Bumps (TV series)
Bumps is a one-off British sitcom created and written by Lucy Montgomery and Rhys Thomas for the BBC, which was broadcast on 21 February 2020. The sitcom follows a sixty-two year old woman who tries, and succeeds, in getting pregnant, and stars Amanda Redman, Lisa McGrillis, Seb Cardinal and Philip Jackson.[2][3]
| Bumps | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Lucy Montgomery and Rhys Thomas |
| Directed by | Sandy Johnson |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Phil Temple |
| Producer | Georgie Fallon |
| Running time | 29 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 21 February 2020 |
Storyline edit
Set in Frinton-on-Sea,[4] Bumps follows Anita (Amanda Redman), a divorced sixty-two year old mother of two. Despite having an amicable relationship with ex-husband Howard (Philip Jackson), she has a poor relationship with her social-climbing sister Barbara (Louise Jameson) and her lazy children (Lisa McGrillis and Seb Cardinal), she sets upon herself to have a third child after hearing the news of an Indian woman having children in her seventies and finding out her daughter cannot have children. She successfully becomes pregnant, only to find out her daughter has become pregnant as well.
Cast edit
- Amanda Redman as Anita
- Lisa McGrillis as Joanna
- Seb Cardinal as Aiden
- Philip Jackson as Howard
- Louise Jameson as Barbara
- Lucy Montgomery as Fallon
- Rhys Thomas as Clay
- Freddie Davies as Roy
- Leila Hoffman as Nancy
- Clarke Peters as Charles
Critical reception edit
Viewers of the sitcom reportedly "begged" the BBC to commission a series after finding it hilarious, according to Entertainment Daily.[5] Michael Hogan of the Daily Telegraph said that it had an "intriguing enough premise" but just became a "nonsensical jumble". Despite saying that Redman's performance was "reliably excellent, whizzing about looking fabulous", he said Louise Jameson and Clarke Peters' characters were "underused".[6]
References edit
- ^ "BBC One - Bumps". BBC.
- ^ "Bumps - Radio Times". Radio Times.
- ^ "BBC Orders New Amanda Redman Comedy, Bumps". I Heart British TV. 2 November 2019.
- ^ King, George (26 February 2020). "Frinton is backdrop for BBC's new sitcom Bumps". Gazette News.
- ^ Spence, Niamh (22 February 2020). "Viewers beg BBC for full series of Bumps after 'hilarious' pilot". Entertainment Daily.
- ^ Hogan, Michael (21 February 2020). "Bumps, review: not even childbirth could be as painful as this baffling sitcom pilot". Daily Telegraph.