Henpocalypse! Explained

Screenplay:Caroline Moran
Director:Jack Clough
Holly Walsh
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Series:1
Num Episodes:6
Producer:Imogen Cooper
Network:BBC Two

Henpocalypse! is a 2023 British comedy television series on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer from15 August 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.[1]

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast

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.[2] Written by Caroline Moran, the series has Holly Walsh & Jack Clough as a director.[3] The series is produced by Phil Clarke and Jesse Armstrong’s production company, Various Artists Limited.[4]

Casting

The main cast features Elizabeth Berrington, Lucie Shorthouse, Callie Cooke, Lauren O'Rourke, and Kate O'Flynn.[5] Screenwriter Moran personally wrote Danny Dyer an email to request his cameo appearance.[6]

Filming

Filming locations included Pensby Boys School on the Wirral.[7] Filming also took place in North Wales, in early 2023.[8] Locations in Wales include Abergele, with Llanfair Talhaiarn and Moel Famau, in the Clwydian Range also used.[9]

Broadcast

The programme premiered on BBC Two and the BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom on 15 August 2023.[10]

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".[11]

Rebecca Nicholson in The Guardian said it was a "big, robust comedy", which "isn't for the faint-hearted".[12]

It was a The Times Critics' choice saying the show was "coarse, amoral and seriously funny. Bring on series two."[13]

Frances Taylor in The Radio Times calls it "bold, brash and a lot of fun".[14]

The Daily Telegraph called it "gleefully broad and raucously entertaining".[15]

Rachel Cooke in The New Statesman called the comedy on the show “relentlessly laboured” full of “faux-feminist puerility”.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Henpocalypse: The hilarious hen-do comedy about drinking 'penis coladas' at the end of the world . Rebecca. Nicholson. 12 August 2023. 15 August 2023. The Guardian.
  2. Web site: Henpocalypse! commissioned for BBC Two and iPlayer. Advanced-Television. 15 August 2023. July 6, 2022.
  3. Web site: What's on TV tonight: A hen party is interrupted by the end of the world in Henpocalypse!. inews. Gerard. Gilbert. 15 August 2023. 15 August 2023.
  4. Web site: 15 August 2023. The Guardian. 'Female version of the Lord of the Flies': BBC sitcom explores hen do that goes feral. Nadia. Khomani. August 12, 2023.
  5. Web site: 15 August 2023. Elle. Henpocalypse: This New BBC Comedy Is About A Hen Party Being Derailed By The Apocalypse. Naomi. May. 14 August 2023.
  6. Web site: Henpocalypse! creator 'begged' Danny Dyer to star: "It had to be him". Radio Times. 15 August 2023. David. Craig.
  7. Web site: Jamie. Greer. 12 August 2023. BBC comedy filmed in former Wirral school to start next week. Liverpool Echo. 15 August 2023.
  8. Web site: Elizabeth Berrington on Henpocalypse! and the reality of ageism in TV. Radio Times. 15 August 2023. David. Craig. 15 February 2023.
  9. Web site: Megan. Nisbet. Wales Online. August 17, 2023. BBC Henpocalypse! cast list, Welsh filming locations and how many episodes. 18 August 2023.
  10. Web site: Prepare for the Henpocalypse. Chortle. 13 August 2023. 15 August 2023.
  11. Web site: The Radio Times. 15 August 2023. Henpocalypse! Unashamedly fun – as any good hen do should be. 15 August 2023.
  12. Web site: Guardian. 15 August 2023. Henpocalypse! The hilarious hen-do comedy about drinking 'penis coladas' at the end of the world. 15 August 2023.
  13. Web site: The Times. 15 August 2023. Henpocalypse! . 15 August 2023.
  14. Web site: The Radio Times. 15 August 2023. Henpocalypse!. 15 August 2023.
  15. Web site: The Daily Telegraph. 15 August 2023. Henpocalypse!. 15 August 2023.
  16. Web site: New Statesman. 15 August 2023. Henpocalypse! How did this painful dildo-wielding comedy make it to air?. 15 August 2023.

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