way Up
Aisling Bea's pitch-perfect, bittersweet comedy is back.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 18th July 2021Reviews: Ronnie Corbett's Lost Tapes; This Way Up
Reviews of The Two Ronnies: Ronnie Corbett's Lost Tapes (5 stars) and Aisling Bea's sitcom This Way Up (4 stars).
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 15th July 2021Reviews: Ronnie Corbett's Lost Tapes; This Way Up
Reviews of This Way Up (3 stars) and The Two Ronnies: Ronnie Corbett's Lost Tapes (4 stars).
Carol Midgley, The Times, 15th July 2021This Way Up is back with even more meaningful laughs
Following Áine as she reacclimatised to London life, the series showed her reckoning with her reliance on others as well as what the future might hold post-rehab.
Alicia Lansom, Refinery 29, 14th July 2021Aisling Bea is ready to feel better now, please
The This Way Up writer and star on the difficult second series, Love Island as a writing tool and rediscovering stand-up.
Tom Nicholson, Esquire, 14th July 2021This Way Up review
Created and written by comedian Aisling Bea, it's been compared to hit series Fleabag. But we think you should put all unfair comparisons to the side, and accept this comedy series for what it is - sometimes sweet, sometimes sad, and often funny.
Helen Fear, Entertainment Daily, 14th July 2021This Way Up series two review
TV so good it's indistinguishable from magic.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 14th July 2021