Such Brave Girls

A single mother (Deb) in dire financial straits (Who’s husband went out to buy some tea bags and never returned) Tries to woo a man, Dev (mainly because he has a massive house). All the while trying to manage her two grown daughters who live with her. Josie  almost terminally depressive and possibly latent lesbian  (if only she had the will power or self esteem).  Billie her sister so desperate to hang on to her wayward boyfriend she dyes her hair blond to look like his current girlfriend. Dev (the man with the massive house and job) Who can’t quite get over his dead wife despite Debs increasingly desperate  amorous efforts. Deb in order to try and present the image of a well adjusted family forces a relationship with the hapless Seb on Josie with the additional hope of curing her unformed lesbian intentions.  In this BBC produced two season, six episode in each. Billing itself as a family sitcom about trauma, it more than lives up to the billing.  Everything you could imagine going wrong, does.  Clever writing emphasizing the mountains of straight faced head spinning social ineptness, colossal unacknowledged embarrassments and uncontrolled mayhem.  All expertly portrayed by the four protagonists  Deb played by  Louise Brealey.  Josie, also the writer and creator of the series by Kat Sadler.  Billie (Kat’s real life sister) by Lizzie Davidson. Dev gormlessly played by Paul Bazely Seb played by Freddie Meredith. 

The first season available on Hulu      375 stars