Out of Her Mind

Out of Her Mind is a 2020 BBC Two sitcom created by, written by, and starring Sara Pascoe. It follows a fictionalised Sara Pascoe, who had an abortion when she was young and was left at the altar by a former partner, as her sister becomes engaged. The programme features heavy usage of the protagonist talking to camera and breaking the fourth wall, and its subject matter relates to Pascoe's books Animal and Sex Power Money, which are about sexuality and biology. The show received mostly positive reception. Production The series was produced by Stolen Picture. It was commissioned following a 2018 pilot, Sara Pascoe Vs Monogamy. The executive producers were Pascoe, Nick Frost, Miles Ketley and Simon Pegg. Ben and Chris Blaine directed the series. The series was announced in August 2019. It was written and filmed at Ealing Studios before the COVID-19 pandemic caused a lockdown in Britain, but released during the pandemic. The cast were announced in March 2020. The series aired on BBC Two, premiering on 20 October 2020. The choice to cast Jack Gleeson as the ghost of Pascoe's abortion was based on advice Pascoe was given to "choose an actor that everyone wishes was dead", following his role as the sadistic Joffrey Baratheon in Game of Thrones. Cast Sara Pascoe as Sara Pascoe Fiona Button as Lucy, Sara's sister Juliet Stevenson as Carol, Sara's mother Cariad Lloyd as Scoopy, Sara's friend Tom Stuart as Stefan