UKTV Orders New Sitcom for Dave

LONDON: UKTV has commissioned the scripted comedy Undercover for its channel Dave, due out next year.

The 6×40-minue series follows an undercover police officer who finds himself out of his depth when he infiltrates an Armenian crime family. The show is shot on location in Newcastle and stars Daniel Rigby (Big School, Black Mirror) and Sarah Alexander (Smack the Pony, Coupling).

Henry Normal is exec producing for Baby Cow Productions and Margery Bone will produce for Bonafide Films. UKTV’s Simon Lupton and Tanya Qureshi will act as commissioning execs on behalf of UKTV.

UKTV director of commissioning Richard Watsham, who ordered the show, said: “Baby Cow and Bonafide Films have developed a brilliant set of scripts, dark and funny with an almost frenetic pace to the action. We’ve made a commitment to extending our original scripted content across the network and this is one of the first exciting steps making good on that promise. Expect much more from us soon.”

Steve North, the general manager of Dave and co-commissioner of the series, added: “We are excited to be extending our comedy remit on Dave by continuing to grow our breadth of original commissions and welcoming some of Britain’s best comedy actors and writing talent to the channel.”