Michelle de Swarte writes and stars in , the gut-bustingly funny new BBC series about a catwalk model forced to slum it when her glossy, VIP lifestyle implodes. Think ‘Kate Moss goes to Walmart’ as we explain below how to watch online, debuting on . UK viewers can watch online absolutely FREE on BBC iPlayer.
But if you happen to be away from home, don’t fret, because you can BBC Two | (free with a valid TV licence) 6 is a semi-autobiographical endeavour for de Swarte, whose own modelling career abruptly bottomed out. “I napalmed my life in a spectacular fashion,” she says, “and found myself moving back to London with nothing to show for all of my time working in fashion and all of the silly money I made along the way.” A product of her transition into acting, De Swarte plays Mia (de Swarte).
This “cost of living comedy” sees her flee her debtors in America and return to her childhood home. She’s bankrupt, but can’t quite admit it to her mum (Juliet Cowan), her best friend Jo (Amanda Wilkin), or to herself. After a life of haute couture, she can’t go back to hand-me-downs.
embraces the reality of rocketing fuel and food prices through the conflicted, comic perspective of Mia, whose admission that “I just like nice stuff” is tragically relatable. The show also offers a surreptitious thrill of to those of us for whom being broke is the norm. Also starring ’s Matt King and produced by BAFTA-winning production company Various Artists Ltd ( , ), this n.