Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza | Preview (BBC One)

New Year’s Eve is fast approaching and this year Rachel is very keen to throw a massive party. Paul, less so: he’d much prefer a nice quiet holiday cottage with a sauna so he can sweat out the massive boil that’s recently appeared on his cheek; two quite different visions for seeing in the new year.

So begins a typically chaotic Jessop Family holiday, featuring a road trip, a missing dummy, and a large crate of unlicensed fireworks Paul picked up from a police auction.

Created by, written by and starring Tom Basden (After Life), Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza stars Jim Howick (Ghosts), Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd) and Alison Steadman (Gavin & Stacey) alongside Freya Parks (The School for Good and Evil), Jude Morgan-Collie (Good Girl’s Guide to Murder).

Plus Tori Allen-Martin (London Kills) and Ivy Wear and Sky Wear as baby Atlas. It also stars Ed Kear (The Batman), Marelyn Pielago, Christina Ngoyi, Ninette Finch and Yasmin Al-Khudhairi.

Here We Go will also return for a fourth series next year. Series 3 received acclaim from TV critics and audiences alike, with a 70% uplift in iPlayer viewership from series two, and double the overall viewership from 16-34 year olds.

Creator Tom Basden, says: “The Jessops are like a second family to me, so I’m utterly delighted to be bringing Here We Go back on the BBC for a catastrophic New Year’s special and I can’t wait to start work on series 4!”

Jon Petrie, Director of BBC Comedy, says: “With its stellar cast and Tom Basden’s pin-sharp comic writing, Here We Go has pulled off something rare in a space that’s notoriously hard to crack. It continues to keep audiences chuckling and the BBC is delighted to be bringing back more of the glorious Jessop family chaos.”

Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza airs New Year's Eve at 8pm on BBC One.