Crashing (British TV series) should not be confused with Crashing (American TV series).
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Creator: | Phoebe Waller-Bridge |
| Director: | George Kane |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 6 |
| Producer: | Josh Cole |
| Cinematography: | Ben Wheeler |
| Runtime: | 23 min |
| Company: | Big Talk Productions |
| Channel: | Channel 4 |
Crashing is a British comedy series produced by Big Talk Productions and written and created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Its six episodes aired from 11 January 2016 to 15 February 2016 on Channel 4[1] and was released internationally as a Netflix Original series.[2] It stars Waller-Bridge, Jonathan Bailey, Julie Dray, Louise Ford, Damien Molony, Adrian Scarborough, and Amit Shah.
Crashing follows the lives of six twenty-somethings living together as property guardians in a disused hospital, keeping the building safe in exchange for cheaper rent and a strict set of rules.[3] The close personal relationships start to overlap, and the group navigates sexual tension and personal baggage before they are inevitably evicted.
The story began as two plays, written by Waller-Bridge, which were developed for television by the production company Big Talk.[4] Waller-Bridge added that, "The stimulus for them was to find the moment something exciting could have happened between two people but doesn’t because they bottle it at the last minute. I always wanted to write about what happened to these people after this moment.”[5]
The setting of the show was inspired by Middlesex Hospital, an abandoned hospital located in Fitzrovia near the production company's offices. It was eventually filmed at a disused building of the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, which itself was inhabited.[6]
Crashing aired from 11 January 2016 to 15 February 2016 on Channel 4 and was released internationally between 2016 and 2017 as a Netflix Original series.
The series was also shown on Italian,[7] Spanish[8] and Russian[9] television, among others. It was released on DVD by Simply Media on 3 September 2018.
W Magazine called it Waller-Bridge's "twisted take on Friends."[10] GQ Magazine described the show's six episodes as: "perfect little whirlwinds of comedy building to one big maelstrom where everyone falls to pieces—some are better off for it, and some are not. No matter where the chips fall, you'll have a good time."[11] Alanna Bennett for The Ringer writes: “Waller-Bridge tap-dances through practically every cliché available—but along the way, she bends and warps them. Every trope comes with a sharp right hook. She darkens some […] [and] brightens others”.[12]