The world is dark and impossibly miserable at the moment, so it’s about time the TV gods blessed us with a new sitcom. 

Thankfully, the BBC has come up trumps with Such Brave Girls, which promises to be engrossing, relatable and seriously funny. And, yes, considering it hails from the producers of our beloved I May Destroy You, it seems entirely reasonable to get excited about it.

Watch the trailer for Such Brave Girls below:

Intrigued? Here’s what you need to know.

What is Such Brave Girls about?

As per the original BBC synopsis, this dysfunctional family sitcom follows sisters Josie and Billie, along with their single mother Deb, as they “navigate life armed with nothing but poor judgment and self-esteem exclusively tied to people who couldn’t care less about them”. 

“They’re vain, selfish, heavily in debt, pathologically desperate for affection and bursting with misplaced, terrifying love,” it adds.

Basically, go into this one expecting to explore life and love in all its ugly chaos.

Who stars in Such Brave Girls?

Louise Brealey steps into the shoes of Deb, the family’s matriarch, while real-life sisters Kat Sadler and Lizzie Davidson take on the roles of Josie and Billie respectively.

Paul Bazeley, Richard Cunningham, Haruka Kuroda, Tina Louise Owens, Jennifer Daley and Amy Trigg also star.

What are people saying about Such Brave Girls?

Sadler, who is also the writer and creator of the BBC sitcom, says that it was inspired by a phone call she had with her sister at the start of lockdown.

“Neither of us had been speaking much, and over the phone I had to tell her I’d been sectioned, and then she told me she ended up with £20,000 worth of debt that she’d been keeping a secret,” she explains. “I don’t know how we’d been keeping these big secrets from each other for a really long time. We both just burst out laughing after we’d told each other what had happened, and it made me realise that you do just deal with the most serious things through comedy.

“The world is a scary place and if I can do anything to make things feel more manageable or funny, or take the sting out of bits of life that people might be scared or embarrassed or ashamed to talk about, then I’ve done my job.”

Brealey, meanwhile, describes the series as being “the story of a 21st century family: two sisters who are ‘wet for trauma’ and utterly unequipped for adulthood, and their glorious, useless mother-from-hell who will happily threaten to slit their throats in their beds if they don’t stop being weird in front of her rich new boyfriend. So, something for everyone.”

Consider us sold.

When and where can we watch Such Brave Girls?

Such Brave Girls is available from Wednesday 22 November at 10pm on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.

Images: BBC