Upright
- TV comedy drama
- Sky Atlantic / Sky Comedy
- 2019 - 2022
- 16 episodes (2 series)
Comedy drama following a pair of strangers on a road trip across Australia with a battered upright piano. Stars Tim Minchin, Milly Alcock, Heather Mitchell, Daniel Lapaine and Ella Scott Lynch
Streaming rank this week: 885
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Upright review
Tim Minchin largely, but not entirely, eschews the laughs in this odd-couple road-trip drama, which boasts two intriguing characters with murky back stories.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th November 2019Upright, Sky Atlantic, review
Tim Minchin and newcomer Milly Alcock shine in this downbeat comedy with an air of End of the F***ing World.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 28th November 2019Upright, episodes 1 and 2, review
Tim Minchin gets back on his feet in sharp-tongued but touching new comedy.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 28th November 2019Tim Minchin: 'I've got a lot of shit to overcome'
Back in Australia after two professional heartbreaks, the comedian discusses his new show Upright, the knife edge between comedy and drama - and why he should have been the next Tom Hanks.
Steph Harmon, The Guardian, 26th November 2019Tim Minchin interview
"I never thought a sitcom was the right idea for me,' he says, 'I just don't feel funny like that. So I kept making sure I wasn't just doing 'funny guys'. I felt with Upright, this will be what shows them that I can actually act and will get me lots of acting work."
Paul Simper, Metro, 26th November 2019Tim Minchin interview
The multi-talented Australian talks to Gerard Gilbert about his Dreamworks project that never was, failing on Broadway, his new Sky Atlantic comedy drama Upright, America, Twitter and Brexit.
Gerard Gilbert, The Independent, 23rd November 201928 new British TV comedies for 2019 and beyond
Here's what fans of TV comedy can look forward to over the next year or so from the UK...
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 17th July 2019Tim Minchin stars in new Sky road trip comedy
Tim Minchin is to take the lead role in Upright, a comedy drama for Sky and Australia's Foxtel, about two misfits on a road trip with a battered old upright piano.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd July 2018