Chewing Gum (TV series)

Chewing Gum is a British television sitcom created and written by Michaela Coel, based on her 2012 play Chewing Gum Dreams. It stars Coel as 24-year-old shop assistant Tracey Gordon, a restricted, religious virgin, who wants to have sex and learn more about the world. The show earned Coel the BAFTA for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme and Breakthrough Talent.

For other uses, see Chewing gum (disambiguation).
Chewing Gum
Genre
Created byMichaela Coel
Based onChewing Gum Dreams
by Michaela Coel
Written byMichaela Coel
Directed by
  • Tom Marshall
  • Simon Neal
Starring
  • Michaela Coel
  • Robert Lonsdale
Theme music composer
  • Shakka Philip
  • Michaela Coel
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producers
  • Jon Rolph
  • Nana Hughes
ProducerKelly McGolpin
EditorGavin Buckley
Running time25 minutes
Production companyRetort
Original release
NetworkE4
Release6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) –
9 February 2017 (2017-02-09)

The first series debuted on E4 on 13 October 2015 and on Netflix in the United States on 31 October 2016. The series was removed from Netflix in April 2020 and became available on HBO Max in February 2021.

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