{"id":21214,"date":"2024-08-06T10:01:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T14:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/funny-woman-returning-for-season-two\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T10:01:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T14:01:28","slug":"funny-woman-returning-for-season-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/funny-woman-returning-for-season-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Funny Woman Returning for Season Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The four-part second season of <em>Funny Woman<\/em> is slated to premiere on Sky Max and NOW on September 6.<\/p>\n<p>Gemma Arterton (<em>The King\u2019s Man<\/em>, <em>Summerland<\/em>) returns as comic actor Sophie Straw, who continues to juggle her career and a fledgling romance. The series continues to explore the themes of love, gender equality, LGBTQ rights and representation in comedy against the backdrop of the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>Though season two starts on a high for Sophie\u2014she\u2019s the nation\u2019s favorite TV comedy star, she\u2019s got a good group of friends, and her romance with Dennis is full of promise\u2014trouble lurks just around the corner. Dennis\u2019s divorce will take three years, Sophie\u2019s new sitcom flops, and she uncovers a devastating family secret.<\/p>\n<p>Arsher Ali (<em>Informer<\/em>, <em>The Fear Index<\/em>) also reprises his role in the second season, as do 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>), Alistair Petrie (<em>Sex Education<\/em>), Olivia Williams (<em>The Father<\/em>, <em>Dune: Prophecy<\/em>), Emily Bevan (<em>The Full Monty<\/em>, <em>Temple<\/em>) and Doon Mackichan (<em>Good Omens<\/em>, <em>Two Doors Down<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>New to the cast for season two 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>), Roisin Conaty (<em>GameFace<\/em>, <em>Man Down<\/em>), Rory Keenan (<em>The Regime<\/em>, <em>Somewhere Boy<\/em>), Lydia Wilson (<em>Requiem<\/em>, <em>About Time<\/em>), Lydia Leonard (<em>Ten Percent<\/em>, <em>The Crown<\/em>), Jack Docherty (<em>Scot Squad<\/em>, <em>Absolutely<\/em>) and Josie Lawrence (<em>Father Brown<\/em>, <em>Midsomer Murders<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><em>Funny Woman<\/em> is produced by Potboiler Productions and Rebel Park Productions, in association with Sky Studios. It is directed by Oliver Parker (<em>The Great Escaper<\/em>), based on scripts written by Morwenna Banks (<em>Slow Horses<\/em>), Kevin Cecil (<em>Veep<\/em>) and Andy Riley (<em>Veep<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The four-part second season of Funny Woman is slated to premiere on Sky Max and NOW on September 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[8365,8366,4630,9126,8369,1032,4631,3440],"class_list":["post-21214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-funny-woman","tag-gemma-arterton","tag-now","tag-potboiler-productions","tag-rebel-park-productions","tag-sky","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>Funny Woman Returning for 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\/funny-woman-returning-for-season-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Funny Woman Returning for Season Two - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The four-part second season of Funny Woman is slated to premiere on Sky Max and NOW on September 6.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/funny-woman-returning-for-season-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-06T14:01:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-06T14:01:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/08\/Sky-FunnyWoman-0824.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\/funny-woman-returning-for-season-two\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/funny-woman-returning-for-season-two\/\",\"name\":\"Funny Woman Returning for Season Two - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-06T14:01:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-06T14:01:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/funny-woman-returning-for-season-two\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/funny-woman-returning-for-season-two\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/funny-woman-returning-for-season-two\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Funny Woman Returning for 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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