Crashing (British TV series) should not be confused with Crashing (American TV series).
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Creator: | Phoebe Waller-Bridge |
| Director: | George Kane |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 6 |
| Producer: | Josh Cole |
| Cinematography: | Ben Wheeler |
| Runtime: | 23 min |
| Company: | Big Talk Productions |
| Channel: | Channel 4 |
Crashing is a British comedy series produced by Big Talk Productions and written and created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Its six episodes aired from 11 January 2016 to 15 February 2016 on Channel 4[1] and was released internationally as a Netflix Original series.[2] It stars Waller-Bridge, Jonathan Bailey, Julie Dray, Louise Ford, Damien Molony, Adrian Scarborough, and Amit Shah.
Crashing follows the lives of six twenty-somethings living together as property guardians in a disused hospital, keeping the building safe in exchange for cheaper rent and a strict set of rules.[3] The close personal relationships start to overlap, and the group navigates sexual tension and personal baggage before they are inevitably evicted.
The story began as two plays, written by Waller-Bridge, which were developed for television by the production company Big Talk.[4] Waller-Bridge added that, "The stimulus for them was to find the moment something exciting could have happened between two people but doesn’t because they bottle it at the last minute. I always wanted to write about what happened to these people after this moment.”[5]
The setting of the show was inspired by Middlesex Hospital, an abandoned hospital located in Fitzrovia near the production company's offices. It was eventually filmed at a disused building of the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, which itself was inhabited.[6]
Crashing aired from 11 January 2016 to 15 February 2016 on Channel 4 and was released internationally between 2016 and 2017 as a Netflix Original series.
The series was also shown on Italian,[7] Spanish[8] and Russian[9] television, among others. It was released on DVD by Simply Media on 3 September 2018.
W Magazine called it Waller-Bridge's "twisted take on Friends."[10] GQ Magazine described the show's six episodes as: "perfect little whirlwinds of comedy building to one big maelstrom where everyone falls to pieces — some are better off for it, and some are not. No matter where the chips fall, you'll have a good time."[11] Alanna Bennett for The Ringer writes: “Waller-Bridge tap-dances through practically every cliché available—but along the way, she bends and warps them. Every trope comes with a sharp right hook. She darkens some […] [and] brightens others”.[12]