''Daddy Issues'' is a 2024 British comedy television series created by

Danielle Ward Danielle Claire Ward is a British stand-up comedian and writer. Early life and education Danielle Claire Ward was born and raised in Nottingham. She graduated from university in 2004. Career Early career Ward worked as an economic researche ...

that premiered on 15 August 2024 on

BBC Three BBC Three is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes for a 16 to 34-year-old target aud ...

. It stars

Aimee Lou Wood Aimee Lou Wood (born 3 February 1994) is an English actress. After beginning her career on stage, she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance, BAFTA for Best Female Comedy Performance for starring in the Netf ...

and

David Morrissey David Mark Joseph Morrissey (born 21 June 1964) is an English actor and filmmaker. He had numerous small roles in films and television series throughout the 1990s before achieving wider recognition for playing Gordon Brown in '' The Deal'' (2003 ...

. In September 2024, the

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

commissioned a second series.

Synopsis

An odd-couple

sitcom A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent settin ...

in which a pregnant party girl and her recently divorced father end up in a flat-share in

Stockport Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt, Rivers Goyt and River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame merge to create the River Mersey he ...

Cast

Production

Comedian and writer

has written the six-part series, which has Lynn Roberts as producer, while Phil Gilbert is executive producer for Fudge Park Productions. Also executive producing are

, Ward, and Damon Beesley, who also directs alongside Caterine Morshead.

Casting

and

were announced in the lead roles Gemma and Malcolm in December 2023.

Susan Lynch Susan Lynch (born 1971) is an actress from Northern Ireland. She is known for her role in the 2003 film '' 16 Years of Alcohol''. Her other film appearances include '' Waking Ned Devine'' (1998), '' Nora'' (2000), '' Beautiful Creatures'' (200 ...

is set to play the mother of Gemma. The rest of the cast was confirmed in February 2024, including

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' ...

, Sharon Rooney,

Sarah Hadland Sarah Hadland (born 15 May 1971) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Stevie Sutton in BBC One's BAFTA-nominated comedy television series '' Miranda'' (2009–2015) and Trish in '' The Job Lot'' (2013–2015). Hadland appear ...

, Taj Atwal, Arian Nik,

Tom Stourton Thomas Edward Alexander Stourton (born September 1987) is an English actor, comedian and writer. Career Stourton started his career as a comedian at university, performing in the web-series "High Renaissance Man" that he co-wrote with Tom Palme ...

Susannah Fielding Susannah Glanville-Hearson,"Drama: High profile OB actors"

Lauren O'Rourke Lauren O'Rourke is a British actress best known for her roles in the sitcom '' Drifters'' as Laura on Channel 4 and as Carol in ''White Gold'' on BBC Two. She also appeared in the first series of ''Line of Duty'' in 2012. Career In 2011, O'Ro ...

Cyril Nri Cyril Ikechukwu Nri (born 25 April 1961) is a Nigerian-born English actor best known for playing Superintendent Adam Okaro in the police TV series ''The Bill''. Cyril Nri plays the role of Lord Danbury in the Netflix series '' Queen Charlotte ...

, Cora Kirk,

Perry Fitzpatrick Perry Fitzpatrick is an English actor. He is known for his roles as DS Chris Lomax in the BBC series ''Line of Duty'', Flip in '' This Is England '86'' and ''This Is England '90'', and Hot & Cold in '' Drifters''. Early life Fitzpatrick atten ...

, Claire Keelan, Damien Molony,

Sherrie Hewson Sherrie Lynn Hutchinson (born 17 September 1950), known professionally as Sherrie Hewson, is an English actress, television personality and novelist. She is known for her roles as Maureen Holdsworth in ''Coronation Street'' (1993–1997, 2006 ...

Humphrey Ker David Humphrey Rivers Ker (; born 11 October 1982) is a British actor, comedian, writer and football executive, who is a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Penny Dreadfuls. Early life and education Ker was born to David Peter James Ker ...

, and David Reed.

Filming

Filming for the first series got underway in

and

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

in December 2023. Filming on the second series started in January 2025.

Broadcast

The series premiered in the United Kingdom on 15 August 2024.

Reception

Jasper Rees in ''

The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was found ...

'' called the series "deft, daft, and deliciously watchable". Emma Loffhagen in ''

The Evening Standard The ''London Standard'', formerly the ''Evening Standard'' (1904–2024) and originally ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), is a long-established regional newspaper published weekly and distributed free of charge in London, England. It is print ...

'' called it "believable and heartwarming” and praised the “brilliantly acerbic” script from Danielle Ward and the chemistry between Morrissey and his screen daughter Aimee Lou Wood. In ''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...

'', Katie Rosseinsky called it "a warm hug of a show".

Lucy Mangan Lucy Mangan (born 1974) is a British journalist and author. She is a columnist, features writer and TV critic for ''The Guardian'' and an opinion writer for '' i'' news. Early life and education Mangan was born in 1974 and grew up in Catford, ...

in ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

'' called it "a comedy for our times", praising Ward's script and the chemistry of the leads, describing Morrissey as having the "ability to make anything and anyone credible" which "carries him through proceedings with aplomb".

Accolades

The series was nominated for Best New TV Sitcom at the Comedy.co.uk Awards in January 2025. Aimee Lou Wood was nominated for Best Comedy Performance 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 ...

in March 2025.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daddy Issues (TV series) 2024 British television series debuts BBC Three original programming British comedy television shows British English-language television shows Television shows set in Greater Manchester Television shows filmed in England BBC television comedy