The BBC announces that Danny Cohen, Controller, BBC One and Mark Linsey, Controller, Entertainment Commissioning have commissioned Initial (an Endemol company), to produce Secret Service, a new six-part comedy series for Saturday evenings on BBC One.
Never mind the Olympics, the Euros and The Queen's Jubbly thing, the biggest event of the scorching summer of 2012 will clearly be the return of comedy monarch Dara O Briain and the Mock The Week household for a brand new series, starting on Thursday 14 June.
Katie Taylor, Head of In-house Entertainment at the BBC has appointed Andrea Hamilton and Glenn Coomber as co-executive producers of Strictly Come Dancing, BBC One’s critically-acclaimed, hit Saturday night ballroom dancing show.
When Nigel Planer was cast in Episodes, he was able to draw on his own painful experience of working in US TV when the format for The Young Ones was sold to the States.
Jimmy Mulville has been on the receiving end of ridiculous ideas from US network executives playing the ratings game, so he has first-hand experience of what Beverly and Sean are going through this series.
Michael Brandon’s career has spanned both sides of the Atlantic, so he is well aware of how brutal the US TV system can be – which is one of the reasons he has chosen to work so much in the UK.
This series Carol is a woman on a mission to prise Merc away from his blind wife, but Kathleen Rose Perkins admits she doesn’t understand the attraction.
Sean Lincoln’s in fighting form at the start of the second season of Episodes and, to prove it, Matt LeBlanc has a real life cut on his forehead! The big fight scene at the end of season one proved such a success that more physical comedy was written into the new season and Stephen Mangan is claiming credit for Matt’s injury.
Matt LeBlanc isn’t worried that people may think the exaggerated, twisted Matt LeBlanc in Episodes is the real him. In fact, he’s reveling in their confusion and the opportunity to play a funny, edgy character.
The award-winning, critically acclaimed comedy Episodes, written by visionary creators David Crane (Friends) and Jeffrey Klarik (Mad About You) and produced by Hat Trick Productions for Showtime and the BBC, returns for a second series on BBC Two from 11 May 2012 at 10pm.
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