Buffering (TV series)

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Buffering
Genre Situation comedy
Created bySteve Bugeja
Iain Stirling
Directed by Martin Stirling
StarringIain Stirling
Elena Saurel
Phil Fletcher
Jessie Cave
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producersRichard Allen-Turner
Jon Thoday
ProducersJane Bell
Serena Cullen
Original release
Network ITV2
Release5 August 2021 (2021-08-05) 
6 March 2023 (2023-03-06)

Buffering is a British sitcom broadcast on ITV2. [1] The series was created and is co-written by comedian Iain Stirling and Steve Bugeja, [2] [3] and began airing on 5 August 2021 with all episodes available on the ITV Hub on the same day. [4] After a year hiatus, a second series aired in January 2023, but after 12 episodes "Buffering" was axed.

Contents

Cast

Episodes

No.Title [4] Directed byWritten byITV2 air date [5] ITV Hub air dateUK viewers (millions) [6] [lower-alpha 1]
1"Episode 1"Martin StirlingIain Stirling & Steve Bugeja5 August 2021 (2021-08-05)5 August 20210.46
2"Episode 2"Martin StirlingIain Stirling & Steve Bugeja5 August 2021 (2021-08-05)5 August 2021N/A (<0.37) [lower-alpha 2]
3"Episode 3"Martin StirlingIain Stirling & Steve Bugeja12 August 2021 (2021-08-12)5 August 20210.44
4"Episode 4"Martin StirlingIain Stirling, Steve Bugeja & Eleanor Tiernan 19 August 2021 (2021-08-19)5 August 20210.37
5"Episode 5"Martin StirlingIain Stirling, Steve Bugeja & Eleanor Tiernan26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)5 August 2021N/A (<0.25) [lower-alpha 2]
6"Episode 6"Martin StirlingIain Stirling, Steve Bugeja & Christine Robertson2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)5 August 2021N/A (<0.26) [lower-alpha 2]
No.Title [4] Directed byWritten byITV2 air date [7] ITV Hub air dateUK viewers (millions) [6] [lower-alpha 3]
1"Episode 1"Sophie KingIain Stirling, Steve Bugeja & Christine Robertson30 January 2023 (2023-01-30)30 January 20230.46
2"Episode 2"Sophie KingIain Stirling, Steve Bugeja & Janine Harouni 6 February 2023 (2023-02-06)30 January 2023N/A (<0.37) [lower-alpha 2]
3"Episode 3"Sophie KingIain Stirling, Steve Bugeja & Jessie Cave 13 February 2023 (2023-02-13)30 January 20230.44
4"Episode 4"Sophie KingIain Stirling, Steve Bugeja & Sally O'Leary20 February 2023 (2023-02-20)30 January 20230.37
5"Episode 5"Sophie KingIain Stirling, Steve Bugeja & Sally O'Leary27 February 2023 (2023-02-27)30 January 2023N/A (<0.25) [lower-alpha 2]
6"Episode 6"Sophie KingIain Stirling, Steve Bugeja & Christine Robertson6 March 2023 (2023-03-06)30 January 2023N/A (<0.26) [lower-alpha 2]
  1. 28-day consolidated ratings with device viewership. From episode 3, figures include viewership on ITV Hub prior to linear broadcast.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Not reported in the weekly top 15 programmes for four-screen viewer ratings.
  3. 28-day consolidated ratings with device viewership. From episode 3, figures include viewership on ITV Hub prior to linear broadcast.

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