Catastrophe (2015 TV series)

Catastrophe
Genre	Sitcom Romantic comedy Dark comedy Slice of life Sex comedy Comedy-drama
Created by	Sharon Horgan Rob Delaney
Written by	Sharon Horgan Rob Delaney
Directed by	Ben Taylor Jim O'Hanlon
Starring	Sharon Horgan Rob Delaney
Composer	Oli Julian
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	24
Production
Executive producers	Sharon Horgan Rob Delaney Richard Allen-Turner Kara Baker Jon Thoday
Producers	Adam Tandy Jack Bayles
Running time	24–28 minutes
Production companies	Merman Birdbath Productions Avalon Television
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	19 January 2015 (2015-01-19) – 12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)
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Catastrophe is a British television sitcom first broadcast on 19 January 2015^[1] on Channel 4. It is created, written by, and stars Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, who portray single people Sharon and Rob who become a couple after Sharon unexpectedly becomes pregnant following a fling while Rob is visiting London on a business trip.^[2] Carrie Fisher, Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar play supporting characters in the series.^[2]

The show was renewed for a second series in January 2015 and began broadcasting from 27 October 2015, having been brought forward from its original schedule of early 2016. In July 2016, Catastrophe was renewed for a third and fourth series. The third series, which began broadcasting in the UK on 28 February 2017, comprises six episodes — which all became available in the United States on 28 April 2017, hosted by Amazon. The fourth and final series of the show began broadcasting on 8 January 2019;^[3] premiering on March 15, 2019, in the US.

For her performance in the show, Sharon Horgan was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2016. Both Horgan and Delaney won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Writer: Comedy. The show was nominated for a Peabody Award.^[4] In July 2016, the show received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing For a Comedy Series for Horgan and Delaney.