‘Roseanne’ Ep Tom Werner Partners With ‘The Inbetweeners’ Creators On BBC Soccer Comedy ‘Afternoons’
Roseanne and The Connors exec producer Tom Werner has partnered with the creators of British cult comedy The Inbetweeners for a new soccer comedy.
BBC Two has commissioned Afternoons (w/t), a six-part comedy that follows the off-the-pitch misadventures of three young soccer players on a fictional English Premier Club team.
Werner, Chairman of Liverpool, one of the most successful British soccer teams ever, will exec produce the series, which is being written and showrun by Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, alongside Caroline Leddy, who worked on The Inbetweeners as well as C4 comedy Derry Girls.
The show focuses on the footballer’s friendship; these boys from around the world are far less proficient with women, money and social media than they are at scoring goals.
Produced by Morris and Beesley’s Fudge Park, which makes Ed Westwick-fronted White Gold, the show was commissioned by Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy,...
BBC Two has commissioned Afternoons (w/t), a six-part comedy that follows the off-the-pitch misadventures of three young soccer players on a fictional English Premier Club team.
Werner, Chairman of Liverpool, one of the most successful British soccer teams ever, will exec produce the series, which is being written and showrun by Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, alongside Caroline Leddy, who worked on The Inbetweeners as well as C4 comedy Derry Girls.
The show focuses on the footballer’s friendship; these boys from around the world are far less proficient with women, money and social media than they are at scoring goals.
Produced by Morris and Beesley’s Fudge Park, which makes Ed Westwick-fronted White Gold, the show was commissioned by Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy,...
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