Season 1 • Episode 5
LatestAbba get the Beehive treatment, Alice catches a fatal dose of boy germs, Nicole Kidman pops up with a dirty song and The Elephant Man has Sky+ issues with his flatmate Emma.
A new all-female sketch series featuring the writing and performing talents of four hotly tipped new comics - Alice Lowe, Sarah Kendall, Barunka O'Shaughnessy and Clare Thomson. The four comedy actresses write and perform all the material, introducing audiences to a broad range of characters and the peculiarities of their own imaginary world, like being robots, owning a magic bin and dating a duck. Recurring characters include rude South African airline hostesses Jadine and Marla; and the Sex In The City girls, who annoy everyone by misbehaving and acting childishly in a highstreet bar.
Writing
Four distinct voices, zero network notes, pure creative anarchy
Acting
Alice Lowe's pre-Sightseers genius fully on display
Production
DIY energy that big-budget sketch shows can't fake
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Beehive arrived during a golden era of UK female-led comedy, pre-dating Fleabag's mainstream breakthrough by nearly a decade.
Alice Lowe later directed Prevenge while pregnant, proving Beehive's DIY ethos wasn't a phase—it was a foundation.
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