''Trigonometry'' is a British comedy-drama television series developed by House Productions. The first two episodes were previewed at the 2019

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. It was then showcased at the 2020 Berlinale before premiering on

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on 15 March 2020. It was available that summer to stream on

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Premise

In the late 2010s, A London couple Gemma and Kieran are forced to take in a lodger to make ends meet. They take in Ray and the polyamorous triad grows closer than they had expected.

Cast

* Gary Carr as Kieran *

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as Ray *

Thalissa Teixeira Thalissa Nuttall-Teixeira (; born 1992/1993) is a British-Brazilian actress and filmmaker. She began her career in theatre, earning an Ian Charleson Award nomination, before breaking out in the miniseries ''Trigonometry (TV series), Trigonometry' ...

as Gemma * Rebecca Humphries as Caroline *

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as Moira * Ambreen Razia as Naima *

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as Mathilde * Ann Akinjirin as Dee

Production

Development

It was announced in October 2017 that

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and Peter Hollands of the

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had commissioned ''Trigonometry'', an 8 30-minute episode drama produced by House Productions and written by Duncan Macmillan and Effie Woods. Executive producers included

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and Juliette Howell of House and Tommy Bulfin of the BBC. Greek director

Athina Rachel Tsangari Athina Rachel Tsangari (, ; born 2 April 1966) is a Greek filmmaker. Some of her most notable works include her feature films, '' The Slow Business of Going'' (2000), ''Attenberg'' (2010) and ''Chevalier'' (2015) as well as the co-production of ...

signed on in January 2019 to direct the first five episodes, whilst Stella Corradi directed the last three.

Filming

Principal photography took place over four months at

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in West London. A nearby two-storey pub was used for cafe scenes. The character of Ray is a swimmer; Aquabatix were consulted for this part and helped to coach the actresses, and swimming scenes were filmed at the

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Release

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were in charge of international distribution. ''Trigonometry'' was among the BBC programmes licensed by

in summer 2019. A first trailer was revealed on 10 February 2020. The first two episodes premiered back-to-back on

on 15 March followed by weekly airings. It aired on

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in Canada.

Reception

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reported an approval rating of 89% based on 9 reviews with an average rating of out of 8.3/10.

References

External links

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