Channel 4 · Ended

Hang Ups

Comedy · 2018 · Rated 6.9/10

Last aired: S1 E6, Episode 6 · 2018-09-12

Hang Ups is a dark comedy about Richard Pitt, a therapist at a crossroads who starts treating patients via webcam. After his regular practice collapses, Pitt's few clients present a catalog of neuroses, phobias, issues, anxieties and psychopathies during heavily improvised therapy sessions. But his greatest challenges are the daily interruptions of a demanding extended family, errant teenagers and his own trouble-filled past.

Cast

Stephen Mangan Richard Pitt

Katherine Parkinson Karen Muller

Karl Theobald Pete Thompson

Bebe Cave Issy Pitt

Fionn O'Shea Ricky Pitt

Steve Oram Neil Quinn

Richard E. Grant Leonard Conrad

JS James Sterndale Liam Donohoe

Anjana Vasan Zahra Alsaadi

Kaine Zajaz Dylan Parks

JM Javier Marzan Jose Duran

John Macmillan Adebowale "Abs" Walters

Charles Dance Jeremy Pitt

Jessica Hynes Katherine Pitt

Celia Imrie Maggie Pitt

Paul Ritter Werner Lienhard

Harry Lloyd Nathan Slater

Conleth Hill Jon Pitt

Alice Lowe Celia Cain

Sarah Hadland Fiona Bellingham

Daisy Haggard Jane Ross

Archie Madekwe Jackson Bailey

Season 1

E1 Episode 1 2018-08-08 · 35 min Richard is busy trying to relaunch his career online after the disastrous collapse of his group therapy practice. But it's obvious that working from home is destined to be chaotic.

E2 Episode 2 2018-08-15 · 30 min With Karen away on business, Richard is left holding the fort. Family pressures result in Richard enlisting the support of his squabbling siblings Jon and Katherine. New clients Martin and Jane offer some welcome distraction as Neil returns, but this time it is for a gratis therapy session to try and alleviate some of the debt Richard owes him. With people coming at him from all sides with their issues at least he has his own therapist to unload on. But will Leonard come to his rescue?

E3 Episode 3 2018-08-22 · 30 min Therapist Richard Pitt is still struggling to cope with his new business and a mounting list of personal problems. Neil continues his therapy sessions and reveals a little too much about his dark past, which leaves Richard fearing for his life. Does the answer to Richard's money troubles lie with new client Terry? And with quality time with his wife, Karen, at a premium, would getting the snip be the answer to all their problems? Richard isn't so sure. Maybe Pete can save Richard's manhood?

E4 Episode 4 2018-08-29 · 35 min Richard's mother Maggie has moved in and causes havoc within the family. Meanwhile Richard's therapist, Leonard, brings his own crisis to work. Just when things couldn't get any worse for client Jane Ross, she receives a terrible piece of news - this time is it Richard's fault?

E5 Episode 5 2018-09-05 · 35 min Richard struggles to keep his therapy business running and arrange Ricky's birthday party. The ongoing threat from Neil forces Richard to increase surveillance in the family home.

E6 Episode 6 2018-09-12 · 35 min Mounting pressure from Neil forces Richard to make big decisions without Karen's knowledge. Meanwhile, Maggie's gone missing and clients are unexpectedly turning up on the doorstep.

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