Tanya Reynolds and newcomer Melissa Saint play Charlie and Becca, twenty-something best friends whose shared flat resembles a war zone of pranks, screaming matches and the kind of in-jokes that make outsiders leave the room. Robert Popper, who honed the same squabbling energy in Friday Night Dinner, wrote every episode, directing the pair to behave like hyperactive teenage boys rather than adult women. The supporting bench is stacked with British comedy ringers: Jonny Sweet as the permanently baffled neighbour Bob Oxygen, Joe Tracini as the girls’ deadpan colleague Ryan, and Peter Serafinowicz voicing a talking horse that may or may not be a hallucination born of sleep deprivation and cheap wine.
Channel 4 dumped the whole series onto All4 in September 2022, two weeks before the linear broadcast began, a strategy that did nothing to soften the critical kicking that followed. The Guardian’s two-star review dismissed the central pair as "grown women possessed by the spirit of puerile teenage boys", while the Telegraph simply called the show "easy to dislike". Audiences seemed to agree: six episodes aired and the channel quietly cancelled any prospect of a return, leaving the flat in permanent need of a good scrub and the viewer with the sound of Charlie and Becca’s shrieks echoing in their ears.
Production Details
Channel 4 / 1 Season / 6 Episodes / 2022 - Present
Created by: Robert Popper
Showrunner(s): Benjamin Rosenberg
Writer(s): Robert Popper
Producer(s): Robert Popper
Main Cast
Tanya Reynolds as Charlie
Melissa Saint as Becca
Jonny Sweet as Bob Oxygen
Chetna Pandya as Mrs Plant
Shaquille Ali-Yebuah as Karl
Joe Tracini as Ryan
Maddie Rice as Miriam
Abby Vicky-Russell as Harriet
James Bradwell as Bradley
Michael Cochrane as Leonard
Joseph Marcell as Ralph
Colin McFarlane as Lord Grutley
