Such Brave Girls, the BBC sitcom branded a “total knockout”, has returned with its perfectly-rated second season.

The series, written and created by Kat Sadler, follows Deb Johnson (Louise Brealey) and her daughters, Josie (Sadler) and Billie (Lizzie Davidson), as they navigate the various complications of life.

Fresh from a critically-acclaimed debut season in 2023, the “chaotic” series returned with six brand new instalments on Thursday (3 July), with the whole second season available to stream on BBC iPlayer.

“As the dysfunctional family members navigate new relationships, and some old ones that just won’t go away, the return of Such Brave Girls is a hilariously dark descent into more terribly thought-out life choices,” reads the logline for the second season (via BBC).

“Secrets are spilled, disasters multiply and deluded fantasies spiral out of control. This [season] the stakes are even higher for our relentlessly tragic family,” it continues, with the action seeing the central trio “risk everything” for a “single scrap of love and adoration”.

kat sadler as josie holding an ice cream cone while walking on a street in such brave girls season 2

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Like its predecessor, which boasts a perfect approval rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has garnered acclaim from critics.

“The return of this twisted tale of two troubled sisters and their mum is yet more scary, lairy and perfectly portioned comedy,” wrote The Guardian, declaring the “startlingly feral” sitcom as a “total knockout”.

lizzie davidson as billie, kat sadler as josie, such brave girls season 2

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The Sydney Morning Herald dubbed it the “best comedy in years” as they called it “shocking” and “compelling”, while The Independent wrote that the “brave” series was “bleakly funny” and ” refreshingly realistic”.

The Financial Times echoed this sentiment as they called it “unremittingly bleak and funny”, adding: “Kat Sadler’s caustic series about a dysfunctional family returns with an irreverence that is both exhausting and invigorating.”

Such Brave Girls is streaming now on BBC iPlayer.

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