This article is about the television series. For the 1975 American film, see Funny Lady.
Drama series on Sky
Funny Woman
Genre
Drama
Comedy
Based on
Funny Girl by Nick Hornby
Written by
Morwenna Banks
Directed by
Oliver Parker
Starring
Gemma Arterton
Arsher Ali
Tom Bateman
Matthew Beard
Leo Bill
Alexa Davies
Rosie Cavaliero
Morwenna Banks
David Threlfall
Rupert Everett
Composer
Nainita Desai
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English
No. of series
1
No. of episodes
6
Production
Executive producers
Gemma Arterton
Morwenna Banks
Andrea Calderwood
Gail Egan
Tilusha Ghelani
Nick Hornby
Jessica Malik
Jon Mountague
Jessica Parker
Cinematography
Matthew Wicks
Running time
46–47 minutes
Original release
Network
Sky Max
Release
9 February 2023 (2023-02-09) – present
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Funny Woman is a British drama television series directed by Oliver Parker and adapted for the screen by Morwenna Banks from the best-selling novel Funny Girl by Nick Hornby. It stars Gemma Arterton with an ensemble cast including Tom Bateman, David Threlfall, and Rupert Everett. The first series began airing on Sky Max on 9 February 2023 with all six episodes available on Now.[1][2] In August, it was renewed for a second series.[3]
^"New comedy series starring Gemma Arterton based on Nick Hornby novel 'Funny Girl' has been commissioned for Sky and NOW". www.skygroup.sky. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
^"Funny Woman | Sky Max | Sky.com". www.sky.com. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
^Darvill, Josh (2023-08-24). "Funny Woman renewed for second series on Sky". TellyMix. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
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