Catastrophe (sitcom)
| Catastrophe | |
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| Created by |
Rob Delaney Sharon Horgan |
| Written by | Rob Delaney Sharon Horgan |
| Directed by | Ben Taylor |
| Starring | Sharon Horgan Rob Delaney Carrie Fisher Ashley Jensen Mark Bonnar |
| Opening theme | Catastrophe Theme |
| Composer(s) | Oli Julian |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sharon Horgan Rob Delaney Richard Allen-Turner Jon Thoday Kara Baker |
| Producer(s) | Jack Bayles |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Avalon Television, Merman |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Original release | 19 January 2015 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Catastrophe is a British sitcom first broadcast on 19 January 2015 on Channel 4. It stars Sharon Horgan as Sharon Morris and Rob Delaney as Rob Norris, who get together after she falls pregnant following a brief affair while he is in the UK on business.Carrie Fisher, Ashley Jensen, and Mark Bonnar play supporting characters in the series. The show was renewed for a second series in January 2015 and began broadcasting from 27 October 2015, having been brought forward from its original schedule of early 2016. In July 2016, it was announced Catastrophe was renewed for a third and fourth series. The third series, scheduled for 2017, will be 6 episodes long.
For her performance in the show, Sharon Horgan was nominated for a 2016 British Academy Television Awards for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2016. Both Horgan and Delaney won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Writer: Comedy. The show was nominated for a Peabody Award. In July 2016, the show was honoured with a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing For a Comedy Series, going to Horgan and Delaney.
The series was officially commissioned by Channel 4 in May 2014 after a successful pilot the previous year. The BBC had previously turned down the series after reading the script.
Catastrophe was named after the quote from the movie Zorba the Greek: "I'm a man, so I married. Wife, children, house, everything. The full catastrophe."
The original theme for the series, "Catastrophe Theme", was composed by Oli Julian.
On January 28, 2015, the show was renewed for a second series, which aired in October 2015.Jay Hunt, Channel 4's chief creative officer, said: "Catastrophe is a real comedy gem. Sharon and Rob have done a magnificent job and we're already looking forward to series two".
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