Fleabag

Television series
German title	Fleabag
Original title	Fleabag
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
Year (s)	2016, 2019
Production ; company	Two Brothers Pictures
length	23-28 minutes
Episodes	12 in 2 seasons
genre	Dramedy
idea	Phoebe Waller-Bridge
music	Isobel Waller Bridge
camera	Tony Miller
First broadcast	July 21, 2016 (UK) on BBC Three
German-language ; first broadcast	February 3, 2017 on Amazon Video
synchronization

Fleabag is a British drama series directed by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge . It was first broadcast on July 21, 2016 on BBC Three . In Germany, the first season was released on February 3, 2017 on Amazon Video . In 2019, the series was awarded six Emmys , including best comedy series and Phoebe Waller-Bridge for leading actress. The series is based on the play of the same name with her in the lead role, also written by Waller-Bridge and staged in the Soho Theater in 2013 . It was nominated for the Olivier in 2014 .

action

The Briton Fleabag lives in London and runs a rather poorly running café. She opened it together with her best friend Boo, who died before the series action began: Boo wanted to cause an accident in order to regain the attention of her boyfriend, who had slept with another woman. In the accident, however, Boo dies along with two other people. In the first season, Fleabag tries to distract herself from her feelings through various affairs. Her friend Harry, with whom she argues again and again, leaves her for good.

In addition to her grief, Fleabag has to deal with the bad relationship with her family: the husband of her perfectionist sister Claire tries to kiss her at a party, but Claire does not believe Fleabag because she has already betrayed Boo. Fleabag's father is in a new relationship with his dead wife's best friend - an artist who primarily deals with her sexuality. Fleabag, who doesn't like her new "stepmother", steals the statue of a naked woman from her studio, which she returns and steals several times over the course of the series.

At the end of the first season, Fleabag has become estranged from her family and is desperate. The second season starts a year later. Fleabag's Café is now doing well and she deliberately refrains from meaningless affairs. Her father and his partner got engaged. During the celebration, Claire miscarries. To protect her, Fleabag told those present that she had a miscarriage. In particular, Claire's husband Martin expresses himself derogatory and insensitive to the subject, so that the situation escalates and Fleabag beats Martin. At the end of the season, Claire leaves her husband for a Finnish businessman named Klare (which is pronounced the same as her own name in English).

At her father's engagement party, Fleabag also meets the Catholic priest who is to perform the upcoming wedding. He and Fleabag feel drawn to each other, and the otherwise closed Fleabag can confide in him. But the priest struggles with his feelings, which are incompatible with his office. After spending the night together, he finally tells Fleabag that he has chosen God.

Fleabag breaks through the fourth wall several times in the course of each episode and addresses the audience directly. This is broken again in the second season within the plot, as the priest notices that Fleabag is "somehow not here" and he can sometimes hear what she says to the audience.

title

The English word Fleabag describes according to the Cambridge Dictionary "a dirty and / or unpleasant person or animal" ("a dirty and / or unpleasant person or animal"). In addition to the literal translation of "flea sack", Pons offers in German transmissions such as "neglected stray, flea catcher", "disgust", "bastard", "bastard". According to Carolin Ströbele, however, the series title can hardly be translated into German as there are no female versions of the terms. But that is exactly what series creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge intended: “She invented a woman who can be a real bastard”.

synchronization

The German synchronization was for a dialogue book and the dialogue director of Matthias von Stegmann on behalf of the Arena Synchron GmbH in Berlin. She was awarded the German Dubbing Prize 2019 in the category "Best Comedy Series".


role	actor	Voice actor
Fleabag	Phoebe Waller-Bridge	Kathrin Gaube
Claire	Sian Clifford	Caroline Ebner
Stepmother	Olivia Colman	Susanne von Medvey
father	Bill Paterson	Erich Ludwig
Boo	Jenny Rainsford	Friederike Sipp
Martin	Brett Gelman	Markus Pfeiffer
Harry	Hugh Skinner	Benedikt Gutjan
Bank manager	Hugh Dennis	Frank Röth
Asshole guy	Ben Aldridge	Patrick Roche
Bus rodent	Jamie Demetriou	Torben Liebrecht
priest	Andrew Scott	Marius Clarén

Episode list

season 1

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script
1	1	episode 1	Episode 1	Jul 21, 2016	3rd Feb 2017	Tim Kirkby	Phoebe Waller-Bridge
2	2	Episode 2	Episode 2	28 Jul 2016	3rd Feb 2017	Harry Bradbeer	Phoebe Waller-Bridge
3	3	Episode 3	Episode 3	4th Aug 2016	3rd Feb 2017	Harry Bradbeer	Phoebe Waller-Bridge
4th	4th	Episode 4	Episode 4	11 Aug 2016	3rd Feb 2017	Harry Bradbeer	Phoebe Waller-Bridge
5	5	Episode 5	Episode 5	18 Aug 2016	3rd Feb 2017	Harry Bradbeer	Phoebe Waller-Bridge
6th	6th	Episode 6	Episode 6	25 Aug 2016	3rd Feb 2017	Harry Bradbeer	Phoebe Waller-Bridge

season 2

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script
7th	1	episode 1	Episode 1	4th Mar 2019	17th May 2019	Harry Bradbeer	Phoebe Waller-Bridge
8th	2	Episode 2	Episode 2	11th Mar 2019	17th May 2019	Harry Bradbeer	Phoebe Waller-Bridge
9	3	Episode 3	Episode 3	18 Mar 2019	17th May 2019	Harry Bradbeer	Phoebe Waller-Bridge
10	4th	Episode 4	Episode 4	25th Mar 2019	17th May 2019	Harry Bradbeer	Phoebe Waller-Bridge
11	5	Episode 5	Episode 5	April 1, 2019	17th May 2019	Harry Bradbeer	Phoebe Waller-Bridge
12	6th	Episode 6	Episode 6	8 Apr 2019	17th May 2019	Harry Bradbeer	Phoebe Waller-Bridge