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In this golden age of television, at any given moment we have thousands and thousands of options of brilliant and entertaining TV shows but there are only a few TV shows that will stay with you long after you have finished watching. You will think about their characters, their stories, and in some cases their endings. So, today we thought of making a list of a few shows that you must watch (because of their brilliance) before you die.

Fleabag (Prime Video) Credit – Prime Video

Fleabag is a British dark comedy-drama series created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Based on Waller-Bridge’s one-woman show of the same name, the Prime Video series follows a dry-witted young woman in London as she navigates through the complexities of love and life without any life while dealing with a tragedy. Fleabag stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge,...

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Shrinking is a tragedy comedy-drama series created by Bill Lawrence, Jason Segel, and Brett Goldstein. The Apple TV+ series follows the story of a recently widowed psychotherapist Jimmy Laird, as he tries to get over the loss of his wife and become a better father than he has been in recent times. Jimmy also employs this notion that he has to be completely honest with his patients calling himself a “psychological vigilante”, but his coworkers mainly his mentor and boss Dr. Paul Rhodes are not happy with his decision. Shrinking stars Jason Segel in the lead role with Harrison Ford, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell, Christa Miller, and Jessica Williams. So, if you loved the compassion, humor, compelling characters, and black comedy in Shrinking here are some similar shows you should check out next.

After Life (Netflix...

Prime Video is the only streaming service that could compare to the giant that is Netflix in terms of viewership figures and the library of content. Just like Netflix, Prime Video has something for everyone and when it comes to comedy shows, they have multiple award-winning ones. So, sit back, relax, and scroll through our list of the 10 best comedy shows on Prime Video right now to choose the best one for you.

Catastrophe Credit – Channel 4

Catastrophe is a British comedy-drama series created by and starring Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney. The Channel 4 series follows the story of Rob, an American advertising executive who meets Sharon, an Irish primary school teacher on a business trip to London. After spending a week together, Rob goes back home but soon returns because Sharon is pregnant with his baby. Catastrophe also stars Ashley Jensen, Mark Bonnar, Carrie Fisher, Frances Tomelty, Gary Lilburn,...

Queenie is a British comedy-drama series created by Candice Carty-Williams. Based on a novel of the same name by author Carty-Williams, the Hulu series follows the story of a young woman in South London who has a messy breakup with her long-time boyfriend and before she can move on she must come to terms with her past. Queenie stars Dionne Brown in the lead role with Jon Pointing, Tilly Keeper, Samuel Adewunmi, Joseph Marcell, Laura Whitmore, and Sally Phillips. If you loved the comedy, drama, and romantic elements in Queenie, here are some similar shows you could watch next.

Ramy (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Hulu

Ramy is a comedy-drama series created by Ramy Youssef, Ari Katcher, and Ryan Welch. The Hulu series follows the story of a first-generation American Muslim as he struggles to find his footing between his religious family who want him to follow in their...

Coffee Wars Trailer — Randall Miller‘s Coffee Wars (2023) movie trailer has been released. The Coffee Wars trailer stars Kate Nash, Toby Sebastian, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Owain Arthur, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jordan Stephens, Maya Savin Miller, Jenny Rainsford, and Freddie Fox. Crew Randall Miller and David Rollins wrote the screenplay for Coffee Wars. Poster Coffee Wars Movie Poster Plot Synopsis Coffee Wars‘s [...]

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"This year we need a drink that wins it all!" How about just a nice espresso? An official trailer has debuted for an indie comedy called Coffee Wars, just a movie about baristas battling it out at a coffee competition. This hasn't premiered at any film festivals, as far as we know, and it will be out to watch in March on VOD. Coffee aficionado Jo is doing her best to keep her plant-based, independent, coffee shop afloat alongside her band of misfit employees. In a last-ditch effort to save her business, Jo and her team embark to battle it out as the underdogs competing in the World Barista Championship in order to finally have a chance to prove herself in the dairy-dominated world of coffee. The film stars Kate Nash as Jo, Toby Sebastian, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Owain Arthur, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jordan Stephens, Maya Savin Miller, Jenny Rainsford, and Freddie Fox.

Fleabag fans are in for something special. Deadline reports a live performance of the Phoebe Waller-Bridge TV show will stream online for charity.

The British comedy series, which airs on Amazon in the U.S., stars Waller-Bridge as a grieving young woman nicknamed “Fleabag,” as she tries to find her place in the world. The cast also includes Sian Clifford, Olivia Colman, Jenny Rainsford, Bill Paterson, Brett Gelman, and Andrew Scott.

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This post contains spoilers for all of Fleabag Season Two, now available on Amazon Prime Video.

When the first season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag debuted back in 2016, it seemed to fit into a long tradition of TV shows where characters break the fourth wall and address the audience directly. This has been going on since the medium’s early days in sitcoms like The Jack Benny Program, and has continued over the decades in series as wildly different from one another as Saved By the Bell and House of Cards.

The searing first season of “Fleabag” felt like a complete story in and of itself. As adapted from Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s one-woman show, the series expanded on the world of a woman wild with lust and grief with such expert ease that by the time it ended, even Waller-Bridge herself was sure that it was the last we’d see of her. Instead, she dug deeper and found something new to say about Fleabag, her acute self-loathing, and the startling way she could grow up beyond eating avocado toast and hoping for the best.

The resulting second season, which dropped May 17 on Amazon, is a meticulous triumph as gorgeous as it is wrenching. It gives Fleabag, her sister Claire (Sian Clifford), and father (Bill Paterson) moments of maturation a long time in the making. It sparingly uses caustic side characters like their condescending godmother (Olivia Colman) and Claire’s alcoholic...

How is Fleabag mudding through the second season of the Fleabag TV show on Amazon Prime Video? Usually, the Nielsen ratings play a big role in determining whether TV shows are cancelled or renewed. Amazon and other streaming platforms, however, collect their own data. Still, many viewers are frustrated their opinions weren't considered, before the BBC and Amazon cancelled Fleabag after its second season. If you've been watching this TV series, we'd love to know how you feel about the Fleabag season two episodes. We invite you to rate them for us here.

A British Amazon comedy-drama, Fleabag stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sian Clifford, Olivia Colman, Jenny Rainsford, Bill Paterson, Brett Gelman, Andrew Scott, Hugh Skinner, Ben Aldridge, and Hugh Dennis. The series follows a grieving young woman nicknamed “Fleabag,” as she tries to find her place in the world. At turns raunchy, awkward, and poignant,...

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What's This TV Show About?

A British Amazon comedy-drama, Fleabag stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sian Clifford, Olivia Colman, Jenny Rainsford, Bill Paterson, Brett Gelman, Andrew Scott, Hugh Skinner, Ben Aldridge, and Hugh Dennis. The series follows a grieving young woman nicknamed “Fleabag,” as she tries to find her place in the world. At turns raunchy, awkward, and poignant, the series centers on Fleabag’s life as a single woman, in the wake of the death of her best friend,...

Network: Amazon Prime Video.

Episodes: 12 (half-hour).

Seasons: Two.

TV show dates: September 16, 2016 — May 17, 2019.

Series status: Cancelled/Ended.

Performers include: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sian Clifford, Olivia Colman, Jenny Rainsford, Bill Paterson, Brett Gelman, Andrew Scott, Hugh Skinner, Ben Aldridge, and Hugh Dennis.

TV show description:

From Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who stars in the title role, the Fleabag TV show is based on Waller-Bridge's one-woman play. Set in London, the British comedy-drama follows a grieving young woman nicknamed "Fleabag," as she tries to find her place in the world. Read More…...

“I want to fuck a priest,” the title character of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s seriocomic gem Fleabag confesses early in the second season. For most shows, this would be utterly scandalous. For Fleabag — the ribald, scathingly funny, achingly heartfelt story of a grief-stricken young woman battling her most self-destructive impulses — it feels exactly right.

Fleabag’s reluctant flirtation with a handsome clergyman (Sherlock’s Andrew Scott) is meant not to shock but to illustrate the depths of her loneliness, while also having fun with how mortifying she finds this attraction. Between...

“Fleabag” reestablishes itself as one of television’s elite series well before an insightful therapist (played by the all-powerful Fiona Shaw) asks Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s eponymous Bag, Flea if she wants to “fuck God.” But I dare anyone to imagine a more idyllic setup, let alone produce a story that can actually live up to it. That’s what the “Killing Eve” scribe and future Bond writer has done in the brilliant follow-up and savvy update to her 2016 breakout. Think about it: an emotional paradox in which the lead protagonist of a TV show wants to… fuck… God? And does she? Does she literally want to sleep with Him? Is she angry with Him? Is it both?

So many questions arise from the existential proposition, and Waller-Bridge manages to answer each one with the playful flick of her eyebrows or a fervent, frustrated frown. “Fleabag” evolves gracefully in Season 2, mowing...

It's not often a show is too honest about its characters, so Fleabag may be the exception.

Fleabag, the Phoebe Waller-Bridge series based on her play, released in 2016 on BBC (and later on Amazon Prime Video), is an all-encompassing look at a woman with difficulty moving on from an important part of her life.

It's a hard look at Fleabag's life, one that does not make it easy on her or the people in her life. The show is brutally honest with itself, reflecting on poor choices and impulses in a way that does not treat them as bad but rather as difficulties and obstacles everyone faces.

The show manages to find deep comedy through that exploration.

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All of the characters' flaws come out in surprising ways. That leads to...

In today’s roundup, Netflix releases the trailer for the new Chris Lilley show “Lunatics” and HBO sets a premiere date for upcoming teen drama “Euphoria.”

First Looks

Netflix dropped a trailer for the new Chris Lilley created mockumentary series “Lunatics.” The show examines the lives of six eccentric people, all played by Lilley, and will launch on April 19.

Amazon Prime has released the trailer for the second and final season of the comedy series “Fleabag.” Phoebe Waller-Bridge stars in and created the series based on her one woman show. Season 2 cast members include Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman, Sian Clifford, Bill Paterson, Brett Gelman, Andrew Scott, Jenny Rainsford, Hugh Skinner, Hugh Dennis, and special guest stars Fiona Shaw and Kristin Scott Thomas.

Dates

HBO’s “Euphoria” premieres Sunday, June 16 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt. The show follows a group of high school students navigating drugs, sex, identity, trauma, social media, love,...

Amazon has released the first trailer for the second season of the acclaimed Phoebe Waller-Bridge comedy “Fleabag.”

The new trailer teases the addition of “Sherlock” star Andrew Scott as a Catholic priest who “jolts [Fleabag] into seeing the world in a different way,” and “Killing Eve” star Fiona Shaw as Fleabag’s therapist.

The new set of episodes comes nearly three years after the first season, with a break for Waller-Bridge to create and write the first season of BBC America’s “Killing Eve.” Now, having handed over the reins of that show, “Fleabag” is heading back to Amazon on May 17.

Also Read: 'Fleabag' Theater Review: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Creates a Millennial Update on Bridget Jones and Carrie Bradshaw

Per Amazon, the new season picks up a year after the first, with “old wounds to unpick and new ones to dress as the next chapter of Fleabag’s life takes...

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s self-destructive, sex-addicted Fleabag tries to find salvation, or something close to it, in the new trailer for Season Two of Fleabag, returning to Amazon Prime Video May 17th. Season Two finds Fleabag doing her best to improve her stock in life, suffering through dinners with her family, attending therapy, exercising and, most impressively, turning down sex. Her journey towards self-actualization even takes an unexpected twist when she meets the Priest, played by Andrew Scott.

The new trailer is packed with outrageous gags, one-liners and the show’s...

Louisa Mellor May 15, 2019

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s brilliant Fleabag Season 2 premieres on Amazon this week. Here’s a rundown of season one.

This article comes from Den of Geek UK.

“I have a horrible feeling that I’m a greedy, selfish, apathetic, depraved, morally bankrupt woman who can’t even call herself a feminist”

We meet Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) mid-shag with Arsehole Guy (Ben Aldridge), so named for his delight in anal sex (and presumably because he’s also an arrogant arsehole). Through asides to camera and flashback, she recounts her recent break-up with live-in boyfriend Harry (Hugh Skinner), a recurring event in which he moves out of their flat but comes back when she calls. He left this time due to her Barack Obama-related masturbation. She gives herself 48 hours tops before Harry returns.

read more: Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Sex, Femininity, and Guinea Pigs

“I’m not obsessed with sex,...

Kristin Scott Thomas and Fiona Shaw will make guest appearances in the upcoming second season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s BBC and Amazon comedy “Fleabag.” Series creator and star Waller-Bridge said: “They literally begged me to be in it. Begged me. Begged. One of them was crying.”

“Phoebe Waller-Bridge cannot be ignored,” said Scott Thomas (“The English Patient”). “She manages to hit core issues with sledgehammer brutality as she trips along with a spring in her step. I laughed helplessly as I binge-watched the first brilliantly funny series and enjoyed being aghast at times.”

The guest role reunites Shaw (“Harry Potter”) with Waller-Bridge after they worked together on BBC America’s “Killing Eve.” Shaw said: “Phoebe’s mind is like nothing else.”

The guest stars join a principal cast for “Fleabag’s” sophomore season that includes returning cast members Olivia Colman, Sian Clifford, Bill Paterson, Brett Gelman, Jenny Rainsford, Hugh Skinner,...

The English Patient star Kristin Scott Thomas and Harry Potter star Fiona Shaw have joined Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s BBC and Amazon comedy Fleabag.

The pair are to guest star in the series, which is produced by All3Media’s Two Brothers Pictures and airs later this spring. Their roles have not been disclosed.

Shaw recently worked with Waller-Bridge on BBC America hit Killing Eve, where she played the role of Carolyn Martens, the Head of the Russian Service at M16.

In the second season of Fleabag, Waller-Bridge’s eponymous character goes toe to toe with the man upstairs and meets a Priest, played by Sherlock’s Andrew Scott, who jolts her into seeing the world in a different way. Fleabag’s family is also as dysfunctional as ever: her uptight sister Claire, played by Sian Clifford, hasn’t forgiven her, and Claire’s obnoxious alcoholic husband is still on the scene,...

Kristin Scott Thomas and Fiona Shaw are set to guest star in season two of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's breakout comedy Fleabag, which will premiere on BBC Three and Amazon Prime Video this spring.

The pair join a stellar principal cast for Fleabag’s second outing, which includes returning castmembers Olivia Colman (Godmother), Sian Clifford (Claire), Bill Paterson (Dad), Brett Gelman (Martin), Jenny Rainsford (Boo), Hugh Skinner (Harry), Hugh Dennis (bank manager) and the already announced addition of Andrew Scott (The Priest).

Meanwhile, plot details of the show have emerged, with Waller-Bridge's titular character set to meet a priest who ...

In Wednesday’s roundup, ABC announces the premiere date for “Schooled,” and “Fleabag” releases a first look image ahead of the second season.

First Looks

“Fleabag” has released a first look image from Season 2, which will debut on BBC Three and Amazon Prime Video in 2019. Created by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the comedy series centers on a young woman navigating her life in London and coping with a recent tragedy. Returning to the principal cast are Olivia Colman, Sian Clifford, Bill Paterson, Brett Gelman, Jenny Rainsford, and Hugh Skinner. Andrew Scott joins the cast for the new season.

Dates

ABC has announced that “Schooled,” the spinoff of the comedy series “The Goldbergs,” will premiere Jan. 9. “Schooled” will air Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. Et/Pt, following “The Goldbergs.” “American Housewife” will move to Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m., beginning Tuesday, Feb. 5. “Schooled,” set in the 1990s, follows the eccentric faculty of William Penn Academy,...

BBC Three and Amazon have revealed the first look at Season 2 of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s comedy Fleabag as filming begins.

The second season, which is produced by All3Media’s Two Brothers Pictures, will pick up not too far from the end of the first season. Fleabag’s family is as dysfunctional as ever: her uptight sister Claire, played by Sian Clifford, hasn’t forgiven her, and Claire’s obnoxious alcoholic husband is still on the scene, while the pair are presenting a united front as they come to term with their father’s relationship with their godmother, played by Olivia Colman.

Bill Paterson, Brett Gelman, Jenny Rainsford and Hugh Skinner return, while Sherlock’s Andrew Scott joins the cast.

Waller-Bridge, who has starred in Solo: A Star Wars Story and wrote and executive produced Killing Eve between the two seasons, has written the comedy, stepping away from Season 2 of the...

AFI Fest has added another world premiere to its slate: “I Am the Night,” the upcoming limited series from “Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins. Following the true-life story of a woman named Fauna Hodel who was given away at birth and began looking into her own past as a teenager, it joins Chuck Lorre’s “The Kominsky Method” as the Hollywood festival’s only TV programming. Chris Pine and India Eisley star in the limited series from TNT.

AFI Fest has also announced its Special Screenings, Cinema’s Legacy, and Midnight lineups; among the most buzzed-about selections are Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite,” “Brady Corbet’s “Vox Lux,” David Robert Mitchell’s “Under the Silver Lake,” and Paweł Pawlikowski’s “Cold War.”

This year’s festival runs from November 8–15. Here are all the newly announced titles, with official synopses straight from the festival:

Special Screenings

The Cold...

"I hope I might be employed here... by you... for something..." Fox Searchlight has debuted a new full-length trailer for the new film from iconic Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos titled The Favourite. This just premiered at the Venice and Telluride Film Festivals to rave reviews from all kinds of critics. Set in early 18th century England, the film's plot involves the frail Queen Anne, played by Olivia Colman, occupying the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah, played by Rachel Weisz (from The Lobster), governing the country in her stead. However, when the new servant Abigail, played by Emma Stone, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Also starring Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss, Jenny Rainsford, and James Smith. I saw this in Venice and loved it, writing a glowing review about how the film is "hilarious and delightful." One of the best absurd comedies of the year. And...

Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone go head-to-head, vying to be Queen Anne’s favorite in a new trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite.”

In the trailer, the close relationship between Queen Anne (Colman) and Sarah Churchill (Weisz) is threatened when Sarah’s cousin, Abigail Masham (Stone), stops by and asks for a job. A bitter rivalry between the two relatives start.

Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss, James Smith and Jenny Rainsford also star in the drama directed by Lanthimos, whose last two films were “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” and “The Lobster,” the latter of which also starred Weisz.

Also Read: 'The Favourite' Film Review: Emma Stone Plays an 18th Century Eve Harrington in a Twisted Historical Farce

“The Favourite” had its world premiere at the 75th Venice Film Festival on Aug. 30 and is scheduled for release on Nov. 23.

Producers are Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Lanthimos,...

Sherlock’s Andrew Scott is joining the cast of season two of BBC and Amazon comedy Fleabag as filming gets under way.

The UK broadcaster and the U.S. Svod service renewed the series for another run after the breakout success of the first season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s dark comedy. Olivia Colman, Sian Clifford, Bill Paterson, Brett Gelman, Jenny Rainsford and Hugh Skinner all return.

Since the launch of Fleabag, Waller-Bridge’s star has increased with a role in Solo: A Star Wars Story and the breakout success of BBC America original Killing Eve.

The show is produced by Two Brothers Pictures and DryWrite and sold globally by All3Media International. Written by Waller-Bridge and directed by Harry Bradbeer, the show will air in 2019 and is exec produced by Waller-Bridge, Bradbeer, Lydia Hampson and Jack and Harry Williams.

Waller-Bridge said: “I can’t believe they let me do this again.

Andrew Scott is set to join the cast of hit BBC Three and Amazon Studios comedy “Fleabag.” The BAFTA-winning “Sherlock” actor will join the second season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s show, which has begun filming in the U.K. and will debut on BBC Three and Amazon Prime Video in 2019.

Scott joins the returning ensemble from Season 1, which includes breakout star and creator Waller-Bridge, multi-bafta-winner Olivia Colman, Sian Clifford, Bill Paterson, Brett Gelman, Jenny Rainsford and Hugh Skinner. Waller-Bridge won a BAFTA Television Award for best female performance in a comedy program for the show’s first season in 2016, one of six nominations the show received, beating out Colman, who was nominated in the same category.

“I can’t believe they let me do this again,” Waller-Bridge said. “I’m so happy to be back with the incredible ‘Fleabag’ team, and I’m as surprised as anyone about where this series has taken us…...

Moriarty is joining Fleabag. 

Andrew Scott, famed for playing Benedict Cumberbatch's archnemesis in Sherlock and star of the most recent James Bond installment, Spectre, has joined the second season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's award-winning comedy, which has starting shooting.

Rejoining the principal cast for the second outing of the hit Amazon/BBC show are season-one stars Olivia Colman (currently starring as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown), Sian Clifford, Bill Paterson, Brett Gelman, Jenny Rainsford and Hugh Skinner. 

"I can't believe they let me do this again," said Waller-Bridge. "I'm so happy to be back with ...

Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” has been selected as this year’s centerpiece American Express Gala at the BFI London Film Festival, organizers announced Thursday. The English-language costume drama, which stars Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman in a tale of palace intrigue, will receive its U.K. premiere at the festival Oct. 18.

The film is Oscar-nominated Lanthimos’ follow-up to “The Lobster” and “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.” It world-premieres at the Venice Film Festival next month.

“This is wickedly funny filmmaking from Yorgos Lanthimos, who is operating at virtuoso frequency,” said Tricia Tuttle, acting artistic director of the London Film Festival. “‘The Favourite’ is a delight from start to finish, powered by a trio of riotous performances from Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, who are all clearly reveling in the wit and rhythm of the script.”

Colman, who is currently playing Queen Elizabeth II in the...

The 18th century comedy stars Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz.

Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite has been selected as the American Express Gala at the 62nd BFI London Film Festival.

The film, which stars Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, will receive its UK premiere on Thursday, October 18 at the Cineworld in Leicester Square.

Further cast include Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, James Smith, Mark Gatiss and Jenny Rainsford.

Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite is produced by Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Lanthimos.

It is set in the early 18th century when England is at war with France.

The 18th century comedy stars Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz.

Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite has been selected as the American Express Gala at the 62nd BFI London Film Festival.

The film, which stars Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, will receive its UK premiere on Thursday, October 18 at the Cineworld in Leicester Square.

Further cast include Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, James Smith, Mark Gatiss and Jenny Rainsford.

Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite is produced by Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Lanthimos.

It is set in the early 18th century when England is at war with France.

"I am the Queen!" "But you are mad." Fox Searchlight has debuted a teaser trailer for the highly anticipated new film from iconic Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos. His new film is titled The Favourite, a vintage comedy of errors and wackiness. Set in early 18th century England, the film's plot involves the frail Queen Anne, played by Olivia Colman, occupying the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah, played by Rachel Weisz (from The Lobster), governing the country in her stead. However, when the new servant Abigail, played by Emma Stone, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. The cast includes Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss, Jenny Rainsford, and James Smith. This looks like crazy fun and another totally wacky film from Lanthimos, who loves to mess with the audience as much as he messed with his characters. There's some great laughs in this trailer. Here's the first teaser...

Kayti Burt Jan 24, 2019

Kristin Scott Thomas, Fiona Shaw, and Andrew Scott have joined the party for Fleabag Season 2...

Fleabag Season 2 is happening!

The dramedy from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, she of hit BBC America spy drama Killing Eve and Solo fame, will be back on Amazon Prime this spring.

Waller-Bridge originally made the annoucement of a Fleabag Season 2 at the Edinburgh International TV Festival (via Digital Spy) back in June 2018, with the Beeb confirming it shortly after.

Surprise! #Fleabag is coming back... pic.twitter.com/vz5NHxtj4V

— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) August 25, 2017

This is great news, given that Fleabag was one of the best shows of 2016, a delightfully dark treatise on love, lust, and loss wrapped up in a comedic dressing.

Fleabag Season 2 Cast

In more recent news, via THR, Kristin Scott Thomas and Killing Eve star Fiona Shaw will guest star in Fleabag Season 2.

In addition to Waller-Bridge herself, cast...

Before it became a six-episode UK comedy series, Fleabag was a play, and you can still see that theatrical DNA in the series, which debuts on Amazon tomorrow. The unnamed title character, played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (who wrote both the play and the series), frequently looks away from the action to tell us how she feels about it, and the story — a mix of romantic travails, family tension, and a bit of concern about the fate of the guinea pig-themed cafe Fleabag owns — is so very small that it's easy to imagine it being confined to a stage. Waller-Bridge and director Harry Bradbeer have opened it up so that a good bit of the story takes place outdoors or in big spaces, including an episode where Fleabag and her sister Claire (Sian Clifford) attend a women's retreat at a country estate very much resembling Downton Abbey. But the most cinematic...

All six episodes were provided prior to broadcast.

Fleabag has a familiar premise.

Sexually liberated, free-drinking, recklessly uninhibited 30-something Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) tries to make sense of her disorganized life in the heart of London, through the support of her successful, uptight sister Claire (Sian Clifford), her widowed father (Bill Paterson) and her perpetually on-and-off again boyfriend Harry (Hugh Skinner). Her small business —a guinea pig-themed cafe — is failing, her funds are deflated, her wicked artist stepmother (Olivia Colman) endlessly pesters her, she’s haunted by the memory of her deceased best friend Boo (Jenny Rainsford) and, under such high-stress circumstances, her sexual appetite is hungrier than ever.

There’s a good chance you’ve seen something like Fleabag before. But the BBC 3 original — picked up by Amazon for its American debut, much like the shipping site did with Channel 4’s Catastrophe — is nevertheless welcomed. Not for its originality,...

Amazon Prime has picked up the Fleabag TV show comedy written by and starring Broadchurch's Phoebe Waller-Bridge. The series is based on her play of the same name. Fleabag is directed by Harry Bradbeer and executive produced by Harry Williams and Jack Williams.

Fleabag is decribed as, "a hilarious and poignant window into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, grief-riddled woman (Waller-Bridge), as she hurls herself at modern living in London." The cast also includes: Brett Gelman, Olivia Colman, Bill Paterson, Hugh Dennis, Hugh Skinner, Jamie Demetriou, Jenny Rainsford, and Sian Clifford.

Here is more from the Amazon press release.

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