{"id":19964,"date":"2024-01-12T12:34:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-funny-woman-season-two\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T12:34:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:34:15","slug":"production-begins-on-funny-woman-season-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-funny-woman-season-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Production Begins on Funny Woman Season Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Production has begun on the second season of Sky\u2019s <em>Funny Woman<\/em>, with Gemma Arterton (<em>The King\u2019s Man<\/em>, <em>Summerland<\/em>) returning in the lead role as comedian Sophie Straw.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Arterton for the new season are Steve Zissis (<em>The Changeling<\/em>, <em>Togetherness<\/em>), Marcus Rutherford (<em>The Wheel of Time<\/em>, <em>Obey<\/em>), Tim Key (<em>The Witchfinder<\/em>, <em>This Time with Alan Partridge<\/em>), Gemma Whelan (<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>, <em>The Tower<\/em>) and Roisin Conaty (<em>GameFace<\/em>, <em>Man Down<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Returning cast members include Arsher Ali (<em>Informer<\/em>, <em>The Fear Index<\/em>), David Threlfall (<em>Shameless<\/em>), Rosie Cavaliero (<em>Code 404<\/em>), Alexa Davies (<em>White House Farm<\/em>, <em>COBRA<\/em>), Matthew Beard (<em>Vienna Blood<\/em>, <em>Avenue 5<\/em>), Leo Bill (<em>Becoming Elizabeth<\/em>), Clare-Hope Ashitey (<em>Top Boy<\/em>) and Alistair Petrie (<em>Sex Education<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>In season two, Straw finds herself on a high, as she is the nation\u2019s favorite TV comedy star, has a great group of friends and has a romance that is full of promise. This all comes crashing down when her new sitcom flops, she finds out Dennis\u2019s divorce will take three years, and she uncovers a devastating family secret.<\/p>\n<p>In order to escape the turmoil of her life, Straw takes a leading role in a film opposite a glamorous French movie star. The film becomes a hit, and while Straw\u2019s U.S. agent offers her a fresh start in Hollywood, she remains in London, determined to get her friends back together and create a new show that reflects her real life.<\/p>\n<p><em>Funny Woman<\/em> is produced by Potboiler and Rebel Park Productions, in association with Sky Studios. The series is written by Morwenna Banks (<em>Slow Horses<\/em>), Kevin Cecil (<em>Veep<\/em>) and Andy Riley (<em>Veep<\/em>). Oliver Parker (<em>The Great Escaper<\/em>) directs. NBCUniversal Global Distribution handles international sales of the series on behalf of Sky Studios.<\/p>\n<p>The second season will debut later this year on Sky Max and NOW.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a thrill to dive back into the world of 1960\u2019s London with the extraordinary cast and crew of <em>Funny Woman<\/em> series two,\u201d said Banks. \u201cThanks to the genius of Gemma Arterton as Nick Hornby\u2019s heroine Sophie Straw, a whole host of new guest stars have joined us. We welcome stellar performances from Steve Zissis, Marcus Rutherford, Tim Key, Gemma Whelan, Roisin Conaty and many more\u2026 Tune in, turn on and don\u2019t drop out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Production has begun on the second season of Sky\u2019s Funny Woman, with Gemma Arterton (The King\u2019s Man, Summerland) returning in the lead role as comedian Sophie Straw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":19965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[8365,8366,8367,8368,8369,4631,3440],"class_list":["post-19964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-funny-woman","tag-gemma-arterton","tag-morwenna-banks","tag-potboiler","tag-rebel-park-productions","tag-sky-max","tag-sky-studios","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Production Begins on Funny Woman Season Two - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-funny-woman-season-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Production Begins on Funny Woman Season Two - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Production has begun on the second season of Sky\u2019s Funny Woman, with Gemma Arterton (The King\u2019s Man, Summerland) returning in the lead role as comedian Sophie Straw.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-funny-woman-season-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-12T17:34:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/SkyMax-FunnyWoman-0124.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-funny-woman-season-two\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-funny-woman-season-two\/\",\"name\":\"Production Begins on Funny Woman Season Two - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-12T17:34:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-12T17:34:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-funny-woman-season-two\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-funny-woman-season-two\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-funny-woman-season-two\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Production Begins on Funny Woman Season Two\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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