Synopsis & Context
Psychobitches is a British sketch comedy programme created by Jeremy Dyson for Sky One Arts. Rebecca Front stars as The Therapist, who holds sessions with famous historical and spiritual women, exploring their psychological issues via anachronistic humour, with such individuals like Mary Magdalene, Bonnie Parker, and Lucille Ball appearing in contemporary settings. Blending historical figures with modern comedy, it features a cast of well-known British talent in a variety of roles as the iconic women.
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Psychobitches
- Release
- May 30, 2013
- Screen Time
- 2 seasons · 30min/ep
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- Jeremy Dyson
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Production Status
- Ended
Personas & Cast
Rebecca Front
The Therapist
11 eps.
Sharon Horgan
Boudica / Eva Perón / Leni Riefenstahl / Madame de Pompadour / Eve / Bonnie Parker / Grace Kelly / Unity Mitford / Tammy Wynette / P.L. Travers / Lucrezia Borgia / Virginia Woolf / Cleopatra / Simone de Beauvoir / Carmen Miranda / Anna Sewell
10 eps.
Samantha Spiro
Katharine Hepburn / Jackie Kennedy / Queen Victoria / Gracie Fields / Jessica Mitford / Betty / Lucille Ball / Janet Leigh / Amelia Earhart / Barbara Stanwyck / Barbara Castle / Liz Taylor / Golda Meir / Marilyn Monroe / Mary, mother of Jesus / Audrey Hepburn
10 eps.
Frances Barber
Bette Davis / Barbara Cartland / Josephine-Joseph / Doris Stokes / Catherine the Great / Elizabeth I / St Catherine / Whistler's Mother / Thora Hind
9 eps.
Katy Brand
Mary Shelley / Isadora Duncan / Georgia O'Keeffe / Medusa / Emily Brontë / Medusa / Jacqueline du Pre / Gertrude Jekyll / Diana Dors
9 eps.
Selina Griffiths
Marie Curie / Amalia Freud / Beatrix Potter / Marie Antoinette / Marie Stopes / Amy Johnson / Charlotte Brontë
8 eps.
Michelle Gomez
Florence Nightingale / Hildegard von Bingen / Ingrid Bergman / Wallis Simpson / Mary, Queen of Scots / Mary, Queen of Scots / Mrs Thatcher
6 eps.
Julia Davis
Helen of Troy / Helen Keller / Mary Pickford / Enid Blyton / Joy Adamson / Sylvia Plath
5 eps.
Dustin Demri-Burns
Keppel / Nora Ephron / Lady Godiva / Pandora / Horror / Coco Chanel (uncredited)
5 eps.
Sheila Reid
Betty Ford / Shirley Temple / Margot Fonteyn
4 eps.
Morgana Robinson
Mary Magdalene / Bo Peep / Anna Nicole Smith / Venus / Daphne du Maurier
4 eps.
Jack Whitehall
Sleeping Beauty's Prince / Diana Spencer / Maria Von Trapp
3 eps.
