FLEABAG (2016 - 2019)

 

Created by: Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Starring: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Ben Aldridge, Jamie Demetriou, Hugh Skinner, Hugh Dennis, Sian Clifford, Sean Richards-Mulzac, Jenny Rainsford, Tree Waller-Bridge, Sarah Daykin, Bill Paterson, Olivia Colman, Jordan Long, Olive Gray, Kevin McNally, Brett Gelman, Daniella Isaacs, Jeff Mirza, Anthony Welsh, London Hughes, Camilla Roholm, Jenny Galloway, Ben Bailey Smith, Adam Ewan, Ty Hurley, Bryan Lawrence, Malcolm Modele, Celina Nessa, Amer Patel, Jake Unsworth, Christopher Colquhoun, Kae Alexander, Maddie Rice, Andrew Scott, Mark Christian Subias, Ray Burnet, Sam Shoubber, Fiona Shaw, Eileen Dunwoodie, Amelda Brown, Ray Fearon, Jo Martin, Michael Mears, David Hargreaves, Angus Imrie, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jenny Robins, Christian Hillborg, Manpreet Bachu, Sarah Hammond, Nicola Alexis, Bob Goody, Hannah Stokely, Harry Bradbeer, Rebecca Johnson, Kriss Dosanjh, Kadiff Kirwan

12 episodes

(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations)

PLOT:

A dry-witted woman, known only as Fleabag, has no filter as she navigates life and love in London while trying to cope with tragedy. The angry, grief-riddled woman tries to heal while rejecting anyone who tries to help her, but Fleabag continues to keep up her bravado through it all.

season 1 - 

Angry, pervy, outrageous and hilarious Fleabag arrives with a bang, as she spins through the city grasping at anyone and anything that might keep her head above water. Fleabag attempts to rekindle romantic fires to distract her from the mayhem of her life. Fleabag helps her inappropriate brother-in-law buy a present for Claire, who is organizing her own surprise birthday party. Fleabag reconnects with a toothy friend. Fleabag and her sister visit a female-only silent retreat, courtesy of their father. Their enforced silence is interrupted by an unusual neighboring weekend workshop. On the anniversary of her mother's death, Fleabag and Claire return to their family home for the annual memorial lunch. Fleabag faces up to her actions and reveals what happened to her beloved friend Boo. 

season 2 - 

Fleabag has to attend an uncomfortable family dinner to celebrate the engagement of Godmother and Dad. Fleabag is intrigued by Godmother's new Priest, but the evening ends with old tensions bubbling to the surface. Counselling extracts an uncomfortable truth from Fleabag, she finds herself somewhere unexpected. A chat with Claire reveals unwelcome news, Fleabag and Martin face off, Jake wonders where Claire is. Fleabag helps with an event at Claire's work which inevitably ends in disaster, but an introduction to Claire's colleague proves intriguing. A chance meeting with a stranger opens her eyes. After a day spent looking back on painful memories, Fleabag turns to The Priest for solace, but finds more trouble. The day after a boozy date, Fleabag helps her sister cope with a crisis, while the Priest has an announcement that shocks the family. As the wedding draws nearer, the relationship between Fleabag and the Priest becomes more intense - but how will it be resolved?