Catastrophe

Catastrophe

TV-MA

A personal, authentic, and sharp romcom series about a British woman and an American tourist who are bound by an unplanned pregnancy

9.7

TV Show

English
Comedy, Romance
2015
BEN TAYLOR, JIM O'HANLON
Ashley Jensen, Carrie Fisher, Daniel Lapaine
30 min

The take

The eponymous catastrophe follows a brief affair between Rob, a New York executive, and Sharon, an Irish teacher, during his business trip to London. She discovers her pregnancy after he returns to the US and decides to keep the baby. He eventually returns to London and hilarity ensues, while he navigates his new life in Britain, and she struggles to adapt hers to an uninvited and hopeless American.

Honest and spit-take funny, the show was a big hit on British TV and now made its transition to American and worldwide audiences. “Forty-nine percent autobiographical”, it was created, written, and produced by Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, who met on Twitter in real life, as well as starring Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney as, you guessed it, Sharon and Rob, the show's main protagonists. A product of the love of two very funny people, Catastrophe is the quintessential 21st century rom com.

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