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Ill Behaviour is a British comedy-drama television series first broadcast in 2017.
Ill Behaviour | |
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Genre | Black comedy |
Created by | Sam Bain (writer) |
Directed by | Steve Bendelack |
Starring | |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Iain Morris Damon Beesley[1] |
Original release | |
Network | BBC iPlayer, BBC2 |
Release | July 2017 |
Charlie has been diagnosed with a readily treated cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, but decides to try alternative therapies such as coffee enemas and homeopathy.[2]
His friends, Tess and recently divorced Joel, lock him in a cellar and inject him with chemotherapy drugs against his will. They are helped by a deregistered American doctor, Nadia.[3] Tess and Joel take desperate measures to cover up their scheme, prevent Charlie escaping, and mislead his wife, Kira.[4]
The series was commissioned by BBC3, written by Sam Bain, directed by Steve Bendelack, and produced by Fudge Park Productions.[1][2]
Ill Behaviour was first broadcast on BBC2 on 20 August 2017 following its 22 July release on iPlayer. It aired on Showtime in the US in November 2017.[1][2] It has been aired both as six separate episodes and as three hour-long episodes.[1][4]
Ill Behaviour received mixed reviews from critics, scoring 55 on Metacritic and 67 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes as of 2023.[5][6]
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