Dark comedy puts Bea’s star on the rise

While not all the episodes of This Way Up are entirely successful, I defy you to watch Áine’s sudden collapse into depression in the bathroom of Shona’s flat in the first and not want to see the series through

Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan in This Way Up on Channel 4

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It’s not Fleabag, but Aisling Bea’sThis Way Up(Channel 4) is a well-conceived and generally well set-up drama/comedy about two Irish sisters living in contemporary London. Bea, an actor and stand-up, created her character Áine and that of Shona, her older and very concerned sister played by Sharon Horgan. The series is produced by Merman, Horgan’s ...