{"id":9547,"date":"2019-08-23T09:54:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T13:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/itv-plots-studio-sitcom-2020\/"},"modified":"2019-08-23T11:10:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T15:10:15","slug":"itv-plots-studio-sitcom-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/08\/23\/itv-plots-studio-sitcom-for-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV Plots Studio Sitcom for 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ITV has commissioned <em>Kate and Kolo<\/em>, a half-hour studio sitcom for 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda Blethyn will take on the title role of Kate in the new comedy, with Jimmy Akingbola taking on the role of Kolo. A Hat Trick production, <em>Kate and Kolo<\/em> centers on a working-class woman who runs an old-fashioned caf\u00e9 in a neglected seaside town and who develops a strong, if sometimes volatile, friendship with an asylum-seeking African doctor.<\/p>\n<p>The series is written by Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton, who will also supervise a trainee writer under the Comedy 50:50 scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Mulville, managing director at Hat Trick Productions, said, \u201cITV is the perfect home for <em>Kate and Kolo<\/em>, written by two of the country\u2019s top writers and with two great actors like Brenda and Jimmy. It\u2019s a wonderfully funny and sometimes touching comedy about real people coping with life at the sharp end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saskia Schuster, ITV&#8217;s comedy controller, added,\u00a0\u201c<em>Kate and Kolo<\/em> will be a new sitcom for ITV filmed in front of a live studio audience to air in 2020 on the channel. 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