Sian Clifford On ‘Unexpected’ BAFTA TV Win Over ‘Fleabag’ Co-Star Phoebe Waller-Bridge: ‘There Is No Claire Without ‘Fleabag”

When Suzanne Heathcote was tapped to lead the writers room for the third season of BBC America's hit Killing Eve (the show brings in a new head writer for every season), she says she didn't sleep "for months.

The first thing that Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s guests see when they come to her home is the infamous wall of penises that was featured in Fleabag.

The fund set up by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Olivia Colman to provide grants to UK theatre professionals facing financial hardship during the coronavirus pandemic is to receive a £500,000 boost from Amazon Prime Video.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorAmazon has donated £1.5M ($2M) to two emergency relief funds aimed at supporting workers in film, TV, and theatre through the coronavirus crisis. The pledges are the first in a $6M commitment to help stricken production communities across Europe recover from an unprecedented pause in work.Amazon will donate £1M to a new COVID-19 Response Fund established by the UK’s Film And TV Charity.

Peter White Television EditorThe Fleabag team are sharing the spoils after Sian Clifford, who plays Claire in the comedy series, beat Phoebe Waller-Bridge to win a BAFTA TV Award.Clifford won the award for Female Performance In A Comedy Program at the virtual BAFTAs.Clifford’s highly-strung Claire, sister to Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag, has an increased role in the second season of the BBC and Amazon co-pro.“This is so unexpected,” Clifford said on a digital hook-up alongside her colleague and

Fleabag might never have happened had it not been for Sian Clifford convincing Phoebe Waller-Bridge to do it, Clifford has revealed.The second and final season of the acclaimed sitcom aired in 2019 and saw Waller-Bridge winning Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Writer, ­Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series – the latter seeing her becoming the first Brit to win it in 38 years.However, Clifford – who plays Claire on the show – has revealed in a new interview that

Some of the biggest names from British stage and screen have joined together to support creatives in the U.K.'s beleaguered theater industry as it struggles to survive the COVID-19 crisis.

Naman Ramachandran Award-winning actors Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Olivia Colman, and theater producer Francesca Moody (“Fleabag”) have created the Theatre Community Fund to support theatrical artists and professionals whose livelihoods and creative futures are threatened in the wake of COVID-19.The fund has raised £1 million ($1.3 million) so far from founding donors who include Gillian Anderson, Richard Curtis, Tim Bevan, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Daisy Ridley, Danny Boyle and Andrew Scott, among many

Andreas Wiseman International EditorFleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Oscar-winner Olivia Colman and producer Francesca Moody (Fleabag) are launching The Theatre Community Fund, which will provide grants to UK theatre professionals who have been struggling economically during the coronavirus pandemic.Donors will contribute through initial lump sums and, innovatively, through fixed, confidential percentages of their incomes over the next two years.

Fleabag‘s Phoebe Waller-Bridge has confirmed that the show will never return, having previously expressed a desire to revisit it in the future.The acclaimed sitcom ended in 2019 and saw Waller-Bridge winning Emmys  for Outstanding Comedy Writer, ­Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series – the latter seeing her becoming the first Brit to win it in 38 years.Speaking to The Mirror, Waller-Bridge confirmed that the show had reached its natural conclusion.“I think we