{"id":4308,"date":"2012-11-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/"},"modified":"2012-11-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T00:00:00","slug":"itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV Commissions New Sitcom Starring Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON: ITV has ordered the sitcom Vicious<\/em>, which stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, for its 2013 schedule. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gary Janetti, who has been a writer\/producer on such shows as Family Guy<\/em> and Will & Grace<\/em>, will pen the series, which has been co-created by Mark Ravenhill. Vicious<\/em> is a Brown Eyed Boy production in association with Kudos Film and TV. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

McKellen and Jacobi play two men who have lived together in a small Covent Garden flat for nearly 50 years. Their lives consist of reading books, walking their dog and bickering. Frances De La Tour plays their young-at-heart, feisty best friend. Their worlds are all turned upside down when a new neighbor moves in upstairs. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Janetti, who is serving as writer and co-producer, said, "I’m incredibly excited to be working with ITV and this unbelievable cast!"<\/p>\n

Gary Reich, the managing director at Brown Eyed Boy, added, "Brown Eyed Boy is privileged to bring such a fantastic project to life with such extraordinary talent, both on and off screen."<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Myfanwy Moore, ITV’s <\/span><\/span>comedy commissioning editor, commented,<\/span><\/span> "’ITV is thrilled this exciting and bold sitcom, with stellar performers and writing talent is to join the increasing slate of new look comedy shows on the channel."
\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONDON: ITV has ordered the sitcom Vicious, which stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, for its 2013 schedule. Gary Janetti, who has been a writer\/producer on such shows as Family Guy and Will & Grace, will pen the series, which has been co-created by Mark Ravenhill. Vicious is a Brown Eyed Boy production in association …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"\nITV Commissions New Sitcom Starring Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ITV Commissions New Sitcom Starring Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi. LONDON, November 5: ITV has ordered the sitcom Vicious, which stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, for its 2013 schedule. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski\" \/>\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\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ITV Commissions New Sitcom Starring Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ITV Commissions New Sitcom Starring Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi. LONDON, November 5: ITV has ordered the sitcom Vicious, which stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, for its 2013 schedule. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-11-05T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"World Screen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"World Screen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/\",\"name\":\"ITV Commissions New Sitcom Starring Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-11-05T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-11-05T00:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7\"},\"description\":\"ITV Commissions New Sitcom Starring Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi. LONDON, November 5: ITV has ordered the sitcom Vicious, which stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, for its 2013 schedule. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ITV Commissions New Sitcom Starring Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi\"}]},{\"@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\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7\",\"name\":\"World Screen\",\"description\":\"The leading source of information for the international media business.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ITV Commissions New Sitcom Starring Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi","description":"ITV Commissions New Sitcom Starring Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi. LONDON, November 5: ITV has ordered the sitcom Vicious, which stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, for its 2013 schedule. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ITV Commissions New Sitcom Starring Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi","og_description":"ITV Commissions New Sitcom Starring Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi. LONDON, November 5: ITV has ordered the sitcom Vicious, which stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, for its 2013 schedule. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski","og_url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/","og_site_name":"TVEUROPE","article_published_time":"2012-11-05T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg"}],"author":"World Screen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"World Screen","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/","name":"ITV Commissions New Sitcom Starring Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-11-05T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2012-11-05T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7"},"description":"ITV Commissions New Sitcom Starring Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi. LONDON, November 5: ITV has ordered the sitcom Vicious, which stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, for its 2013 schedule. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/11\/05\/itv-commissions-new-sitcom-starring-ian-mckellen-derek-jacobi\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ITV Commissions New Sitcom Starring Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi"}]},{"@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\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7","name":"World Screen","description":"The leading source of information for the international media business.","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}