‘I Hate You’: New Sitcom From ‘Friday Night Dinner’ Creator Coming To Channel 4
Channel 4 has ordered ‘I Hate You‘, a new sitcom from Robert Popper, creator of the beloved ‘Friday Night Dinner’, alongside Big Talk, the UK broadcaster has announced.
I Hate You is a comedy about best friends. Two best friends in their 20s – Charlie played by Tanya Reynolds (‘Sex Education’) and Becca, played by newcomer Melissa Saint, and their intense, messy friendship in today’s intense, complicated world.
It’s about the one friend you can say anything to and do anything with: the idiotic in-jokes, and the laughing till you almost puke, as well as the insane bickering and late-night shouting matches. It’s about that one friend you really love – and really hate.
“Having spent ten years writing a show about a super intense family, I really wanted my next one to be about super intense friends,” commented creator Robert Popper. “And, since I’ve never had a friend in my life, I’m hoping this will teach me how to find one.”
Charlie’s a bit of a worrier, who thinks 99% of humans are d*ckheads, and Becca – no embarrassment gene, usually makes the wrong decision. Together they share a flat that is half spotless (Becca’s room) and half ‘sh*ttery’ (Charlie’s room). Together they’re complete chaos…
The first series sees Charlie get arrested for pick-pocketing a police officer, Becca learns the perils of jogging to jazz, the girls meet a man who believes humans came from bears, and both start dating older guys – more specifically – men in their seventies. All this plus a Lord who keeps a fly as his pet.
“The opportunity to make a new show with Robert after our delightful collaboration on Friday Night Dinner makes me very happy – and the combination of Robert and Damon Beesley, two of the most brilliant comedy minds in the UK, promises to deliver something very very special,” adds Kenton Allen, Big Talk CEO.
The new series was commissioned by Channel 4 Head of Comedy, Fiona McDermott and Commissioning Executive Laura Riseam. Robert Popper will write and produce the series, with Damon Beesley (Co-creator ‘Inbetweeners’) directing, Lynn Roberts co-producing, and executive produced by Kenton Allen, Chief Executive of Big Talk, Caroline Leddy and Matthew Justice.
“After working with Robert and the team at Big Talk on one of Channel 4’s biggest comedy successes – the beloved Friday Night Dinner it’s a genuine delight to get underway on I Hate You,” said Fiona McDermott, Head of Comedy at Channel 4. “With a superb comedy duo at the helm in Tanya and Melissa and Damon Beesley in the directors’ chair. It’s safe to say Channel 4 viewers are truly in for a treat.”
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