--- title: "I Hate Suzie" year: 2020 kind: "series" canonical: "https://film.one/tv/i-hate-suzie" fi1m_id: "i-hate-suzie" imdb_id: "tt10846464" tmdb_id: 92628 wikidata_id: "Q104812595" fi1m_score: 82 critics_score: 81 critics_reviews: 8 published: "2026-10-07T18:55:01.003967+00:00" updated: "2026-10-07T18:55:01.551766+00:00" region: "GR" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # I Hate Suzie (2020) Created by Billie Piper, Lucy Prebble · Comedy, Drama ## Identity I Hate Suzie - **Canonical:** https://film.one/tv/i-hate-suzie - **Type:** Series - **Fi1m ID:** i-hate-suzie - **IMDb ID:** tt10846464 - **TMDB ID:** 92628 - **Wikidata ID:** Q104812595 - **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10846464/, https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/92628, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104812595 **Fi1m score: 82** · Critics 81 from 8 reviews *In a sentence:* Billie Piper makes being famous look like a job with no lunch break > Billie Piper makes *I Hate Suzie* funny, painful and difficult to turn away from. We recommend its prickly comedy, though the more fanciful passages sometimes insist on feelings that the performance has already made clear. ## Synopsis Suzie Pickles (Billie Piper) is a celebrity in crisis, caught between her public persona and private turmoil. Naomi (Leila Farzad), Cob (Daniel Ings) and Frank (Matthew Jordan-Caws) are among the people in her story. Suzie’s destructive choices complicate a life already under strain, and the series stays close to her changing experience of it. Comedy gives way to distress, while fantasy interrupts the account of her troubles. The focus remains on Suzie’s behaviour and the difficulty of staying sympathetic towards her as she makes matters worse. ## Review *I Hate Suzie* is a comedy-drama about a celebrity in crisis, and it understands how tiring it can be to spend time with someone who needs to be seen. Creators Lucy Prebble and Billie Piper keep us close to Suzie Pickles even when her decisions make that company uncomfortable. We recommend it for the acting and the sharpness of its comedy, with reservations about some of its more elaborate flourishes. There is plenty here to laugh at, but little opportunity to relax. Billie Piper is the reason that closeness works. Her performance makes Suzie’s public personality and private distress feel inseparable: being watched seems to affect even how she falls apart. We laughed, then felt uncomfortable about laughing, because her exposed distress makes the destructive behaviour painful to sit through. She gives us enough to recognise the effort of holding herself together, while allowing Suzie to remain difficult, selfish and capable of exhausting our patience. Lucy Prebble and Billie Piper’s writing is strongest when it lets Suzie be difficult without pausing to tidy up our response. A lead character does not need to behave well, but we do need a reason to keep spending time with her. Here, her shifting celebrity persona gives the comedy something specific to work on: the exhausting business of remaining recognisable while privately struggling. The jokes keep changing how we see her, so even a funny passage can leave us feeling uneasy. The changes of style are often effective because they make the series restless in the same way as its central performance. Comedy, distress and fantasy sit close together, and the shifts prevent Suzie’s crisis settling into one dependable tone. That can be abrasive, but a smoother programme would lose some of the discomfort that makes this one worth watching. At its most assured, the series allows the humour to become painful without stopping to announce that we should now take it seriously. The fanciful passages are less reliable. Some press an image or an idea beyond the point where it helps, making us notice how insistently the programme is explaining a feeling. The symbolism can be obvious, and the whimsy occasionally interrupts the more exact work being done by Billie Piper. When the performance is already so exposed, an extra flourish can leave us impatient to get back to the person. As a comedy-drama built around a difficult central character, it avoids the tiresome business of continually asking us to forgive her. Suzie’s destructive choices are allowed to trouble us, and the humour does not depend on finding them secretly admirable. The series earns sympathy through the openness of the acting, although its determination to stay so close to her can become wearing. That narrow concentration works best when the writing gives her behaviour enough space to be funny without explaining it afterwards. The first series runs to eight episodes, a substantial stretch of time to spend inside this kind of turmoil. We would leave some breathing space between them rather than make an endurance test of it. Its shifts in style demand attention, particularly when the fantasy starts to crowd the performance. Choose it for an evening when an uncomfortable laugh sounds welcome, and allow a little patience for the flourishes. *Fi1m score 82, published 7 October 2026.* ## Straight answers **Is I Hate Suzie worth watching?** *I Hate Suzie* is worth watching for Billie Piper’s exposed, unsettling performance and its sharp comedy about celebrity; we score it 82 out of 100. We recommend it when an uncomfortable laugh sounds welcome, though the fantasy passages sometimes labour feelings that Piper already makes clear, and Suzie’s destructive choices can make her exhausting company. **Where can I watch I Hate Suzie in Greece?** *I Hate Suzie* is not on any streaming or rental service in Greece at the moment. It is available in 5 other countries; change your country at the top of the page to see where. Availability is checked daily. **How violent or frightening is I Hate Suzie, and is it suitable for children?** *I Hate Suzie* carries a UK 18 certificate and a US TV-MA rating, marking it as adult viewing rather than suitable for children. We find Suzie’s exposed distress and destructive behaviour uncomfortable to watch, even when the series is funny; that emotional strain is what our review identifies, rather than any specific level of violence or frightening imagery. **How does I Hate Suzie compare to Enlightened?** *I Hate Suzie* is more restless in style than [*Enlightened*](https://film.one/tv/enlightened), mixing celebrity turmoil with fantasy, while the latter takes a slow, uncomfortable approach to a woman rebuilding her life and testing others’ patience. We favour *Enlightened* for its sharp treatment of office life and the patience it repays. Choose *I Hate Suzie* for Piper’s performance and more abrasive shifts between comedy and distress, with occasional overworked flourishes. **What should I watch after I Hate Suzie?** After *I Hate Suzie*, try [*Enlightened*](https://film.one/tv/enlightened) (2011, Fi1m 84): A woman rebuilds her life while testing everyone else’s patience. Then [*Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown*](https://film.one/film/women-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown) (1988, Fi1m 84): Private disasters generate frantic comedy, with more colour and a lighter touch; and [*The Worst Person in the World*](https://film.one/film/the-worst-person-in-the-world) (2021, Fi1m 84): Messy choices and shifting desires receive close attention without easy moral judgements. ### Reviews we read (8) - **The Guardian**, Lucy Mangan (90/100, inferred): Mangan calls the series exhilarating, scabrously funny and a wild ride, praising its confident collaboration and sharp cultural perspective. She especially singles out Billie Piper’s astonishing, charismatic performance as Suzie. [Read](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/aug/27/i-hate-suzie-review-billie-piper-is-nude-lewd-and-joyously-off-the-rails) - **IndieWire**, Steve Greene (B+): Greene gives the series a positive review, praising its ability to build empathy for Suzie amid her destructive choices. He especially singles out Billie Piper’s performance for anchoring Suzie’s shifting celebrity persona and private turmoil. [Read](https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/shows/i-hate-suzie-review-hbo-max-billie-piper-1234599721/) - **Evening Standard**, Susannah Butter (★★★★✩): Butter finds the series fresh, pacy and dryly witty. She especially praises Billie Piper’s raw, soul-baring performance. [Read](https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/i-hate-suzie-review-now-tv-sky-atlantic-a4534851.html) - **The i Paper**, Sarah Carson (75/100, inferred): Carson finds the series sharp, entertaining and powerful, with Billie Piper dazzling in the lead. She praises Piper’s performance while finding some fantastical moments offputtingly whimsical and the symbolism too on-the-nose. [Read](https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/i-hate-suzie-sky-atlantic-review-billie-piper-611664) - **Radio Times**, Eleanor Bley Griffiths (70/100, inferred): The review presents the comedy as hilarious, though sometimes painful. It singles out Billie Piper, who is described as having fun playing Suzie Pickles. [Read](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/i-hate-suzie-review-billie-piper/) - **Den of Geek**, Louisa Mellor (5/5): The review calls the series electrifying, inventive television that deserves to widen opportunities for women storytellers. It singles out Billie Piper’s captivating lead performance and the show’s energetic shifts in style for praise. [Read](https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/i-hate-suzie-review-spoiler-free-electrifying-billie-piper-comedy-drama/) - **NME**, Sam Moore (★★★★☆): The critic calls the series one of 2020’s most riveting new shows, while noting its prickly style may not work for everyone. They praise Billie Piper’s compelling performance and the show’s daring, unsmoothed portrait of Suzie’s crisis. [Read](https://www.nme.com/reviews/i-hate-suzie-review-billie-piper-2739116) - **Paste**, Allison Keene (6.8/10): Keene finds the series ambitious and stylish but ultimately shallow and unfocused. She praises Billie Piper’s open performance while criticizing the show’s handling of its deaf child character. [Read](https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/i-hate-suzie/i-hate-suzie-review-billie-piper) ## Details - **Created by:** Billie Piper, Lucy Prebble - **Creator:** Billie Piper, Lucy Prebble - **Writer:** Lucy Prebble, Billie Piper - **Producer:** Andrea Dewsbery - **Cast:** Billie Piper as Suzie Pickles; Leila Farzad as Naomi; Daniel Ings as Cob; Matthew Jordan-Caws as Frank; Dexter Fletcher as Benjamin Detroit; Juliet Cowan as Rose; Luke Franks as Raptor; Christopher Pegler-Lambert as Guy at the Side - **Release (Greece):** 27 August 2020 - **Genres:** Comedy, Drama - **Trailer:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqlz8QsNHC8 ## Where to watch in Greece Not streaming, renting or buying in Greece at the last check. Also available in: AU, FR, GB, IE, US. Add `?region=XX` to this URL for another country. ## If you liked this - *Enlightened* (2011), Fi1m 84: A woman rebuilds her life while testing everyone else’s patience. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/tv/enlightened.md) - *The Comeback* (2005): Another celebrity’s need to be watched turns embarrassment into sustained, uncomfortable comedy. - *Opening Night* (1977): An actress under pressure makes performance itself feel frighteningly hard to control. - *Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown* (1988), Fi1m 84: Private disasters generate frantic comedy, with more colour and a lighter touch. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/women-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown.md) - *The Worst Person in the World* (2021), Fi1m 84: Messy choices and shifting desires receive close attention without easy moral judgements. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/the-worst-person-in-the-world.md) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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