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Piglets series 2 has been confirmed by ITV, with the cast and crew returning for a new bunch of episodes. More here.

Green Wing is one of the most memorable comedies of the early 2000s. Following the trials and tribulations of the staff who populate East Hampton Hospital, the writing was frequently silly and surreal, and it featured star making turns from the likes of Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Michelle Gomez.

Underrated comedy Campus followed a similar scenario, this time in the fictional Kirke University, where Andy Nyman’s domineering don Jonty De Wolfe ruled with an iron fist. That series has also built up quite a fanbase, and earlier this year the same creative team made police sitcom Piglets. Which is what brought us to here.

While critical reception was less than stellar, the series achieved good viewing figures and according to the British Comedy Guide, cast member Ricky...

Piglets, a new sitcom from the writers of Green Wing, is heading to Itvx soon. Here’s the trailer to prove it:

Green Wing is one of the most memorable comedies of the early 2000s. Following the trials and tribulations of the staff who populate East Hampton Hospital, the writing was frequently silly and surreal, and it featured star making turns from the likes of Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Michelle Gomez.

Underrated comedy Campus followed a similar scenario, this time in the fictional Kirke University, where Andy Nyman’s domineering don Jonty De Wolfe ruled with an iron fist. That series has also built up quite a fanbase, and rightly so. Now? There’s more for that fanbase to look forward to as well.

That’s because the same creative team has now created Piglets, which will be on Itvx soon. The synopsis reads as follows:

The government’s...

Cult classic sitcom Green Wing has been resurrected as a podcast with the original cast and creative team.

Back in 2004, fresh from the success of sketch show Smack The Pony, writer Victoria Pile created Green Wing, a sitcom set in a hospital.

With an ensemble cast that included Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan – who would later reunite to star opposite Matt LeBlanc in Episodes – the comedy is helped enormously by committed clowning the cast, particularly Mark Heap and Michelle Gomez. The show ran for two series from 2004 to 2006 and, in a move more in common with American sitcoms, had a large pool of writers.

After the show ended, the same creative team made the terrific University comedy Campus in 2009, which despite only running for one series is well worth tracking down, especially for the tour de force performance from Andy Nyman as megalomaniacal monster and Vice Chancellor Jonty De Wolfe.

Green Wing: Resuscitated is a new six-part Audible Original revisiting the stories of its characters 12 years on. Across the episodes, the series features the original cast and goes back to East Hampton Hospital. Created once again by Victoria Pile, and scripted by original writers including Robert Harley, James Henry, Oriane Messina and Fay Rusling, there will be more surreal twists and turns in the lives and loves of East Hampton’s staff.

Exclusive: Audible is today releasing Green Wing: Resuscitated, a six-part series revisiting the hit Channel4 hospital sitcom.

Spanning six episodes, Green Wing: Resuscitated features the original cast. Created again by Victoria Pile, and scripted by original writers including Robert Harley, James Henry, Oriane Messina and Fay Rusling, the show will explore more surreal twists and turns in the lives and loves of East Hampton Hospital’s staff.

The series revisits characters including Guy Secretan, played by Stephen Mangan, who is now a media sensation, balancing his TV and podcast appearances with his role as an anaesthetist. Following his many near-death experiences, ‘Mac’ MacCartney played by Julian Rhind-Tutt, has now returned to work as a surgeon, while Caroline Todd played by Tamsin Greig is making waves overseas as a medical pioneer. Joanna Clore, played by Pippa Haywood, is now imprisoned following her killing spree.

Olivia Colman, Mark Heap, Oliver Chris, Michelle Gomez...

Piglets, a new series from the writers of Green Wing, is heading to Itvx next year, and the first details of the new comedy have just landed.

Green Wing is one of the most memorable comedies of the early 2000s. Following the trials and tribulations of the staff who populate East Hampton Hospital, the writing was frequently silly and surreal, and it featured star making turns from the likes of Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Michelle Gomez.

Underrated comedy Campus followed a similar scenario, this time in the fictional Kirke University, where Andy Nyman’s domineering don Jonty De Wolfe ruled with an iron fist. That series has also built up quite a fanbase, and rightly so. Now? There’s more for that fanbase to look forward to as well.

That’s because the same creative team have now created Piglets, which heads to Itvx next year. The first details...

Well, that was brief indeed. Radio Times reports ITV has cancelled the UK TV series Brief Encounters after only one season.Created by Oriane Messina and Fay Rusling, the 1980s-set drama "charted the early years of retail company Ann Summers through the prism of four women who find fulfilment from selling lingerie and sex toys to customers within the privacy of their own homes." The cast included Penelope Wilton, Sharon Rooney, Angela Griffin, Sophie Rundle, and Chloe Pirrie.Read More…...

ITV has ordered six-part drama Brief Encounters with filming to begin in February. The 1980s-set story of four unlikely female entrepreneurs is inspired by the early days of the Ann Summers Party Plan business, a concept hatched at the UK retailer specializing in sex toys and lingerie. The women-only parties were designed to introduce the goods at private homes. The shops today remain a fixture on UK high streets. Created and written by Fay Rusling and Oriane Messina (Gree…...

BBC One comedy Me & Mrs Jones will not return for a second series. Writer Oriane Messina confirmed the show's axe on Twitter, blaming the cancellation on disappointing audience numbers. "We just didn't get the ratings we needed," Messina wrote. "Tough time slot didn't help but we know lots of you loved it." Me & Mrs Jones starred Sarah Alexander as single mother Gemma Jones, with Neil Morrissey, Nathaniel Parker and Robert Sheehan playing the three men in her life. In a message to the show's fans, Messina added: "Your support has been amazing, making the show trend and being so loyal, thank you. BBC One is a tough nut to crack." The series debuted with 3.13m viewers in October, but (more)...

Irish actor Robert Sheehan has landed a role on new BBC One sitcom 'Me & Mrs Jones'. The 'Love/Hate' star will join Neil Morrissey (Men Behaving Badly) and Sarah Alexander (Smack the Pony) in the Oriane Messina and Fay Rusling-penned comedy. The former 'Green Wing' writers will work alongside director Nick Hurran (Doctor Who), producer Serena Cullen (Push) and Beryl Vertue who will executive produce for Hartswood Films.

Sarah Alexander and Neil Morrissey are to star in new BBC One sitcom 'Me and Mrs. Jones'. The six-episode series will see the 'Coupling' actress portray complex character Mrs. Jones, who is having to juggle love, affection, sex and motherhood between her ex-husband, one grown-up son, two young daughters and male admirers with a 20-year age gap. Hartswood Films - the production company behind BBC's 'Sherlock' series - has been commissioned to create the comedy TV season, which will also star 'Misfits' actor Robert Sheehan and 'Merlin's Nathaniel Parker. 'Me and Mrs. Jones' is created and written by Oriane Messina...

Neil Morrissey and Sarah Alexander have signed up to star in a new BBC One sitcom. Me & Mrs Jones is written by Green Wing's Oriane Messina and Fay Rusling, and directed by Doctor Who's Nick Hurran. Rules of Love's Serena Cullen will produce. The comedy centres around Mrs Jones (Alexander) as she juggles motherhood and her love life. She has an ex-husband, a grown-up son, two young daughters and many young male admirers. Merlin actor Nathaniel Parker and Misfits star Robert Sheehan will also star in the show. BBC One's Controller of Comedy Cheryl Taylor said: "If there has been any anxiety recently about the number of funny women working in comedy here we have the perfect antidote with the wonderful Sarah Alexander (more)...

Sarah Alexander and Neil Morrissey are to star in new BBC One sitcom 'Me and Mrs. Jones'. The six-episode series will see the 'Coupling' actress portray complex character Mrs. Jones, who is having to juggle love, affection, sex and motherhood between her ex-husband, one grown-up son, two young daughters and male admirers with a 20-year age gap. Hartswood Films - the production company behind BBC's 'Sherlock' series - has been commissioned to create the comedy TV season, which will also star 'Misfits' actor Robert Sheehan and 'Merlin's Nathaniel Parker. 'Me and Mrs. Jones' is created and written by Oriane Messina...

I wasn’t a fan of Green Wing, the semi-improved comedy based on scripts that were a hodgepodge of jokes, sketches and sight gags gathered from a hive-mind of writers. It was an interesting way to produce a single-camera sitcom, and one that clearly found an audience, but I found its scattergun approach quite tiring. Many of Green Wing‘s writers are behind Channel 4′s new comedy offering Campus, which won’t escape “Green Wing in a university” branding, because that’s exactly what it is. The uni’s motto is even “with wings”.

“Publication, Publication, Publication” was a 70-minute extension of the half-hour Comedy Showcase pilot from 2009 (including adverts), which basically means there was an awful lot of filler. But this filler is exactly what Campus thrives on, as it’s really just an extended sequence of sketches and non sequiturs. Jonty De Wolfe (Andy Nyman) is the...