ITV drops lads' sitcom

ITV has axed its sitcom Great Night Out after one series.

Star Lee Boardman, who played Paddy Hodgkinson, broke the news on Twitter.

He tweeted to his 18,000 followers: ‘Dear all. Great Night Out won't be returning to your screens. It has not recommission. Thank you all for watching. X’

In a local newspaper interview earlier in the year, Boardman had expressed a desire to make more episodes of the show, about four friends in their mid-thirties as they enjoyed a weekly boys' get-together in Stockport.

The sitcom attracted an average of three million viewers over the first six episodes, which aired in January and February this year, about a million down on ITV’s usual figures for the Friday-night slot.

The other school friends were played by William Ash, Craig Parkinson and Stephen Walters; whilte Ricky Tomlinson and Rebekah Staton were among the supporting cast.

The first series is available on DVD here

Published: 1 May 2013