Lydia West and Nicola Coughlan are best friends grappling with life, friendship and mental illness in bold new sitcom Big Mood, which is available to stream now.
This "vivacious and rebellious" comedy is unmissable, and you can watch for FREE in the UK on the Channel 4 streaming service. But don't worry if you're on holiday while it's on, because you can watch Big Mood on Channel 4 from anywhere with a VPN.
UK: Channel 4 (free)
US: Tubi (free)
AU: Stan
How to use a VPN to watch any stream
Having already starred in two of Channel 4’s best dramedies – It's a Sin and Derry Girls – West and Coughlan are no stranger to a script that will have you roaring one minute and bawling the next.
Big Mood, from writer Camilla Whitehill, is in a similar vein to those daring shows, following decade-long friends Maggie and Eddie as they find themselves on the wrong side of thirty and grappling with the impact Maggie’s bipolar disorder is having on their friendship.
The series boasts a bumper British comedy cast, with Sally Phillips and Joanna Page also on board alongside Eamon Farren, Luke Fetherston and Niamh Cusack. Channel 4 have already tackled mental illness in young male friendships with the excellent Big Boys and this new comedy takes on the complexities it can bring to female relationships.
Ready for your new comedy obsession? Read on for how to watch Big Mood online and from anywhere, we’ve got all the information you need below.
How to watch Big Mood in the UK for free
Big Mood airs in the UK in double bills on Thursdays at 10 pm UK on Channel 4. The whole series will is also available on the channel's streaming service.
It's a FREE service, but you can upgrade to the premium tier for £3.99 per month or £39.99 per year, which will get you ad-free streaming and early access to some shows, such as recent hits, Big Boys and The Couple Next Door.
If you're trying to access Channel 4 while outside the UK, you might want to try a VPN to allow you to watch from abroad. Check out the full instructions for doing so further down this page.
How to watch Big Mood in the US for free
In the US, Big Mood will be available to stream on the FREE ad-supported streaming service Tubi, arriving in full on April 19.
US citizens travelling in the UK trying to watch Big Mood on Tubi may need a VPN to access the streaming service. We've got all the details you need for that below.
How to watch Big Mood in Australia
Big Mood is available to stream in full on Stan in Australia right now.
Stan prices range from AUD$12 to AUD$21 per month, but before that new subscribers can get a whopping 30-day FREE trial.
Aussies abroad trying to access Stan may need a VPN. We've got all the details you need for that here.
How to watch Big Mood from anywhere with a VPN
You can watch Big Mood on any of the streaming services above by using a VPN – no matter where you are in the world!
Normally a streaming service will know where you are trying to tune in from and block you if you're not in the right country but a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is an app that hides your location. That means you can access your usual sports and entertainment services even while you're traveling abroad.
Our favorite VPN is NordVPN, which is the No. 1-rated VPN in the world right now according to our sister site, TechRadar.
How to use a VPN to watch any stream
- Download the app at NordVPN
- Choose the location of the streaming service you want to watch (UK, US, etc)
- Navigate to the streaming service and start watching!
What is the Big Mood release date?
Big Mood airs in double bills every Thursday (full episode guide below) at 10 pm UK / 6 pm ET / 3 pm PT / 9 am AEDT (Fri) on Channel 4 in the UK, with the final two episodes airing April 11, and is available in full on its free streaming service now.
It's available on Stan in Australia and is set for an April 19 release on Tubi in the US.
Big Mood episode guide
- Episode 1 – Thursday, March 28
- Episode 2 – Thursday, March 28
- Episode 3 – Thursday, April 4
- Episode 4 – Thursday, April 4
- Episode 5 – Thursday, April 11
- Episode 6 – Thursday, April 11
All you need to know about Big Mood
Big Mood trailer
Who is in the cast of Big Mood?
- Nicola Coughlan as Maggie
- Lydia West as Eddie
- Joanna Page as herself
- Niamh Cusack
- Eamon Farren as Klent
- Luke Fetherston as Ryan
- Kate Fleetwood
- Rob Gilbert
- Rebecca Lowman
- Sally Phillips
- Ukweli Roach
- Amalia Vitale
- Olu Adaeze
- Max Bennett
- Skylar Betteridge
- David Bedella
- Tim Downie
- Ron Donachie
- Sarah Durham
- Lara Grace Ilori
- Neil Edmond
- Amy Gledhill
- Maddie Grace Jepson
- Tom Rhys Harries
What can we expect from Big Mood?
The official Channel 4 synopsis reads: "Best friends Maggie and Eddie played by Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton, Derry Girls) and Lydia West (It’s A Sin, Inside Man) have lived in each other’s pockets for ten years, through thick, thin, and multiple challenging eyebrow trends. But with the rest of their lives looming, careers hanging in the balance, and Maggie’s bipolar disorder making an unwelcome return to form, Eddie begins to question whether this friendship is really in their best interests. It’s a pivotal point in both their lives, bringing to the surface those all-important questions – could sleeping with your former History teacher be the key to happiness? Is a basement Rat Hotel a functional alternative to pest control? With their twenties behind them, Maggie and Eddie’s relationship faces the future – can it survive?"
Lotte Beasley Mestriner (Executive Producer): "Big Mood is the story of two best friends who’ve reached that point in life where you turn thirty and your life goes into crisis; one of the friends goes into crisis because she is being forced to give up the bar, she has run for years which she inherited from her father, the other because she has bipolar and has decided to come off lithium. The story asks – can their friendship survive them both being in crisis at the same time. It’s a fun and wild ride!"
Camilla Whitehill (Writer): "I wish I was less shallow than this but honestly, I just want people to think it's funny and I want them to like the characters. Beyond that I have less of like a tie to what they take away from it because I think that’s the fun of any art - that people can take from it what they will."
Who is Maggie from Big Mood?
Nicola Coughlan (Maggie): "Maggie is just about to turn 30 and she lives in East London. Her best friend is Eddie and they've been best friends for about 10 years. They obviously truly love each other but I think you see from quite early on the relationship is very co-dependent. I think when you meet Maggie at first you think she's just this really fun-loving kooky girl and there’s little hints throughout the first episode that something's not quite right, but I think the first episode really wrong-foots the audience in a clever way because you think oh she’s so fun and then you start to think – oh hang on, somethings not quite right here. So, the first episode you see her, she's full of beans and has this insane mission to go off to her old school, she's decided she's going to do a talk there about being a playwright and then you quickly realise she's got an ulterior motive and it's completely messy. Maggie’s quite chaotic and Eddie's very grounded and they sort of balance each other out. But I think you start to question almost immediately, who's benefiting from this? And you really see that dynamic sort of start to fracture as the show goes on."
Who is Eddie from Big Mood?
Lydia West (Eddie): "Eddie is in her 30’s, living in London, she’s taken over her dad's bar who recently passed away and is best friends with Maggie. Eddie is going through her own kind of things with managing her anger and bad relationships - toxic relationships with men. Maggie has bipolar disorder and is trying to deal with these mental health issues. Eddie’s issues are almost overshadowed by Maggie’s. She's trying to be there for her and support her through her stuff, but it means all of Eddie’s issues go under the radar and aren’t really discussed. She's not good at talking about what she needs until much later in the series. She's trying to make it work, living in London, not much money, not much idea of what she wants to be or do, and she has this love story with Maggie who is her best friend. They have very similar interests. They really are each other's rock."
