GameFace
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| German title | GameFace |
| Original title | GameFace |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2014, since 2017 |
| Production company |
Objective Media Group |
| length | 22 minutes |
| Episodes | 13 in 2 seasons |
| genre | Dramedy |
| idea | Roisin Conaty |
| First broadcast | April 23, 2014 (Pilot, UK), October 12, 2017 (Season 1, UK) on Channel 4 / E4 |
| German-language first broadcast |
October 3, 2019 on One |
| occupation | |
Game Face is a British comedy - television series . The pilot ran on Channel 4 on April 23, 2014 . The first season was shown from October 12 to November 9, 2017 on Channel 4's E4 offshoot. The German broadcast of the series has been on One since October 3, 2019 .
action
Marcella tries to make a living as an actress. However, she is only booked for the smallest guest roles, which increasingly brings her into financial difficulties. In addition, Marcella is struggling with the fact that her ex-boyfriend Simon has left her after twelve years of relationship. He married his new wife on Marcella's birthday of all times. In addition, her drug addict brother Billy, after detox, starts taking drugs again. To finally get her life under control again, Marcella takes a coach . She also starts taking driving school lessons. Marcella gets on very well with the driving school instructor Jon and is torn between her feelings for Jon and for her ex-boyfriend Simon.
occupation
- Roisin Conaty as Marcella
- Damien Molony as Jon
- Dustin Demri-Burns as Simon
- Caroline Ginty as Caroline
- Nina Toussaint-White as Lucy
- Karl Theobald as Graham
- Dylan Edwards as Billy
- Pauline McLynn as Marcella's mother
- Francis Magee as Marcella's father
characters
- Marcella is a young woman who is suffering from financial difficulties due to her lack of success as an actress. In addition, she still mourns her ex-boyfriend Simon.
- Simon is Marcella's ex-boyfriend. The two were in a relationship for twelve years until Simon separated from Marcella. He married his new girlfriend six days after he met her, on Marcella's birthday of all things. His new girlfriend is very similar to Marcella.
- Jon is Marcella's driving school instructor. Marcella and Jon get along very well immediately and eventually also meet privately.
- Billy is the brother of Marcella. He's a drug addict.
- Lucy is a good friend of Marcella and Caroline. She has a secret relationship with Billy.
- Caroline is a good friend of Marcella and Lucy.
- Graham is Marcella's therapist.
background
GameFace grew out of a series of comedy blaps videos entitled Roisin Conaty: Onwards and Onwards that aired on Channel 4 in the UK, each approximately six minutes long. These were cut into a film and also shown on Channel 4 on April 23, 2014. In 2015 it was announced that there would be a series for the film. This was filmed from February 2017 and broadcast on E4 in October 2017. In addition to Roisin Conaty , Caroline Ginty was the only actress from the pilot who also appeared in the series. Roisin Conaty wrote the script and played Marcella. The name Marcella is also Roisin Conaty middle name. The series is a little, but not completely, based on her own life.
German charisma
Since October 3, 2019, the series can also be seen on the German television channel One .
Episode list
pilot
| No. | German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | - | pilot | April 23, 2014 | Andrew Chaplin | Roisin Conaty |
season 1
| No. | German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | Director | script | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar | Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar | October 12, 2017 | 3rd October 2019 | Andrew Chaplin | Roisin Conaty |
| 2 | Wild | Wild | October 12, 2017 | 3rd October 2019 | Andrew Chaplin | Roisin Conaty |
| 3 | Onion | Onion | 19th October 2017 | 4th October 2019 | Andrew Chaplin | Roisin Conaty |
| 4th | Spider | Spider | October 26, 2017 | 4th October 2019 | Andrew Chaplin | Roisin Conaty, Damien Molony |
| 5 | Skint | Skint | 2nd November 2017 | 4th October 2019 | Andrew Chaplin | Roisin Conaty |
| 6th | Conch | Conch | 9th November 2017 | 4th October 2019 | Andrew Chaplin | Roisin Conaty |
season 2
| No. | German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | Director | script | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prank | Prank | 17th July 2019 | October 31, 2019 | Andrew Chaplin | Roisin Conaty |
| 2 | Pickle | Pickle | July 24, 2019 | October 31, 2019 | Andrew Chaplin | Roisin Conaty |
| 3 | Gritty | Gritty | July 31, 2019 | 1st November 2019 | Andrew Chaplin | Roisin Conaty |
| 4th | Something about a hat | Something about a hat | 7th August 2019 | 1st November 2019 | Andrew Chaplin | Roisin Conaty |
| 5 | Strange plants | Strange plants | August 14, 2019 | 1st November 2019 | Andrew Chaplin | Roisin Conaty |
| 6th | wolf | wolf | August 14, 2019 | 1st November 2019 | Andrew Chaplin | Roisin Conaty |
reception
Reviews
The reviews of the series were mostly positive.
The National's Julie McDowall says the series is funny. She says that most sitcoms about restless, childless, drunk women would portray women helplessly and nicely. The woman would settle down and start having children if only she could find the right man. GameFace , however, is different. Marcella is portrayed as rude, cheeky and selfish. When her colleagues believed that Marcella was at risk of suicide and would therefore pay more attention to her and give her gifts, Marcella would uphold that belief. Marcella is the glorious opposite of silly, unhappy TV women, like the boring Miranda in the TV series of the same name .
Michael Hogan of the Daily Telegraph thinks the comedy series is rude, raw, and cunningly romantic. It was the funniest sitcom of the year.
The Times’s Carol Midgley praises Roisin Conaty (Marcella) for having the talent to move from exhilaration to heartbreak in an instant, and at every extreme equally convincingly. Stephen Armstrong believes Roisin Conaty is shamelessly funny on GameFace.
Fiona Sturges from The Guardian adds that GameFace is a generous comedy that somehow manages to portray depression and loneliness in a funny way. Julia Raeside describes Marcella as a heroine in her thirties who is aimless, enthusiastic, but above all funny.
Kerry Potter of the Daily Mail says GameFace is a Bridget Jones style comedy for a new generation.
Awards and nominations
- 2017: Best New TV Sitcom (nomination)
Chortle Awards
- 2017: Best TV (nomination)
I Talk Telly Awards
- 2017: Best New Comedy (nomination)
- 2017: Best Comedy Performance (Roisin Conaty, Award)
New York Festivals Awards
- 2017: Comedy (Bronze Award)
Royal Horticultural Society Craft & Design Awards
- 2018: Director - Comedy Drama / Situation Comedy (Andrew Chaplin, nomination)
- 2018: Editing - Entertainment and Comedy (Charlie Fawcett, nomination)
Web links
- Game Face in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The GameFace pilot in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- official website
- Gameface at fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Comedy Blaps . Accessed on April 13, 2018. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Filming starts on Roisin Conaty's Game Face . February 21, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ↑ a b Kerry Potter: Why award-winning stand-up Roisin Conaty is the new joker in the sitcom pack. In: Daily Mail . Retrieved April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Play By Day: GameFace series start at ONE .
- ↑ Julie McDowall: TV Review of the Week: Gameface delivers on laughs, while Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution combines costumes with credibility. In: The National . Retrieved April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Michael Hogan: Rude, raw and slyly romantic, GameFace is the funniest sitcom of the year - review. In: The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Carol Midgleyn: TV review: GameFace. In: Times . Retrieved April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Stephen Armstrong: Roisin Conaty is shamelessly funny in GameFace. In: Times . Retrieved April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Fiona Sturges: 'Carbs, fags and wine': Roisin Conaty's Game Face, a tragicomic portrait of a life unraveled. In: The Guardian . Retrieved April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Julia Raeside: GameFace review - a show that sidesteps the singleton comedy cliches. In: The Guardian . Retrieved April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Comedy.co.uk Awards 2017 Results .
- ↑ Chortle Awards 2018 results . March 16, 2018.
- ↑ Winners: I Talk Telly Awards 2017 . Archived from the original on April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ↑ New York Festivals - 2018 World's Best Television & Films ™ Winners . Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ↑ Craft & Design Awards 2018 .
