Mandy | Series 4 Preview (BBC Two)

This series Mandy continues to live hand-to-wonky-mouth, cooking up enough dodgy side hustles and trashy cash hacks to hopefully climb up into the squeezed middle and out of the squashed bottom.

Constantly harassed, pursued and persecuted by her benefits officer (Tom Basden), Mandy finds solace in her friend Lola’s (Michelle Greenidge) salon, drinking in the heady aroma of cheap bleach and Minty Pig nail polish.

Episode 1: A glamorous stranger convinces Mandy of the importance of the correct paperwork.

Episode 2: Something is holding Mandy back. But what is it? Can she overcome it? Does she even know what it is? Is there anything she can do about it?

Episode 3: Mandy’s dreams are shattered by the arrival of a mysterious night-time visitor.

Episode 4: An old friend brings a chance of redemption for Mandy, but also misfortune, death, danger and destruction – a heady mix, especially for a Tuesday afternoon.

Episode 5: For once, Mandy has the perfect job. The hours are fine, the pay is good, the fag breaks are reasonable. There’s only one problem: people. Yes, them again. Can Mandy outwit them at last?

Episode 6: Mandy is forced to confront a dramatic change to her whole way of life, and she must look for meaning in places where she’s either been too tired or too bored to look for it before.

Joining Diane for series four are Sian Gibson (Car Share), Rosie Cavaliero (The Power of Parker), Cheryl Fergison (EastEnders), Jamie Bisping (Things You Should Have Done) and Joanna Bacon (Breeders).

Returning cast include: Michelle Greenidge (Code 404), Tom Basden (Here We Go), Mark Silcox (Man Like Mobeen), Alistair Green (The Great), Michael Spicer (The Room Next Door), Miles Chapman (Lee & Dean), Tony Way (After Life), Robbie Gee (Snatch), Pearce Quigley (Detectorists), Ben Rufus Green (Dinosaur) and Yuriko Kotani (Pls Like).

Diane Morgan says: “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be asked to provide a quote for a press release that tells people how thrilled I am that the BBC is bringing back Mandy. However I am too busy writing, directing and starring in the show to come up with anything, so I’ve asked someone else to write it. They are thrilled.”

Jon Petrie, BBC Director of Comedy says: “Series 3 saw Mandy save a plane from a terrorist attack, commit mass murder with a blowpipe, and get fired from a biscuit factory. Mandy gets bigger, bolder, and more brilliantly absurd with every series—and we’re here for every hilarious moment of Diane Morgan’s brilliant creation.”

Mandy returns Monday 21st July at 10pm on BBC Two.