Women On The Verge
- TV comedy drama
- U&W
- 2018
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Comedy drama about three career-driven friends in their 30s who don't feel in control of their lives. Stars Kerry Condon, Nina Sosanya, Eileen Walsh, Sharon Horgan, Emmett J Scanlan and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1
Further details
After a potential work promotion, a family christening and a messy love triangle collide disastrously, Laura decides it is time to take action to stop herself from completely unravelling. Alison, desperate for a baby and sick of first dates decides to get back with her ex Martin, despite not being in love with him. Single parent Katie backs out of an artificial insemination to give her daughter Ella a sibling but finds out some surprising news concerning her ex-husband's new wife Siobhan.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 11th October 2018
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- U&W
- Length
- 40 minutes
Cast & crew
| Kerry Condon | Laura Donegan |
| Nina Sosanya | Katie |
| Eileen Walsh | Alison |
| Sharon Horgan | Dr Fitzgerald |
| Emmett J Scanlan | Kieran |
| Aaron McCusker | Martin |
| Hannah Adeogun | Ella |
| Catherine McCormack | Claire |
| Jonathan Forbes | James |
| Valene Kane | Siobhan |
| Lochlann Ó Mearáin (as Lochlann O'Mearain) | Rory |
| Lynette Callaghan | Emer |
| Jonny Holden | Patrick |
| Mark Lambert | Bernard |
| Dearbhla Molloy | Vera |
| India Mullen | Jen |
| Yasmine Akram | Samara |
| Paul Tylak | Doctor |
| Lorna Martin | Writer |
| Maeve Higgins | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Sharon Horgan | Writer |
| Annie Griffin | Director |
| Gavin O'Grady | Producer |
| Clelia Mountford | Executive Producer |
| Sharon Horgan | Executive Producer |
| Juliette Howell | Executive Producer |
| Tessa Ross | Executive Producer |
| Pete Thornton | Executive Producer |
| Joe McVey | Executive Producer |
| Justin Healy | Executive Producer |
| Ailish McElmeel | Executive Producer |
| Jane McNally | Line Producer |
| Karen Turner | Line Producer |
| Charlie Fawcett | Editor |
| Debbie Burton | Production Designer |
| Julie Harkin | Casting Director |
| Rae Hendrie | Casting Director |
| Caroline Pitcher | Costume Designer |
| Shane Kelly | Director of Photography |
| Juliette Tomes | Make-up Designer |
| Arthur Sharpe | Composer |
| Paul Mindel | 1st Assistant Director |
Press
Women on the Verge review
Sharon Horgan's scabrous comedy is so Sex and the City, it's almost cliched
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 12th October 2018This new Sharon Horgan-powered comedy follows three Dublin friends trying to navigate their lives, or rather struggle to get them under control. For Laura (Kerry Condon), that means being sacked as godmother when she sleeps through a christening, while Alison (Eileen Walsh) is so sick of dating she gets back with her ex and agrees to try for a baby. Gloriously deadpan Katie (Nina Sosanya) is on the verge of artificial insemination, but her daughter's father has some big news. So far, so funny.
Hannah Verdier, The Guardian, 11th October 2018How therapy becomes comedy in Women on the Verge
Journalist Lorna Martin wrote a memoir about her years in therapy - now she and Horgan have turned it into the anti-Sex and the City.
Emma Cox, Radio Times, 11th October 2018Women on the Verge review
A scabrous creation from Sharon Horgan that doesn't quite hit the peaks.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 11th October 2018Review: Women on the Verge
It picks away at modern neurosis the way you pull at a loose stitch, or the quick of your thumb - with the funny, fierce instinct that everything, and everyone, is steadily unravelling.
Peter Crawley, The Irish Times, 11th October 2018