Fleabag to Mrs Brown's Boys: why the riskiest TV comes straight from the stage
Screenwriters often find themselves in a straitjacket " but comedy shows written for the theatre have free rein to be as foul-mouthed and foul-minded as they like. The world needs more of itThe new sitcom Fleabag is likely to remind many viewers of another recent hit: E4's Bafta-winning Chewing Gum. Both are graphically confessional accounts of the social and sexual lives of young women, covering issues such as first…