Daddy Issues (TV series)

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Daddy Issues
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Created by Danielle Ward
Directed byCatherine Morshead
Damon Beesley
Starring Aimee Lou Wood
David Morrissey
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Phil Gilbert
  • Aimee Lou Wood
  • David Morrissey
  • Danielle Ward
  • Damon Beesley
ProducerLynn Roberts
Production company
  • Fudge Park Productions
Original release
Network BBC Three
Release15 August 2024 (2024-08-15) 
present

Daddy Issues is a 2024 BBC Three comedy television series created by Danielle Ward. It stars Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey. Daddy Issues premiered on 15 August 2024.

Contents

In September 2024, the BBC commissioned a second series. [1]

Synopsis

An odd-couple sitcom in which a pregnant party girl and her recently divorced father end up in a flat-share in Stockport. [2]

Cast

Production

Comedian and writer Danielle Ward has written the six-part series, which has Lynn Roberts as producer, while Phil Gilbert is executive producer for Fudge Park Productions. Also executive producing are Aimee Lou Wood, David Morrissey, Ward, and Damon Beesley, who also directs alongside Caterine Morshead. [3]

Casting

Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey were announced in the lead roles Gemma and Malcolm in December 2023. [4] Susan Lynch is set to play the mother of Gemma. [5] The rest of the cast was confirmed in February 2024, including David Fynn, Sharon Rooney, Sarah Hadland, Taj Atwal, Arian Nik, Tom Stourton, Susan Lynch, Susannah Fielding, Lauren O'Rourke, Cyril Nri, Cora Kirk, Perry Fitzpatrick, Claire Keelan, Damien Molony, Sherrie Hewson, Humphrey Ker, and David Reed. [6]

Filming for the first series got underway in Stockport and Manchester in December 2023. [7] [8]

Broadcast

The series premiered in the United Kingdom on 15 August 2024. [9]

Reception

Jasper Rees in The Daily Telegraph called the series "deft, daft, and deliciously watchable". [10] Emma Loffhagen in The Evening Standard called it "believable and heartwarming” and praised the “brilliantly acerbic” script from Danielle Ward and the chemistry between Morrissey and his screen daughter Aimee Lou Wood. [11] In The Independent , Katie Rosseinsky called it "a warm hug of a show". [12] Lucy Mangan in The Guardian called it "a comedy for our times", praising Ward's script and the chemistry of the leads, describing Morrissey as having the "ability to make anything and anyone credible" which "carries him through proceedings with aplomb". [13]

The series was nominated for Best New TV Sitcom at the Comedy.co.uk Awards in January 2025. [14]

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