Name: Funny Woman
Released: 2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Gemma Arterton, Arsher Ali, Alistair Petrie

TV Show · Comedy · Drama

It's the height of the 60s and Barbara Parker has just been crowned Miss Blackpool, but she is sure there is more to life than being a beauty queen in a seaside town. London is calling, but it is not quite as swinging as she expected.

2022 · 46m

Starring Gemma Arterton, Arsher Ali, Alistair Petrie

Director Oliver Parker

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

England 1964: After having just been crowned Miss Blackpool, Barbara Parker leaves her family to enter show business in London. But she ends up in a department store.

45 min
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Barbara, who now calls herself Sophie Straw, screws up her first gig. However, she gets a chance to audition for the comedy show Dining In.

46 min
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Barbara's father is in hospital in Blackpool with a stroke. With a heavy heart, she nevertheless goes through with the recording of the first episode of Jim and Barbara.

45 min
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

The love affair between Barbara and Clive Richardson arouses the interest of the public. Barbara is inexorably becoming a favourite.

46 min
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

After Barbara makes a gaffe on the show, Ted Sargent kicks her out. It is announced to the press that she has mumps, but it is getting worse.

46 min
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

After accepting the marriage proposal, doubts begin to germinate in Barbara's mind. At the same time, the recording of the last episode of her show is about to begin and the finale is supposed to be a smash hit.

46 min