PIGLETS: ITV COMEDY AXED AFTER TWO SERIES

ITV have reportedly axed policing comedy Piglets after two series.

A source told The Sun newspaper: "There was great hope for Piglets when it was first released and even though the response to the debut series was mixed, bosses believed it deserved a follow-up. But unfortunately, the second series didn’t set the world alight - which made it even harder for ITV to give it another chance."

In the second series, term continues at Norbourne, the charmingly dysfunctional police training college. Two new recruits join B Group: the irrepressible Danni is engaged and won’t let anyone forget it, while Connor is an enigmatic teller of tall tales.

Still struggling to knock the trainees into shape, Superintendents Bob and Julie find themselves competing to accompany Chief Super Cunningham on a business trip to the Bahamas - but soon discover that he wants to merge their two positions into one: a redundancy looms. Hoping to retain her job at Bob’s expense, Julie indulges in a spot of harmless gaslighting.

Sgt Daz Black is on a final warning about his violent conduct and must undergo anger management sessions with the slightly under-qualified Melanie. Geeta resorts to subterfuge when she’s voted Year Rep against her will, and Afia brutally fends off the advances of a strangely familiar admirer.

Dev is shocked to discover what happens when he’s forced to wear glasses, and double agent Paul finds his life in danger when Julie makes him go undercover to expose an OCG. When Melanie’s frustration at Bob’s lack of romantic awareness finally becomes too much, she reluctantly turns to Daz for some rough-and-ready satisfaction.

Bob meanwhile suspects one of the trainees may be his biological child and secretly arranges a DNA test. In a thrilling climax, a sexting incident derails Danni’s wedding and Cunningham sacks one of his Superintendents. On the big day, a terrified Paul faces up to the criminal showdown, and there’s a shock turn of events at the church…

Previous series of Piglets are available to stream now on ITVX.