‘Breeders’: Season 2 Of The Brilliant Critically Acclaimed Comedy Premieres This May On Sky One
The utterly brilliant, critically acclaimed, Sky Original comedy ‘Breeders‘ starring Emmy and BAFTA-winning Martin Freeman (Fargo, Sherlock, Black Panther) and International Emmy and BAFTA-nominated Daisy Haggard (Back to Life, Episodes, Black Mirror), returns this May for Season 2 to Sky One and streaming service NOW the broadcaster has announced.
‘Breeders’ continues to explore the parental paradox that you’d happily die for your children, but quite often also want to kill them. In the new series, time has moved on from where we left Paul (Freeman) and Ally’s (Haggard) family. Their son Luke (Alex Eastwood) is now 13 years old and daughter Ava (Eve Prenelle) is now 10, both serving up brand new parenting challenges. Luke’s increasing anxiety and Ava’s growing independence add some new and uncharted complications into the existing chaotic mix of stretched resources, lack of time and the fine art of winging it while looking like you know what you’re doing.
Paul’s parents, Jackie (Joanna Bacon) and Jim (Alun Armstrong) are older too, as is Ally’s mother Leah (Stella Gonet), leading Paul and Ally to find that they now must parent the generation above them as well as the generation below. And at the centre of all this is Paul and Ally’s relationship. Can they survive these new pressures when they only just about survived the old ones? Or is there a finite number of ropes you can find yourself at the end of?
If news of the series returning wasn’t good enough information, it has also been revealed this week that the lovely Daisy Haggard has been nominated for this year’s British Academy Television Award, Female Performance in a Comedy Programme, for her role in the series.
“Well, this is a lovely surprise! And such a cool list of brilliant women,” commented Daisy on Instagram about the nomination. “Thank you Bafta (and also for taking the sting out of a sleepless night with a croupy kid.)”
‘Breeders’ is produced by Avalon and FX Productions for FX Networks and Sky Originals. Academy Award-nominee and double Emmy Award-winner Simon Blackwell (Veep, Peep Show, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Back) is showrunner. The series is created by Blackwell, double Emmy Award and Directors Guild of America Award winner Chris Addison (Veep, The Thick of It, The Hustle) and Emmy and BAFTA-winning Martin Freeman, who also stars alongside Daisy Haggard. Ben Palmer (Man Up, The Inbetweeners Movie, Back) is co-executive producer and director of episodes 1-5, and Ollie Parsons (Man Like Mobeen, Hitmen, Revolting) is director of episode 6-10.
‘Breeders‘ Season 2 premieres Thursday 27 May 2021 on Sky One and streaming service NOW in the UK, with all ten episodes available on demand. The series airs on FX in the USA.
