Prolific British comedy writing team The Dawson Bros (pictured) are now working on a project for American television.

The trio, who scripted the TV show Big School alongside David Walliams and have many other TV credits to their name, are now working on a sitcom for the NBC network.

As first reported by industry news website Deadline, the single-camera format is titled The Spencer Tapes. The show centres on a 30-year-old college professor who rediscovers his old camcorder tapes and realises that life hasn't turned out the way he'd hoped.

The Dawson Bros collective is made up of brothers Steve Dawson and Andrew Dawson and their childhood friend Tim Inman.

The trio created the highly-praised BBC Three sketch show pilot Dawson Bros. Funtime in 2012. Together, they have also written for programmes such as The Kevin Bishop Show and The Peter Serafinowicz Show, entertainment formats such as The Jonathan Ross Show and 10 O'Clock Live, and worked in other comedy mediums, including editing the Inbetweeners Yearbook publication. The second series of Big School, the sitcom they co-write with David Walliams, has just finished on BBC One.

The Dawson Bros are working on The Spencer Tapes with Le Train Train, the Warner Brothers-linked production company run by Cuban Fury star Rashida Jones and The Sopranos actor Will McCormack.

The Dawson Bros told British Comedy Guide today: "After a decade of working in comedy writing, we're thrilled that someone's finally asked us for a quote. We're also thrilled to be working with such talented and experienced folk at Le Train Train, NBC and Warner Bros., the studio we blatantly stole our name from thinking they'd never hear about us."

Below is the technology-orientated sketch the trio wrote for The One Ronnie in 2010. The three minute clip, which stars Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield, has become a worldwide hit. It will soon reach 23 million views on YouTube.