EXCLUSIVE: John Morton’s British sitcom collection that has satirized the 2012 Olympics and the internal workings of the BBC is heading Stateside for a fictional soccer event.
The BBC has formally greenlit Twenty Twenty Six, with Hugh Bonneville reprising his iconic function as Ian Fletcher from earlier exhibits Twenty Twelve and W1A.
He’ll be joined by a forged blended with British and North American expertise that includes Paulo Costanzo (Designated Survivor, Royal Pains), Chelsey Crisp (Recent off The Boat, Ten P.c), Stephen Kunken (Billions, The Handmaid’s Story), Nick Blood (Day of The Jackal, Gradual Horses), Jimena Larraguivel (Persistence and RSC), Alexis Michalik (A Love Story) and Belinda Stewart-Wilson (The Inbetweeners, Keep Shut).
Bonneville has beforehand performed Fletcher in Twenty Twelve and W1A, which satirized the organizers behind the London 2012 Olympics and the the working tradition on the BBC by way of a pair of critically-acclaimed, BAFTA-winning comedies. Clarkson’s Farm maker Expectation has taken over producing from BBC Studios for the brand new present.
In Twenty Twenty Six, former BBC Head of Values Fletcher heads to the U.S., Canada and Mexico to assist with a extremely anticipated soccer event. He takes on a brand new function as Head of Integrity for the Twenty Twenty Six Oversight workforce, made up of a set of recent and colourful characters performed by the contemporary forged.
Massive names connected embrace Kunken, who performed Ari Spyros in Billions; Costanzo, who has been in Street Journey and Joey; and Crisp, who performed Honney Ellis in ABC’s Recent off the Boat.
Given the setting and American expertise connected, Twenty Twenty Six might be ripe for touchdown a U.S. co-production accomplice, however no phrase on that entrance but.
Twenty Twenty Six was first talked about by W1A star Sarah Parish on a podcast final yr. No readability on whether or not W1A favorites comparable to Parish, who performed the robotic Head of Output Anna Rampton, or Jessica Hynes, who performed Model Advisor Siobhan Sharpe, will return for the Twenty Twenty Six collection as of but.
Creator Morton mentioned: “I’m thrilled and massively grateful to the BBC for giving me the prospect to comply with Ian once more, this time all the best way to Miami, and I actually can’t wait to see what occurs.”
Nerys Evans, Inventive Director, Scripted at Expectation, added: “I’ve been a fan of John’s writing for such a very long time, particularly seeing the completely different challenges he creates for poor Ian Fletcher, so fantastically portrayed by Hugh Bonneville. We’re thrilled to be collaborating on Twenty Twenty Six, I can’t wait to see what he’s bought in retailer for Ian this time.”
Twenty Twenty Six is being made for BBC One and iPlayer with further assist from OKRE concerning local weather and well being experience. The collection was commissioned by Jon Petrie, BBC Director of Comedy. The collection is written and directed by Morton. The producer is Catherine Gosling Fuller, and the chief producers are Paul Schlesinger, Evans and Morton. The BBC Commissioning Editor is Emma Lawson.
BBC Studios, which has a minority funding stake in Expectation, will deal with international gross sales.
