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Fleabag is a British television series created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on her first performed in 2013 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The series was produced by Two Brothers Pictures for digital channel BBC Three, in a co-production agreement with . Waller-Bridge stars as the title character, a free-spirited but angry and confused young woman living in . co-stars as Fleabag's sister Claire, with Andrew Scott joining in the second season; most of the show's main characters are never named, including Waller-Bridge's and Scott's. The protagonist frequently breaks the , providing exposition, internal monologues, and running commentary to the audience.

The show premiered on 21 July 2016 and concluded its second and final series on 8 April 2019. It received widespread acclaim from critics, particularly for its writing, acting, and the uniqueness and personality of the title character. Many critics and viewers have called it one of the greatest comedy series of all time as well as one of the greatest television series of all time. Waller-Bridge won the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for the first series, with the second series earning her Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress, and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series; additional nominations include acting categories received by Clifford, , and guest stars and Kristin Scott Thomas. The series received the Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series and Best Actress for Waller-Bridge, and a nomination for Scott.

Background
The show is adapted from Waller-Bridge's 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe one-woman play of the same name which won a Fringe First Award. The initial idea of the character of Fleabag came from a challenge by a friend, where Waller-Bridge was given the task of creating a sketch for a 10-minute section in a stand-up storytelling night.

Cast and characters
Main
  • Phoebe Waller-Bridge as "Fleabag"
  • as Claire, Fleabag's sister with whom she shares an uneasy relationship
  • Andrew Scott as the priest (series 2), with whom Fleabag falls in love

Supporting
  • as Arsehole Guy (series 1; guest series 2), one of Fleabag's love interests, so named for his taste for
  • as Harry, Fleabag's on-off boyfriend then eventual ex
  • as Bank Manager (series 1; guest series 2), approached by Fleabag for a loan
  • as Boo, Fleabag's deceased best friend and business partner
  • Bill Paterson as Fleabag and Claire's father
  • as Fleabag and Claire's godmother, who began a relationship with their father not long after their mother's death and eventually becomes their stepmother
  • as Martin, Claire's aggressive alcoholic husband

Guest
  • as Bus Rodent (series 1), one of Fleabag's love interests
  • as Fleabag's counsellor (series 2)
  • as Pam (series 2), who works at the priest's church
  • as Hot Misogynist (series 2), who serves as Fleabag's lawyer and one of her love interests
  • as Jake (series 2), Martin's teenage son and Claire's stepson
  • Kristin Scott Thomas as Belinda (series 2), a successful businesswoman who meets Fleabag at an awards ceremony presented by Claire
  • Jenny Robbins as Lesley (series 2), Claire's co-worker
  • Christian Hillborg as Klare (series 2), Claire's Finnish business partner and love interest

Episodes
Series 1 (2016)
Series 2 (2019)
Distribution and broadcast
BBC Three was the original broadcast channel for the show with a repeat run broadcast on between 21 August and 25 September 2016. The second series was broadcast on at the same time as being released on BBC Three, by this time only available online.

It was picked up by the on-demand Amazon Prime Video (formerly Amazon Video) service and premiered in the United States on 16 September 2016. Fleabag is also available on IFC in the US. In the Netherlands, it was picked up by Net5.

The show has been remade for French television by . Titled (French for 'fly', the insect), it started airing on 3 June 2019 on pay channel Canal+. Mouche is a close remake, though set in with in the starring role.Fournier, Audrey (3 June 2019). "Camille Cottin excelle dans « Mouche », version française de la série télé britannique « Fleabag »." Lemonde.fr. Retrieved 6 June 2019.Scott, Sheena (10 February 2019). "Fleabag: A Second Series And A French Remake." Forbes.com. Retrieved 6 June 2019.Cappelle, Laura (4 June 2019). "The French Version of 'Fleabag' Is Exactly the Same. Until It's Different." The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

Production
Filming
Filming took place in and around , mostly North West and Central with the primary location being , North West London. Street scenes were filmed on five main roads in the area, including Southampton Road, Laurier Road, Croftdown Road, Highgate Road, and York Rise. Other locations include , , , , , , , Parliament Hill Fields in , , , , , Lincoln's Inn Fields and . Bold Cafe & Restaurant in was used for Fleabag's Guinea Pig Cafe. The graveyard that Fleabag jogs through daily is Kensal Green Cemetery in . The feminist lecture was at the Lecture Theatre in the in . The silent retreat that Fleabag and Claire attend on mother's day was filmed at in , . Dad and Stepmother's house was on Cambridge Park Road in . Stepmother's sexhibition was held at the in . The second series premiered with a family dinner party filmed at the American steakhouse, Smith & Wollensky in . Hot Priest's church was the Romanian orthodox and former anglican church St. Andrew's in . Claire's penthouse office was filmed from in . The funeral in series two was filmed at St Dunstan and All Saints Church in . The hair salon was 137 – Taylor and Taylor in .

Series one was filmed from April to May 2016 and released from July to August 2016 and series two was filmed from August to September 2018 and released from March to April 2019.

Music
Waller-Bridge's sister, Isobel Waller-Bridge, composed the music for both series.

Reception
Critical response
Both series of Fleabag received widespread acclaim from television critics. At review aggregation website , both series received approval ratings of 100%. The first series received an average rating of 8.5/10, based on 42 reviews, with the site's critical consensus reading: "Clever and viciously funny, Fleabag is a touching, wildly inventive comedy about a complicated young woman navigating the aftermath of trauma." The second series received an average rating of 9.3/10, based on 99 reviews, with the critical consensus stating: " Fleabag jumps back into the fray with a bracing second season that upholds its predecessor's frenzied wit and delicate heart, replete with Phoebe Waller-Bridge's indefatigable charisma". At , the first series received a score of 88 out of 100, based on 19 critics, while the second series received a score of 96, based on 21 critics, both signifying "universal acclaim".

of The New Yorker described the first series as "a precision black-humour mechanism, a warped and affecting fable about one single woman's existence." at Variety called it "scathingly funny", concluding that "long after it's pulled you in with its irreverence and jokes about sex, and beguiled you with its cutting wit and messily human characters, it reveals that it's actually a tragedy". of The Washington Post characterised it as a "funny, highly profane but surprisingly poignant dramedy". Mike Hale in The New York Times praised the show for its "restless, almost feral energy and its slap-in-the-face attitude." of the Los Angeles Times commended its unpredictability, acting, and "clear eye for truth that often becomes, like all good comedy, quite devastating".

The second series received unanimous acclaim and was considered a cultural phenomenon. Serena Davies of The Daily Telegraph lauded the second series as "a near-perfect work of art". Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon praised its "brilliant swan song", finding the series's conclusion satisfying and "well-earned". For , wrote that the "tragicomic masterpiece reaches new heights in its second outing". of The New York Times wrote that "the new season feels immediately confident, if inevitably less groundbreaking. Yet it continues to push its form". Hannah Jane Parkinson of described the conclusion as "the most electrifying, devastating TV in years," writing of the second series that "it seems as though many who either did not watch the first series, or who didn't think it lived up to the hype, have been converted".

According to Metacritic's aggregate of decade-end lists, Fleabag was the second-highest ranked show of the 2010s. It has since been considered by multiple publications to be one of the greatest television series of all time.

Former United States President named the second season of Fleabag among his favourite films and television series of 2019. In his annual list, which he released on Twitter on 29 December 2019, he added a small addendum with the title, "and a quick list of TV shows that I considered as powerful as movies: Fleabag: Season 2, Unbelievable, and Watchmen."

Accolades
+Award nominations for Fleabag
Series 1
2016Broadcast AwardsBest Comedy ProgrammeFleabag
Best Original Programme
Best Multichannel Programme
Critics' Choice Television AwardsBest Comedy Series
Best Actress in a Comedy SeriesPhoebe Waller-Bridge
Royal Television Society Craft & Design AwardsEditing – Entertainment and ComedyGary Dollner
Photography – Drama & ComedyTony Miller
2017British Academy Television AwardsBest Scripted ComedyFleabag
Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
British Academy Television Craft Awards Gary Dollner
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Broadcasting Press Guild AwardsBest Writer
Unsung TV Show of the YearFleabag
Golden Nymph AwardsBest TV Comedy SeriesFleabag
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy SeriesPhoebe Waller-Bridge
Gotham Independent Film AwardsBreakthrough Series – Long FormFleabag
Best TV Series
Best Comedy Series – English Language
Royal Television Society AwardsBest Writing – ComedyPhoebe Waller-Bridge
Breakthrough
Television Critics Association AwardsOutstanding Achievement in ComedyFleabag
Individual Achievement in ComedyPhoebe Waller-Bridge
Writers' Guild of Great Britain AwardsBest TV Situation ComedyFleabag (for "Episode 1")
Series 2
2019Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Comedy SeriesPhoebe Waller-Bridge, Harry Bradbeer, Lydia Hampson, Harry Williams, Jack Williams, Joe Lewis and Sarah Hammond
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy SeriesPhoebe Waller-Bridge (for "Episode 1")
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (for "Episode 3")
Olivia Colman (for "Episode 4")
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesHarry Bradbeer (for "Episode 1")
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy SeriesPhoebe Waller-Bridge (for "Episode 1")
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy AwardsOutstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy SeriesKristin Scott Thomas (for "Episode 3")
Fiona Shaw (for "Episode 2")
Outstanding Casting for a Comedy SeriesOlivia Scott-Webb
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)Tony Miller (for "Episode 1")
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy SeriesGary Dollner (for "Episode 1")
Satellite AwardsBest Musical or Comedy SeriesFleabag Satellite Awards – 2019 Nominees
Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy SeriesPhoebe Waller-Bridge
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV FilmAndrew Scott
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV FilmOlivia Colman
Royal Television Society Craft & Design AwardsMusic – Original ScoreIsobel Waller-Bridge
Television Critics Association AwardsProgram of the YearFleabag
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
Individual Achievement in ComedyPhoebe Waller-Bridge
2020Art Directors Guild AwardsExcellence in Production Design for a Half-Hour Single-Camera SeriesJonathan Paul Green (for "Episode 5")
British Academy Television AwardsBest Scripted ComedyFleabag
Best Female Performance in a Comedy ProgrammeSian Clifford
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Virgin TV's Must-See Moment"The Confessional Scene"
British Academy Television Craft Awards Harry Bradbeer
Gary Dollner
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Cinema Audio Society AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – Half HourChristian Bourne, David Drake and James Gregory (for "Episode 6")
Costume Designers Guild AwardsExcellence in Contemporary TelevisionRay Holman (for "Episode 2")
Critics' Choice Television AwardsBest Comedy SeriesFleabag Critics' Choice Awards
Best Actress in a Comedy SeriesPhoebe Waller-Bridge
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesAndrew Scott
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesSian Clifford
TV Comedy of the YearFleabag
TV Performance of the Year—ActressPhoebe Waller-Bridge
Golden Globe AwardsBest Television Series – Musical or ComedyFleabag Golden Globe Awards – Winners & Nominees 2020
Best Actress – Television Series Musical or ComedyPhoebe Waller-Bridge
Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television FilmAndrew Scott
EntertainmentFleabag
Producers Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Producer of Episodic Television – ComedyPhoebe Waller-Bridge, Harry Bradbeer, Lydia Hampson, Harry Williams, Jack Williams, Joe Lewis and Sarah Hammond
Royal Television Society AwardsScripted ComedyFleabag
Comedy Performance: FemalePhoebe Waller-Bridge
Writer: Comedy
Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy SeriesSian Clifford, Olivia Colman, , Bill Paterson, Andrew Scott and Phoebe Waller-Bridge Screen Actors Guild Awards – Nominees & Recipients
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy SeriesAndrew Scott
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy SeriesPhoebe Waller-Bridge
Live show
2020Laurence Olivier AwardsBest Entertainment or Comedy PlayFleabag Olivier Awards 2020
Best ActressPhoebe Waller-Bridge
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