{"id":6370,"date":"2015-12-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/12\/21\/rising-star-comedian-dane-baptiste-gets-bbc-three-sitcom\/"},"modified":"2015-12-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T00:00:00","slug":"rising-star-comedian-dane-baptiste-gets-bbc-three-sitcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/12\/21\/rising-star-comedian-dane-baptiste-gets-bbc-three-sitcom\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising-Star Comedian Dane Baptiste Gets BBC Three Sitcom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLONDON: BBC Three has ordered the original comedy <em>Sunny D<\/em> to series following its pilot debut as part of this year&rsquo;s BBC Three<em> Comedy Feeds<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe sitcom stars comedian Dane Baptiste as a man trapped in a mundane 9-to-5 job who is still living at home with his moody twin and unsympathetic parents. It is a BBC Comedy in-house production executive produced by Rebecca Papworth.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDamian Kavanagh, controller for BBC Three, said: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re excited to have Dane and <em>Sunny D<\/em> on BBC Three. BBC Three will always be the home of the best and brightest new comedy talent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPapworth remarked: &ldquo;<em>Sunny D<\/em> gives full flight to rising star Dane Baptiste&rsquo;s comic rage against an unsympathetic universe. It is laugh out loud, imaginative, compelling and honest storytelling from a big name of the future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBaptiste added: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m incredibly happy that <em>Sunny D<\/em> has been commissioned! It represents the possibility of the mainstream opening the comedy landscape to a new perspective and the resurrection of the Black British sitcom. I grew up watching sitcoms on the BBC, so to have them invest in my own project is an opportunity that I relish and am grateful for.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: BBC Three has ordered the original comedy Sunny D to series following its pilot debut as part of this year&rsquo;s BBC Three Comedy Feeds. The sitcom stars comedian Dane Baptiste as a man trapped in a mundane 9-to-5 job who is still living at home with his moody twin and unsympathetic parents. 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