CHANNEL 4 ANNOUNCE NEW SERIES WITH THE HORNE SECTION

Channel 4 is today announcing the commission of The Horne Section TV

Show.

The Horne Section TV Show piloted last year and has now been picked up

for a series by Channel 4 following multiple appearances on Channel

4’s The Last Leg, and Dictionary Corner on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

Away from the screen they host the iTunes chart topping podcast The Horne Section Podcast and three series of Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section on BBC Radio 4. Horne has been working with the band since 2010, when they first performed together at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Separately, members of The Horne Section have performed with recording artists including Robbie Williams, Madness, Florence and the Machine, Amy Winehouse, George Ezra, Basement Jaxx, Disclosure and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.

Alex Horne said: "I've always thought the title of a show is

indicative of the quality of the writing within a show, so "The Horne

Section TV Show" looks set to be pretty special. I've known some of

these musicians for over forty years and I can safely say that it's

very weird that any of them are now going to be in a six-part scripted

comedy series on Channel 4."

Fiona McDermott, Head of Comedy, Channel 4, commented: “Alex is an

extraordinarily talented comic; unique, charming and unpredictable,

The Horne Section TV Show is set to mirror all these qualities, with a

unique blend of talk show and sitcom, music and mayhem and we can’t

wait to share it with the Channel 4 viewers.”