{"id":5203,"date":"2014-03-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2014\/03\/07\/itv-renews-comedy-revival-birds-of-a-feather\/"},"modified":"2014-03-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T00:00:00","slug":"itv-renews-comedy-revival-birds-of-a-feather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2014\/03\/07\/itv-renews-comedy-revival-birds-of-a-feather\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV Renews Comedy Revival Birds of a Feather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLONDON: The U.K.&rsquo;s ITV has given the go-ahead to a second season of its hit comedy revival <em>Birds of a Feather<\/em>, scheduled to start filming later this year.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tElaine Bedell, the network&rsquo;s director of comedy and entertainment, and Myfanwy Moore, the comedy commissioning editor, ordered the series from QuirkyMedia Stuff and Retort. Jon Rolph and Steve Sheen will exec produce.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe series, a revival of a classic British comedy that aired from 1989 to 1998, has attracted audiences of up to 9.5 million since its early January premiere. It&rsquo;s averaged 8 million viewers based on consolidated overnights.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLaurence Marks and Maurice Gran, the show&rsquo;s original writers, will return to write the new season along with Gary Lawson and John Phelps. Original cast members Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph are also scheduled to return.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;We&rsquo;re very pleased that the brilliant chemistry between these three great actresses once again attracted the large and loyal audience that <em>Birds of a Feather<\/em> deserves,&rdquo; Bedell said. &ldquo;The writers and producers have done a fantastic job in making the show feel funny, fresh and relevant.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: The U.K.&rsquo;s ITV has given the go-ahead to a second season of its hit comedy revival Birds of a Feather, scheduled to start filming later this year. Elaine Bedell, the network&rsquo;s director of comedy and entertainment, and Myfanwy Moore, the comedy commissioning editor, ordered the series from QuirkyMedia Stuff and Retort. Jon Rolph and &hellip;<\/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-5203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ITV Renews Comedy Revival Birds of a Feather<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ITV Renews Comedy Revival Birds of a Feather. LONDON, March 7: The U.K.\u00e2\u0080\u0099s ITV has given the go-ahead to a second season of its hit comedy revival Birds of a Feather, scheduled to start filming later this year.. 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