[2] Carrie Fisher, Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar play supporting characters in the series.

[2] The show was renewed for a second series in January 2015 and began broadcasting from 27 October 2015, having been brought forward from its original schedule of early 2016.

The third series, which began broadcasting in the UK on 28 February 2017, comprises six episodes — which all became available in the United States on 28 April 2017, hosted by Amazon.

[4] In July 2016, the show received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing For a Comedy Series for Horgan and Delaney.

She meets single American advertising executive Rob in a bar whilst he is visiting London on a business trip.

Carrie Fisher, who plays Mia, died on 27 December 2016 shortly after filming of series 3 of Catastrophe had concluded.

[11] The final episode of series 3 is dedicated to her, with the simple words "For Carrie" appearing on screen alongside a photograph of Fisher following the credits.

Rob is fired from the advertising agency in Boston via Skype for not landing any clients for his London venture, but Dave gets him an interview—and a job offer—with a chemical firm of dubious reputation.

Rob is attracted to a new French colleague Olivia Vasseur, who has recently transferred from the company's Paris office.

Fran tells Sharon about how Chris's lack of sexual interest in her has led to her having an affair and her decision to divorce him.

They hire a babysitter before attempting to enjoy their third wedding anniversary at the same restaurant just after they bumped into Fran and Patrick leaving.

Amazon Studios vice president Roy Price said: "Rob and Sharon have created an engaging, contemporary, funny and moving story.

We are excited to bring Catastrophe exclusively to our Amazon Prime customers, and can't wait to hear what they think of the series.

[17] In Australia it is shown on Australian Broadcasting Corporation,[18] in Canada it ran on Shomi until the video on demand service ceased operation,[17] and in New Zealand on SoHo.