Sharon Horgan has spoken to the BBC about Youth, a comedy exploring sex, dating and life in the sandwich generation. The interview also touches on seeing herself age on screen.
The feature considers the themes and personal perspective behind the programme. Read the interview for Horgan’s own account of making the series.
Midlife at the centre of the story
Horgan's character combines a publishing career, parenthood, care for older relatives and dating after divorce. The interview explores how personal experience can inform fiction without making every scene autobiographical. The premise gives the comedy several pressures to work with, rather than treating one generation's life as a single problem.
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