''Am I Being Unreasonable?'' is a British comedy-thriller television series produced by Boffola Pictures and Lookout Point and written by, and starring,

Daisy May Cooper Daisy May Cooper (born 1 August 1986) is an English actress and writer. She won the 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for playing Kerry Mucklowe in the BBC Three series '' This Country'', which she co-created and co-wrote w ...

and Selin Hizli. The series was broadcast on

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in the United Kingdom from 26 September 2022. The series premiered in the United States on

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on 11 April 2023. A second series was commissioned by the BBC in October 2022.

Synopsis

Cooper plays Nic, a mum stuck in a depressing marriage grieving a loss she can't share with anyone. Hizli plays Jen who arrives in Nic's life as a kindred spirit and school mum, but both are concealing secrets.

Cast

as Nic * Selin Hizli as Jen *

Lenny Rush Lenny Rush (born 17 March 2009) is a British actor and presenter. He is best known for his work on the Daisy May Cooper comedy drama series '' Am I Being Unreasonable?'', for which he won a British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy ...

as Ollie *

Dustin Demri-Burns Dustin Demri-Burns (born 11 July 1978) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work in '' Cardinal Burns'' (2012–2014) and '' Slow Horses'' (2022). He appeared in films as the roles of Danny Sinclair in '' Alan Partr ...

as Dan * Amanda Wilkin as Suzie *

David Fynn David Fynn is a British-Irish actor, producer and screenwriter, best known for playing Brett in the NBC TV sitcom ''Undateable'' (2014–2016). He began playing Dewey Finn in the West End cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ''School of Rock' ...

as Alex *

Juliet Cowan Juliet Cowan is a television, film and stage actress from Northern Ireland. Cowan has had various TV guest star roles in long-running shows such as ''EastEnders'', ''Silent Witness'', and ''Casualty''. Cowan has also had a recurring role in the ...

as Viv *

Jessica Hynes Jessica Hynes (''née'' Stevenson) is a British actress, director and writer. Best known as a comedy actress, she has played Cheryl in ''The Royle Family'' (1998–2010), Siobhan Sharpe in ''Twenty Twelve'' (2011–2012) and ''W1A'' (2014–2 ...

as Becca *

Samuel Bottomley Samuel Bottomley (born 14 June 2001) is an English actor. He began acting at the age of nine, when he made his professional debut in the 2011 film '' Tyrannosaur''. After portraying Brandon Kelleher on the CBBC series '' Rocket's Island'', Botto ...

as Boy * Yohanna Ephrem as Girl * Ruben Catt (series 1) and Ankido Hussen (series 2) as Harry *

Karla Crome Karla Patsy Crome (born 22 June 1988) is a British actress and writer, best known for her work on Sky Atlantic's '' Hit & Miss'', playing series regular Jess on E4's ''Misfits'', and appearances in a number of other television series and films, ...

as Lucy *

Marek Larwood Marek Ryan Larwood (born 2 June 1976) is an English comedian, actor and YouTuber. He is best known for the BBC Three sketch show ''Rush Hour'' and for being one third of the comedy trio '' We Are Klang''. Early life Born in Norwich, Norfolk, Larw ...

as Kev *Noah Carr-Kingsnorth as Dennon * Helen Bauer as Lauren *

Georgie Glen Georgie Glen (born 20 April 1956) is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles as Miss Higgins in the BBC One period drama series ''Call The Midwife'' from 2018 onwards, and as history teacher Audrey McFall in the BBC One school-based dram ...

as Mrs Baggott *

Beatie Edney Beatrice Edney (born 23 October 1962) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Heather MacLeod in '' Highlander'' (1986), and Prudie Paynter in '' Poldark'' (2015–2019). Career Born in London, she is the daughter of actress Sylvia ...

as Carol *

Olisa Odele Olisa Odele is an English actor. He played Yemi on all three series of Channel 4 coming-of-age comedy drama series '' Big Boys'' (2022-2025). As a child actor, he previously appeared in forty episodes of ''My Parents are Aliens'' (2004-2005). Ca ...

as Jesus *

Denise Black Denise Black (born 16 March 1958) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Coronation Street'' and ''Emmerdale''. Early life and career Black was born in Emsworth, Hampshire. After attending Portsmouth High School for Gir ...

as Daphne (series 2) *

Chelsea Peretti Chelsea Peretti (born February 20, 1978) is an American comedian, actress, and writer. She portrayed Gina Linetti in the comedy series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' and has written for various TV series, including '' Parks and Recreation'', ''Saturday ...

as Savannah (series 2)

Episodes

Series 1 (2022)

Series 2 (2025)

Production

The show's title is borrowed from the

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message board of which Cooper told

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“If you post anything on AIBU about whether you should end your marriage, they all scream ‘Leave the bastard,’ even if all he's done is sing over the

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

theme tune." Cooper and Hizli knew each other from drama school. The show was partly improvised. Principal photography finished in February 2022. The producer is Pippa Brown and the director is Jonny Campbell. The production companies are Boffola Pictures and Lookout Point. Executive producers are Jack Thorne, Shane Allen, Jonny Campbell, Daisy May Cooper, Kate Daughton, Selin Hizl. Filming took place in 2021 at

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in Bristol and on location in

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. A second series was commissioned by the BBC in October 2022. Filming on the second series took place in October 2024. Guest appearances in series two include

, Tom Davis,

Jamali Maddix Jamali Maddix (born 8 April 1991) is an English stand-up comedian. He appears as a regular panellist on the reboot of ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' and appeared on series 11 of '' Taskmaster''. Early life Maddix was born in Ilford, East London an ...

Kojey Radical Kwadwo Adu Genfi Amponsah (born 4 January 1993), known professionally as Kojey Radical, is a British musician, creative director and mixed media visual artist. His style has been described as a mix of grime hip hop, alternative rap, and spoken ...

and Charlie Cooper.

Broadcast

The show was first broadcast on BBC One on 23 September 2022, with all episodes being made available in the UK on the

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on the same day.

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have international distribution rights. The series was originally meant to begin a week earlier, but was delayed, as were many other scheduled programmes, because of the

death of Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, died on 8 September 2022 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, at the age of 96. Elizabeth's reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch. She was ...

and the resulting period of mourning. The series premiered in the United States on

on 11 April 2023. The second series premiered in the UK on 5 February 2025 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

Future

, the BBC has yet to confirm whether or not a third series will be commissioned. However, co-creator Selin Hizli told

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“Daisy and I are kind of getting together and talking about ideas, but it's one of those shows that you feel like you need to have a little bit of a decompression, because it's so mad and it's quite intense.”

Awards

On 9 January 2023 the show received a nomination at the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 in the Best Comedy Drama Series category. On 23 January 2023 Cooper received a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Actress at the

National Comedy Awards The National Comedy Awards (known as the British Comedy Awards from 1990 to 2014) is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom, celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year. The British Comedy Awards (1 ...

2023, while Rush received a breakthrough award. On 29 March 2023 the series won three awards at the

Royal Television Society Programme Awards The Royal Television Society Programme Awards, (often referred to as the RTS Awards) seek to recognise programmes or individuals who have made a positive and material contribution to their genre: either because their content or originality in for ...

. Lenny Rush won the Breakthrough Award, and Performance (Male) Award, and Daisy May Cooper won the Comedy Performance (Female). The show itself was nominated for the Comedy Drama Award at the same ceremony. Cooper was nominated for best female performance in a comedy programme, Rush for best male performance in a comedy programme, and the programme for best scripted comedy at the

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, announced on 22 March 2023. Jamie Pearson and Helena Evans were nominated in the Best Editing - Entertainment and Comedy category at the 2023

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References

External links

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