Sally4Ever

Sally4Ever is a British comedy television series created by Julia Davis. The series stars Davis, Catherine Shepherd and Alex MacQueen. It premiered in the United Kingdom on Sky Atlantic on 25 October 2018, and in the United States on HBO on 11 November 2018.

Sally4Ever
Genre	Dark comedy Comedy-drama Tragicomedy Sex comedy
Created by	Julia Davis
Written by	Julia Davis
Directed by	Julia Davis
Starring	Julia Davis Catherine Shepherd Alex Macqueen Julian Barratt Felicity Montagu Steve Oram Jane Stanness
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Executive producers	Phil Clarke Julia Davis
Producer	Phil Clarke
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	32-40 minutes
Production companies	Various Artists Limited Hush Ho
Original release
Network	Sky Atlantic HBO
Release	25 October (2018-10-25) – 6 December 2018 (2018-12-06)

The story of a love affair that quickly spirals out of control, this seven-episode series explores love and sex in today's confused, obsessive and gender-fluid world. The show follows Sally (Catherine Shepherd), who is about to marry David (Alex Macqueen), her wimpish boyfriend of ten years, when she encounters the charismatic Emma (Julia Davis). The two fall into a romantic relationship, but what starts out as an exciting and sexy fling takes an unexpected turn when Emma reveals herself to be a nightmare.^[1]

In 2019, the series won the BAFTA for Best Scripted Comedy.

Cast and characters

• Julia Davis as Emma
• Catherine Shepherd as Sally
• Alex Macqueen as David
• Julian Barratt as Nigel
• Felicity Montagu as Elanor
• Steve Oram as Mick
• Jane Stanness as Deborah
• Georgie Glen as Pat
• Vicki Pepperdine as Belinda
• Lena Headey as herself
• Sean Bean as himself

Development and production

Sally4Ever was given a seven-episode order by Sky Atlantic and HBO in May 2018.^[2][3] Sky Atlantic released the trailer for the series on 5 October 2018.^[4]

Release

The series premiered on 25 October 2018 on Sky Atlantic at 10 pm,^[5][6] and on 11 November 2018 on HBO at 10:30 pm.^[7][1] It was made available for streaming on Now TV in the UK.^[8]

In Canada, it premiered on HBO on 11 November 2018 at 10:30 pm.^[9] It premiered in Australia on Fox Showcase on 5 February 2019 at 7:30 pm.^[10]

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [6]
1	"Episode One"	Julia Davis	Julia Davis	25 October 2018 (2018-10-25)
2	"Episode Two"	Julia Davis	Julia Davis	1 November 2018 (2018-11-01)
3	"Episode Three"	Julia Davis	Julia Davis	8 November 2018 (2018-11-08)
4	"Episode Four"	Julia Davis	Julia Davis	15 November 2018 (2018-11-15)
5	"Episode Five"	Julia Davis	Julia Davis	22 November 2018 (2018-11-22)
6	"Episode Six"	Julia Davis	Julia Davis	29 November 2018 (2018-11-29)
7	"Episode Seven"	Julia Davis	Julia Davis	6 December 2018 (2018-12-06)

Reception

The season received a 97% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 7.75/10.^[11] Metacritic gave it an average score of 77 out of 100, indicating "Generally favorable reviews".^[12]

Sally4Ever was praised by Sean O'Grady of The Independent as "brilliant, but more than usually disturbing", describing the sex scene between Emma and Sally in the pilot episode as "Pervy, kinky, gruesome, cringey" and "one of Davis' finest scenes yet".^[13] In The Guardian, Lucy Mangan gave it four stars and applauded Julia Davis for fashioning "another wholly sadistic half hour that leaves the viewer skewered and writhing in exquisite agony".^[14]