BBC COMEDY TO LAUNCH SIX NEW COMEDY SHORTS

BBC Comedy are launching six brand-new comedy shorts featuring the likes of Kosar Ali (Rocks), Tom Davis (King Gary) and Lisa McGrillis (Rivals). Airing on BBC Three and iPlayer on Saturday 11 April, the six shorts are: Proper Ladies, Yaxlont, The Doghouse, The Close, Thames View and Glue.

Jon Petrie, Director of Comedy at the BBC said: “Our Short Film strand continues to act as a potential jumping off point for future TV series. The comedy talent we are lucky enough to have across the UK is absolutely second to none, and we want to nurture and grow these voices. The shorts act as a taster – both for audiences and for those who create them – and we encourage talent to experiment and be bold, which this latest roster of shorts certainly demonstrates.”

Proper Ladies: Based on Sabrina Ali’s award-winning play, Dugsi Dayz, Proper Ladies is a coming-of-age comedy about four misfit Muslim school girls stuck in detention.

Thames View: An animated sitcom set in 1990’s East London following the lives of the chaotic Potts family. Joyce Potts’ birthday present has been stolen, so her husband Big Jim enlists the help of his fearsome mother-in-law Edna to track it down on the Thames View Estate.

The Doghouse: Brothers Steve and Stu scramble to put on a last-minute birthday show for Steve’s daughter - because if they fail, Steve’s in the doghouse and Stu might end up… dead.

Yaxlont: When a teenage boy has a girl over for the first time, the overly-attached monster under his bed has a meltdown.

The Close: The Close… A quiet neighbourhood… but the peace is shattered as the residents fail to navigate the familiar and mundane moments of everyday life… in the most chaotic way!

Glue: An animated sketch show set in Belfast from Northern Irish creator rarewitch. The cats get stoned, the pigeons get philosophical and Gambo forgets how to breathe. Surreal, chaotic, and hilariously absurd – welcome to the mad-cap world of Glue.

More details will be announced in due course.