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Henpocalypse!

{{Short description|British Television series}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

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| language = English

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  • Roberto Troni

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Henpocalypse! is a 2023 British comedy television series on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer from 15 August to 19 September 2023.

Synopsis

Unbeknownst to a group of Birmingham women on a hen-do in remote North Wales, and their hired male stripper, an apocalypse of crab measles threatens to wipe out human civilisation.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/12/henpocalypse-the-hilarious-hen-do-comedy-about-drinking-penis-coladas-at-the-end-of-the-world|title= Henpocalypse: The hilarious hen-do comedy about drinking 'penis coladas' at the end of the world |first=Rebecca|last=Nicholson|date=12 August 2023|accessdate=15 August 2023|website=The Guardian}}

Cast

=Main cast=

=Supporting cast=

  • Catherine Ayers as Leonie
  • George Somner as Gary
  • Kaine Zajaz as Lee Rhind
  • Mariam Haque as Nesbit
  • Roya Amini as Kelly
  • Tasha James as Donna
  • Ben McGregor as Drew
  • Danny Dyer as himself
  • Jess as Barney the Dog

Episodes

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|Title = Tits Up

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|Title = The Big Day

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Production

A six-part series of 30 minute episodes was commissioned in July 2022 for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Executive producers on the series include Phil Clarke, Helen Williams and Roberto Troni.{{cite web|url=https://advanced-television.com/2022/07/06/200900/ |website=Advanced-Television|accessdate=15 August 2023|title= Henpocalypse! commissioned for BBC Two and iPlayer

|date=July 6, 2022}} Written by Caroline Moran, the series has Holly Walsh & Jack Clough as a director.{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/whats-on-tv-tonight-hen-party-end-of-the-world-henpocalypse-2547118|website=inews|first=Gerard|last=Gilbert|accessdate=15 August 2023|date=15 August 2023|title= What's on TV tonight: A hen party is interrupted by the end of the world in Henpocalypse!}} The series is produced by Phil Clarke and Jesse Armstrong’s production company, Various Artists Limited.{{cite web|accessdate=15 August 2023|website=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/12/female-version-of-the-lord-of-the-flies-bbc-sitcom-henpocalypse-explores-hen-do-that-goes-feral|first=Nadia|last=Khomani|date=August 12, 2023|title= 'Female version of the Lord of the Flies': BBC sitcom explores hen do that goes feral}}

=Casting=

The main cast features Elizabeth Berrington, Lucie Shorthouse, Callie Cooke, Lauren O'Rourke, and Kate O'Flynn.{{cite web|accessdate=15 August 2023|website=Elle|title=Henpocalypse: This New BBC Comedy Is About A Hen Party Being Derailed By The Apocalypse|first=Naomi|last=May|date=14 August 2023|url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a44805972/henpocalypse-bbc-comedy/}} Screenwriter Moran personally wrote Danny Dyer an email to request his cameo appearance.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/henpocalypse-creator-begged-danny-dyer-newsupdate/|website=Radio Times|accessdate=15 August 2023|first=David|last=Craig|title= Henpocalypse! creator 'begged' Danny Dyer to star: "It had to be him"}}

=Filming=

Filming locations included Pensby Boys School on the Wirral.{{cite web|first=Jamie|last=Greer|date=12 August 2023|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/tv/bbc-comedy-filmed-former-wirral-27502576.amp|website=Liverpool Echo|accessdate=15 August 2023|title= BBC comedy filmed in former Wirral school to start next week}} Filming also took place in North Wales, in early 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/elizabeth-berrington-big-rt-interview/|website=Radio Times|accessdate=15 August 2023|title= Elizabeth Berrington on Henpocalypse! and the reality of ageism in TV|first=David|last=Craig|date=15 February 2023}} Locations in Wales include Abergele, with Llanfair Talhaiarn and Moel Famau, in the Clwydian Range also used.{{cite web|first=Megan|last=Nisbet|website=Wales Online|date=August 17, 2023|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/bbc-henpocalypse-cast-list-welsh-27540546|accessdate=18 August 2023|title=BBC Henpocalypse! cast list, Welsh filming locations and how many episodes}}

Broadcast

The programme premiered on BBC Two and the BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom on 15 August 2023.{{cite web|url= https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2023/08/13/53844/prepare_for_the_henpocalypse|website=Chortle|title=Prepare for the Henpocalypse|date=13 August 2023|accessdate=15 August 2023}}

Reception

David Craig in The Radio Times says "it's totally daft but unashamedly so, and there's a lot of fun to be had for those willing to go along for the ride".{{cite web|website=The Radio Times|accessdate=15 August 2023|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/henpocalypse-bbc-two-review/|date= 15 August 2023|title=Henpocalypse! Unashamedly fun – as any good hen do should be}}

Rebecca Nicholson in The Guardian said it was a "big, robust comedy", which "isn't for the faint-hearted".{{cite web|website=Guardian|accessdate=15 August 2023|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/12/henpocalypse-the-hilarious-hen-do-comedy-about-drinking-penis-coladas-at-the-end-of-the-world#:~:text=It's%20gruesome%2C%20too%2C%20with%20a,amended%20on%2014%20August%202023|date= 15 August 2023|title=Henpocalypse! The hilarious hen-do comedy about drinking 'penis coladas' at the end of the world}}

It was a The Times Critics' choice saying the show was "coarse, amoral and seriously funny. Bring on series two."{{cite web|website=The Times|access-date=15 August 2023|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/what-to-watch-on-tv-this-week-3v3xlvf2g|date= 15 August 2023|title=Henpocalypse! }}

Frances Taylor in The Radio Times calls it "bold, brash and a lot of fun".{{cite web|website=The Radio Times|accessdate=15 August 2023|url=https://www.https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-749hiy/henpocalypse-season-1/?episode=b-3p6lbi|date= 15 August 2023|title=Henpocalypse!}}

The Daily Telegraph called it "gleefully broad and raucously entertaining".{{cite web|website=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=15 August 2023|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/tv-guide-tv-television-tonight/|date= 15 August 2023|title=Henpocalypse!}}

Rachel Cooke in The New Statesman called the comedy on the show “relentlessly laboured” full of “faux-feminist puerility”.{{cite web|website=New Statesman|accessdate=15 August 2023|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv/2023/08/henpocalypse-review-painful-comedy-bbc-two|date= 15 August 2023|title=Henpocalypse! How did this painful dildo-wielding comedy make it to air?}}

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb title|21223562}}

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Category:2023 British television series debuts

Category:2023 British television series endings

Category:2020s British sitcoms

Category:BBC television sitcoms

Category:British English-language television shows

Category:Television series about dysfunctional families

Category:Television series about marriage

Category:Television shows set in Wales

Category:Apocalyptic television series

Category:Post-apocalyptic television series