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Hullraisers

Hullraisers is a British television sitcom written by Lucy Beaumont, Anne-Marie O'Connor and Caroline Moran. It is about three women who live in Kingston upon Hull, England.

Production

Beaumont wrote the pilot after being approached by Fable to create an adaptation of the Israeli show, Little Mom.[1] O'Connor and Moran came on board when the series was commissioned for Channel 4.[1] Hullraisers premiered in the US on IFC on 5 April 2023.[4]

Synopsis

Hullraisers is set in Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It follows the lives of struggling actress and mother Toni, her older sister Paula, along with Paula's sister-in-law, police officer Rana, a sexually confident woman who is the only member of the group who is unmarried and does not have children.[3] Beaumont felt that it was important to set the show in Hull, due to the city's lack of representation in UK media.[1]

Beaumont said of the show, "I'm really proud of it because I feel like everyone was on the same page with the class thing. There are a lot of production companies that are very London-centric. We see so few authentic working-class representations, especially in comedy, I've had so little to refer to and that annoyed me."[5]

O'Connor said of the show, "If you go to Bradford or Hull you could watch two women talking from a distance and you’d think they were having a fight. But then you get nearer and you realise they’re just discussing what they’re having for their tea. It’s not a Ken Loach film, it’s not misery tourism. Life’s a laugh, isn’t it? I've had some of the worst jobs in the world, but I’ve had a laugh while I'm doing it because otherwise, what else are you going to do? Just work 12 hours in a factory and be miserable? You make the fun where you are."[1]

Moran said of the show, "I grew up in a council house on benefits and seeing working-class life on TV was very affirming. There were these funny, intelligent, characters who weren't just the butt of the joke, but the people making the jokes. There have been, lately, a lot of middle-class, aspirational shows. Hullraisers has a different take. Lucy doesn't want to send the place up, she wants to celebrate it."[1]

The first series was shown in April and May 2022. A second series was confirmed in August 2022;[3] it began broadcasting in November 2023.

Cast and characters

Episodes

Series 1 (2022)

All episodes were made available on All4 following the first episode's premiere on 12 April 2022.

  1. ^ 7-day consolidated, excludes device viewership and viewership prior to linear broadcast.

Series 2 (2023)

All episodes were made available two weeks prior to the series' premiere on Channel 4 Stream, exclusively to users subscribed to Channel 4+, a paid-for tier of the service.[13]

Notes

  1. ^ 7-day consolidated, excludes device viewership and viewership prior to linear broadcast.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "'We see so few authentic working-class representations in comedy'". Chortle. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Hullraisers Cast and Crew Credits". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Parenting sitcom Hullraisers to return". British Comedy Guide. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Hullraisers Season 1 is set to release in the US". Next TV Series. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Hullraisers season 2 release date speculation: Cast, trailer and latest news". Radio Times. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Hullraisers". All4. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Top programmes report – week 15, April 11–17 – Channel 4". Thinkbox. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Top programmes report – week 16, April 18–24 – Channel 4". Thinkbox. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Top programmes report – week 17, April 25 – May 01 – Channel 4". Thinkbox. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Top programmes report – week 18, May 02–08 – Channel 4". Thinkbox. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Top programmes report – week 19, May 09–15 – Channel 4". Thinkbox. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Top programmes report – week 20, May 16–22 – Channel 4". Thinkbox. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Watch Hullraisers | Stream free on Channel 4". Channel 4 Stream. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Hullraisers, from Lucy Beaumont and Caroline Moran, gets season 2 trailer". Radio Times. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Hullraisers Series 2, Episode 2 – The Paulster". British Comedy Guide. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.

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