Staged (2020)

Directed by

Simon Evans

Genre

comedy television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

3 seasons, 20 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 101 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Actors Michael Sheen and David Tennant play exaggerated versions of themselves trying to rehearse a play over video calls during lockdown. Their petty squabbles and creative differences with the director drive the comedy.

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What happens

Staged is a British television comedy series. Set and filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, primarily using video-conferencing technology, the series stars actors Michael Sheen and David Tennant as fictionalised versions of themselves. Simon Evans, Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg, and Lucy Eaton also star. The first series premiered 10 June 2020 on BBC One, and the second series premiered 4 January 2021 on BBC One. A Comic Relief New Year Special was uploaded to the BritBox YouTube page on 31 December 2021. A third series, BackStaged, premiered on 24 November 2022 on BritBox. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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