Big Mood

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Big Mood
Created byCamilla Whitehill
Screenplay byCamilla Whitehill
Directed byRebecca Asher
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Lotte Beasley Mestriner
  • Laurence Bowen
  • Chris Carey
ProducerGeorgie Fallon
Production company
  • Dancing Ledge Productions
Original release
Network Channel 4
Release28 March 2024 (2024-03-28) –
present

Big Mood is a British dark comedy-drama series first broadcast on Channel 4 on 28 March 2024. The six-part series is written and created by Camilla Whitehill, directed by Rebecca Asher and starring Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West.

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Synopsis

Maggie (Coughlan) and Eddie (West), have been best friends for a decade but can the friendship survive in a landscape of increased work, life and mental health pressures. [1]

Cast

Production

The production was originally entitled Super Close. It is produced by Georgie Fallon for Dancing Ledge Productions. It was written and created by Camilla Whitehill and directed by Rebecca Asher. Lotte Beasley Mestriner will executive produce with Laurence Bowen and Chris Carey. [2] [3] Channel 4 released a first look image from filming in April 2023. [4] The cast includes comedy actresses Sally Phillips, Amy Gledhill and Freya Parker, with a guest appearance from Joanna Page, playing herself. [5]

Broadcast

Big Mood was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 on 28 March 2024 with all episodes released on its streaming service. In Australia, the series started streaming on Stan from 29 March 2024. In the United States and Canada, Big Mood was launched on Tubi on April 19, 2024. [6]

Reception

Big Mood scored a 70 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 7 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews. [7] Season one of Big Mood scored an average of 60% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 5 reviews. [8]

Joel Golby in The Guardian praised the script for avoiding tropes of the genre and praised the performance of an "excellent" Coughlan, who "plays Maggie with big bombastic take-all-the-energy-in-the-room aplomb…and then she turns, playing grey and small and slithering with just as much skill". [9] Emma Loffhagen in The Evening Standard gave the series five stars, writing that it may be Coughlan's best work, and praised the script saying it "never even threatens to slide into the passé" and "not since Fleabag have I seen comedic writing this good, this current." [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Moriaty, Aoife (23 February 2023). "Nicola Coughlan set to star in new Channel 4 comedy series". Buzz.ie. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Yossman, K.J. (21 February 2023). "'Bridgerton's' Nicola Coughlan, 'It's a Sin's' Lydia West to Star in New Channel 4 Comedy 'Big Mood' (EXCLUSIVE)" . Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Cormack, Morgan (21 February 2023). "Lydia West and Nicola Coughlan lead new Channel 4 comedy Big Mood". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (26 April 2023). "Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West's First Look in Channel 4's 'Big Mood' Revealed – Global Bulletin". Variety. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "First look at Channel 4's comedy Big Mood". Chortle. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  6. ↑ Heritage, Stuart; Abbott, Kate (28 December 2023). "'Guaranteed to be a banger': the 50 must-see TV shows for 2024". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Big Mood". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Big Mood". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  9. ↑ Golby, Joel (23 March 2024). "Big Mood: Nicola Coughlan's laugh-out-loud comedy should be shown to all new TV writers". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  10. ↑ Loffhagen, Emma (28 March 2024). "Big Mood on Channel 4 review: witty, gritty and honest – everything Nicola Coughlan touches turns to gold". Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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