'Such Brave Girls' Season 2 to Brave Summer on Hulu

One of the unsung silver linings of the 2020 pandemic is that it forced the BBC to think differently about what it greenlit when things began to return to a new normal in 2021. Between the need to restart production quickly and the Black Lives Matter movement prompting the public broadcaster to seek out shows from new and diverse voices, the early 2020s have been marked by surprise hit comedy series that one suspects would never have been picked up otherwise. Series like Boarders, Am I Being Unreasonable, and Black Ops have all landed multiple seasons and American streaming homes, and now so has Such Brave Girls, which debuts Season 2 in July.

Written by Kat Sadler, a freelance comedy writer for hire, with the help of her real-life sister Lizzie Davidson, a struggling actor stuck doing children's parties who couldn't get anyone to give her an audition, much less a role, Such Brave Girls came out of nowhere when it debuted in 2023 and went on to score Sadler her first BAFTA. The show is technically semi-autobiographical: Sadler's character Josie's mental health collapse is drawn from her own pandemic-era trauma, and Davidson's character, Billie, also works as a children's entertainment character for hire. The family debt is also drawn from the sisters' real-life financial struggles.

But the key to the series is that it has a highly straightforward premise: Josie trying to come to terms with her LGBTQ+ sexuality in a family of incurious straights. It proceeds to deal with this in the most unenlightened way possible, shifting from cringe comedy to slapstick and back, often within the same scene. Season 2 promises to go full Spinal Tap and turn everyone's most ignorant opinions and choices up to 11.

Here is the Season 2 synopsis:

The series follows Josie, her sister Billie, and their mother Deb, as they risk everything they’ve had for a single scrap of love and adoration. Still desperately trying to escape the reality of their cramped, crumbling, debt-ridden home, it’s a good thing Dev and Seb are coming to the rescue.

Such Brave Girls explores love in all its ugly chaos as Josie, Billie, and Deb continue their impossible quest for a better life. But mainly for someone to tell them they’re fit.

The series brings back Sadler as Josie, Davidson as her sister Billie, and Louise Brealey (Sherlock) as their mother, Deb. Season 2 has also confirmed it will bring back Paul Bazely (Miss Scarlet) as Deb's boyfriend (whom she can barely stand), Dev, and Freddie Meredith (Big Boys) as Josie's overly clingy boyfriend, Seb. (Here's hoping Josie finally tells him it's not him, it's her... and her lack of attraction to men.) No word on the return of Jude Mack (Prime Target) as Josie's actual love interest, Sid. 

However, the absence of Sam Buchanan as Nicky (whom Billie thought she was dating, but was actually his sidepiece) and Carla Woodcock as Bianca, Nicky's actual girlfriend, is a good sign that at least one family member has managed to break out of her rut. 

Sadler will once again pen all episodes, and director Simon Bird helms all six installments of the second season. Catherine Gosling Fuller once again produces. Sadler executive produced with Jack Bayles and Phil Clarke in association with A24. 

Such Brave Girls Season 2 debuts on Hulu with all episodes on Monday, July 7, 2025. The BBC is expected to announce a premiere date in the U.K. in the coming days.