20 Best British TV Comedy Characters Of All Time
14. Fleabag - Fleabag
Fleabag is a refreshingly honest and explicit insight of the modern woman. Originating as a one-woman play at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, female viewers saw themselves in the title character and its themes of dating and feminism really resonated with them. The show engaged with its audience on a personal level and went on to birth a very popular TV adaptation.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is the genius of it all, being creator, writer and lead actress of such a dynamic and thought-provoking TV show. The story looks at the tragic life of a woman, known only as Fleabag, who is coping with the loss of her best friend, whilst running a guinea-pig themed café in the seemingly chaotic city of London.
Fleabag is a wittily sarcastic, carefree woman with no filter on her mouth. She has a strong sex drive and often breaks the fourth wall for internal monologues and to keep the story moving. Though she is free-spirited, her mind is plagued with angst and she often turns down help offered by those around her.
Funny and captivating, Fleabag is one of the most binge-worthy shows of the modern era.