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This Way Up - Aisling Bea

  • 24-07-2019 6:31pm
    #1
    brian_t
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    This Way Up (formerly known as Happy AF) starts on Channel 4 on Thursday August 8th at 10pm.

    Aisling-Bea-This-Way-Up.jpg

    Aisling Bea plays Aine, a whip-smart TEFL teacher trying to pull her life back together after a "teeny little nervous breakdown". Sharon Horgan ('Catastrophe', 'Pulling') plays her older sister who not only worries about her younger sibling but also about her own life choices. The TEFL school where Aine teaches brings together a room full of characters also trying to find their own hope, direction and happiness in this messy world.

    https://entertainment.ie/tv/tv-news/first-look-aisling-bea-sharon-horgans-this-way-up-406062/


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  • #2
    brian_t
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  • #3
    JP Liz V1
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    Tobias Menzies, India Varma and Sorcha Cusack are also in the cast
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  • #4
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Only know Bea from her stints on QI, but she always got a laugh from me. Will be taking a look...


  • #5
    Hangdogroad
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    I thought she was the one who did that "if people say women are unfunny do a poo!" thing and avoided watching this as a result but I realised I was mixing her up with someone else.


  • #6
    JP Liz V1
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    I thought it was a decent first episode, they work well as sisters
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  • #7
    jos28
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    I enjoyed it too, thought they worked very well together. Good script, decent pace- I'll definitely watch the rest.


  • #8
    Penn
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    It was okay. It has potential anyway. Did think Bea overacted some of it, particularly in the classroom bit which was just OTT.


  • #9
    bobbyss
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    1/10.
    Yawn.


  • #10
    vriesmays
    Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭vriesmays


    Is it better than Finding Joy.


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
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    I've just watched all the episodes on Ch4 online in one sitting. Really enjoyed it. :)


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  • #12
    Addle
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    Penn wrote: »
    It was okay. It has potential anyway. Did think Bea overacted some of it, particularly in the classroom bit which was just OTT.
    There are people who behave like that though.

    I watched it on all4. I thought it was great.


  • #13
    vriesmays
    Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭vriesmays


    Bit annoying, two sisters arguing in multiculturaland.


  • #14
    vriesmays
    Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭vriesmays


    And I knew from the first episode Sharon's partner was gay.


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
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    vriesmays wrote: »
    And I knew from the first episode Sharon's partner was gay.

    Was it when she said she had an ex-girlfriend the giveaway ? :p


  • #16
    vriesmays
    Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭vriesmays


    The mother was the original mother-in-law in Mrs Brown's Boys.


  • #17
    stop animal cruelty
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    I was really enjoying it at the start, in a similar suitation to Ainé, but feck her character is getting annoying.


  • #18
    stop animal cruelty
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    I was really enjoying it at the start, in a similar suitation to Ainé, but feck her character is getting annoying.


  • #19
    FunLover18
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    Penn wrote: »
    It was okay. It has potential anyway. Did think Bea overacted some of it, particularly in the classroom bit which was just OTT.

    I think her character deliberately puts on an act in the classroom in front of her students. I binged it all on All4 last night and really enjoyed it. I don't like Aisling Bea, I've heard her in interviews and she's very annoying but her writing for this show is very good and there's no denying her chemistry with Sharon Horgan.


  • #20
    gmisk
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    I have watched the first 2 I enjoyed it, I think Bea is actually really good in it, you can tell the character is using humour to mask her inner turmoil, it's slightly more on the drama side than the comedy side some of the time.


  • #21
    d8491prj5boyvg
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    New Aisling Bea program with Sharon Horgan. Aisling Bea can be very witty and Sharon Horgan is the queen of sitcoms with a strong female lead.

    Average enough. Aisling Bea's awkward character is on the annoying as opposed to loveable side of awkward. Jokes fall flat a lot of the time. The only funny joke was the
    John Motson jacket joke

    Some of the plot lines hit you over the head.

    It is a very diverse program. Top marks on that front. Unfortunately the quality does not score as well. Not as good as Catastrophe IMO.


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  • #22
    cdgalwegian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭cdgalwegian


    oldbee wrote: »
    New Aisling Bea program with Sharon Horgan. Aisling Bea can be very witty and Sharon Horgan is the queen of sitcoms with a strong female lead.

    Do you mean This Way Up? Thread here already:
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=110780666#post110780666


  • #23
    d8491prj5boyvg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 508 ✭✭✭d8491prj5boyvg


    cdgalwegian wrote: »
    Do you mean This Way Up? Thread here already:
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=110780666#post110780666

    Ah, yes. Sorry for the repeated thread! I searched but couldn't find a thread on it


  • #24
    Rfrip
    Registered Users Posts: 5,796 ✭✭✭Rfrip


    Loving this


  • #25
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,202 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Threads merged.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



  • #26
    [Deleted User]
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    Abdullah Handsome Cricket wrote: »
    The only funny joke was the
    John Motson jacket joke

    We have very different senses of humour. I found a lot funny, but I've a gallows sense of humour. But, the above joke did nothing for me.


  • #27
    Mad_maxx
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    Absolute ****e,full of repeated predictable PC agenda pushing garbage


  • #28
    [Deleted User]
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    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    Absolute ****e,full of repeated predictable PC agenda pushing garbage

    So... You're a bit ambiguous about it?


  • #29
    FunLover18
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    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    Absolute ****e,full of repeated predictable PC agenda pushing garbage

    Such as??


  • #30
    vriesmays
    Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭vriesmays


    They're all immigrants even though being Irish in London isn't the same as being African in London.


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  • #31
    d8491prj5boyvg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 508 ✭✭✭d8491prj5boyvg


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    We have very different senses of humour. I found a lot funny, but I've a gallows sense of humour. But, the above joke did nothing for me.

    Yeah, i didn't think it was that great either, just the only time I laughed!

    I really want it to be good as all the inputs are top notch, but the execution is poor and it leaves me underwhelmed.


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