The BBC has commissioned a 10-year anniversary special followed by new six-part season, penned by a team of \u201cbreakthrough writers\u201d.<\/p>\n
The announcement was made during a speech by\u00a0Jon Petrie, Director of BBC Comedy, who unveiled a package of new commissions and goals set out by the broadcaster, before committing to an extra \u00a310 million for new half-hour comedy pilots over the next two years.<\/p>\n
Alongside Bad Education, the much-loved gentle comedy-drama Detectorists<\/a>\u00a0will also\u00a0return for a new special, while Mawaan Rizwan\u2019s comedy pilot Juice has been taken to series.<\/p> Petrie said that BBC Comedy is doing \u201cphenomenally well\u201d, revealing that iPlayer had 538 million requests for comedy shows last year.<\/p>\n \u201cThe BBC is by far the biggest fish in the pond when it comes to comedy\u2026 There is no other broadcaster that can provide as many services,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe BBC remains the best place to develop and nurture new comic voices\u2026 We want to invest more in our development process\u2026 along with scripts, pilots for BBC Sounds and tasters, we\u2019re going to double the number of half-hour pilots that we make.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cMore than anything else we want shows that connect with our audience \u2013 whether they\u2019re big and broad or weird and provocative. Worlds that the audience can see themselves in often connect in the deepest way\u2026 shows that feel uniquely British.\u201d<\/p>\n Looking for something to watch in the meantime? Check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our dedicated\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Flora Carr Published: Wednesday, 11 May 2022 at 12:00 am Jack Whitehall is bringing back Bad Education, the BBC Three sitcom in which he played Alfie Wickers \u2013 \u201cthe worst teacher ever to grace the British education system\u201d. The comedy series set in a fictional British school and co-starring Gavin and Stacey\u2018s Mathew Horne […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15198,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/jack-whitehalls-bad-education-returns-for-anniversary-special-and-new-season.jpg",1024,576,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/jack-whitehalls-bad-education-returns-for-anniversary-special-and-new-season-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/jack-whitehalls-bad-education-returns-for-anniversary-special-and-new-season-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/jack-whitehalls-bad-education-returns-for-anniversary-special-and-new-season-768x432.jpg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/jack-whitehalls-bad-education-returns-for-anniversary-special-and-new-season.jpg",800,450,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/jack-whitehalls-bad-education-returns-for-anniversary-special-and-new-season.jpg",1024,576,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/jack-whitehalls-bad-education-returns-for-anniversary-special-and-new-season.jpg",1024,576,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Flora Carr Published: Wednesday, 11 May 2022 at 12:00 am Jack Whitehall is bringing back Bad Education, the BBC Three sitcom in which he played Alfie Wickers \u2013 \u201cthe worst teacher ever to grace the British education system\u201d. The comedy series set in a fictional British school and co-starring Gavin and Stacey\u2018s Mathew Horne…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/15197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/14598316-high--12a452b.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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