{"id":11858,"date":"2022-05-04T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-05-04T09:15:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T13:15:02","slug":"channel-4-commissions-apocalyptic-comedy-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/04\/channel-4-commissions-apocalyptic-comedy-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 Commissions Apocalyptic Comedy Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Everyone Else Burns<\/em>, a six-part apocalyptic comedy from Jax Media and Universal International Studios, has been ordered by Channel 4.<\/p>\n<p>The series centers on a Mancunian family and the puritanical Christian sect they are devoted to. It explores life in a hyper-religious community and how a family navigates modern-day life while still protecting themselves from eternal damnation.<\/p>\n<p>The ensemble cast, led by Simon Bird (<em>Friday Night Dinner<\/em>, <em>The Inbetweeners<\/em>), includes Kate O\u2019Flynn (<em>Landscapers<\/em>, <em>Death in Paradise<\/em>), Amy James-Kelly (<em>Gentleman Jack<\/em>, <em>The Bay<\/em>, <em>Safe<\/em>), Lolly Adefope (<em>Shrill<\/em>, <em>Chivalry<\/em>, <em>Feel Good<\/em>), Al Roberts (<em>Stath Lets Flats<\/em>, <em>Starstruck<\/em>), Soph Galustian (<em>Peck\u2019Eds<\/em>), Harry Connor, Ali Khan (<em>The School for Good and Evil<\/em>, <em>Halo<\/em>), Lloyd Griffith (<em>Ted Lasso<\/em>, <em>It\u2019s a Sin<\/em>), Kadiff Kirwan (<em>This is Going to Hurt<\/em>, <em>I May Destroy You<\/em>, <em>Timewasters<\/em>), Morgana Robinson (<em>Newark, Newark<\/em>; <em>Taskmaster<\/em>), Arsher Ali (<em>Avenue 5<\/em>, <em>Funny Girl<\/em>), Liam Williams (<em>Pls Like<\/em>,<em> Ladhood<\/em>), Kath Hughes (<em>After Life<\/em>, <em>The Joy of Missing Out<\/em>) and Seb Cardinal (<em>The Witchfinder<\/em>, <em>Sally 4Ever<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><em>Everyone Else Burns<\/em> is written by Dillon Mapletoft and Oliver Taylor and directed by Nick Collett (<em>Maxx<\/em>, <em>Ghosts<\/em>). Executive producers are Jax Media\u2019s Tony Hernandez and Brooke Posch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJax Media have made some of the most iconic comedies of recent years, and we are so delighted to be working with them, Universal International Studios, Oli and Dillon on a project they are so passionate about,\u201d said Laura Riseam, commissioning editor of Channel 4. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait for audiences to enter the pressure cooker of life with the Lewis family as they righteously try and defend the ideology and logic of a life of purity with the vices of the modern world encroaching fast. It\u2019s a glorious comedy trap\u2014contemporary, relevant and very funny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Everyone Else Burns<\/em> is an irreverent, hilarious and heartwarming series from the brilliant creative minds of Dillon and Oliver,\u201d notes Beatrice Springborn, president of Universal International Studios. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be partnering with Jax Media and Channel 4 to bring this show to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Posch, president of Jax Media, added, \u201cWe are thrilled to announce our first Jax U.K. original from the brilliant minds of Dillon and Oliver and our partners at Universal International Studios. There is no better home than Channel 4 to champion such a brilliantly fresh and subversive comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone Else Burns, a six-part apocalyptic comedy from Jax Media and Universal International Studios, has been ordered by Channel 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":11859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[117,2903,2904],"class_list":["post-11858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-channel-4","tag-jax-media","tag-universal-international-studios"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Channel 4 Commissions Apocalyptic Comedy Series - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/04\/channel-4-commissions-apocalyptic-comedy-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Channel 4 Commissions Apocalyptic Comedy Series - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Everyone Else Burns, a six-part apocalyptic comedy from Jax Media and Universal International Studios, has been ordered by Channel 4.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/04\/channel-4-commissions-apocalyptic-comedy-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-04T13:00:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-04T13:15:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/Channel4-619.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"336\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/04\/channel-4-commissions-apocalyptic-comedy-series\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/04\/channel-4-commissions-apocalyptic-comedy-series\/\",\"name\":\"Channel 4 Commissions Apocalyptic Comedy Series - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-04T13:00:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-04T13:15:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/04\/channel-4-commissions-apocalyptic-comedy-series\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/04\/channel-4-commissions-apocalyptic-comedy-series\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/05\/04\/channel-4-commissions-apocalyptic-comedy-series\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Channel 4 Commissions Apocalyptic Comedy Series\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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