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BBC Three pilot set entirely in a bedroom

BBC Three is to make a new comedy pilot set entirely in a couple's bedroom.

Young, Unemployed and Lazy will star Being Human actor Russell Tovey, Suburban Shootout’s Sarah Solemani and Kerry Howard, who can currently be seen playing Reggie Perrin’s secretary Vicky.

The show – written by Stefan Golaszewski of sketch grouo Cowards - is billed as ‘an acutely observed, forensically honest, warts-and-all look at a working-class couple in their mid-20s’.

Producer Kenton Allen said: ‘Stefan's searingly funny script subverts the TV couple like you've never seen before. He not only captures the essence of young Britain today but portrays – in a very funny and extremely frank way – a modern sexual relationship.

‘Russell and Sarah have a brilliant chemistry that feels very fresh and very truthful.’

The pilot will be produced by Big Talk, the company that made Simon Pegg’s Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.

Published: 12 May 2009

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