Henpocalypse! | |
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Screenplay by | Caroline Moran |
Directed by | Jack Clough Holly Walsh |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Imogen Cooper |
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Original release | |
Network | BBC Two |
Release | 15 August 2023 present | –
Henpocalypse! is a 2023 British comedy television series on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer from 15 August 2023.
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.[1]
No. | Title [2] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [2] | U.K. viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Tits Up" | Holly Walsh / Jack Clough | Caroline Moran | 15 August 2023 | N/A |
2 | "Ends Of The Earth" | Jack Clough | Caroline Moran | 22 August 2023 | N/A |
3 | "Liquid Gold" | Jack Clough | Caroline Moran | 29 August 2023 | N/A |
4 | "Feel The Bern" | Jack Clough | Caroline Moran | 5 September 2023 | N/A |
5 | "Don't Tell The Bride" | Jack Clough | Caroline Moran | 12 September 2023 | N/A |
6 | "The Big Day" | Jack Clough | Caroline Moran | 19 September 2023 | N/A |
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.[3] Written by Caroline Moran, the series has Holly Walsh & Jack Clough as a director.[4] The series is produced by Phil Clarke and Jesse Armstrong’s production company, Various Artists Limited.[5]
The main cast features Elizabeth Berrington, Lucie Shorthouse, Callie Cooke, Lauren O'Rourke, and Kate O'Flynn.[6] Screenwriter Moran personally wrote Danny Dyer an email to request his cameo appearance.[7]
Filming locations included Pensby Boys School on the Wirral.[8] Filming also took place in North Wales, in early 2023.[9] Locations in Wales include Abergele, with Llanfair Talhaiarn and Moel Famau, in the Clwydian Range also used.[10]
The programme premiered on BBC Two and the BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom on 15 August 2023.[11]
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".[12]
Rebecca Nicholson in The Guardian said it was a "big, robust comedy", which "isn't for the faint-hearted".[13]
It was a The Times Critics' choice saying the show was "coarse, amoral and seriously funny. Bring on series two."[14]
Frances Taylor in The Radio Times calls it "bold, brash and a lot of fun".[15]
The Daily Telegraph called it "gleefully broad and raucously entertaining".[16]
Rachel Cooke in The New Statesman called the comedy on the show “relentlessly laboured” full of “faux-feminist puerility”.[17]