Piglets Series 2 begins filming
Production is underway on the second series of Piglets, the ITV comedy set in a police training centre.
News of a second series was revealed in November, however it is only today that ITV has officially confirmed it has ordered six-more half-hour episodes of the sitcom.
The network notes: "The first series is one of the biggest comedies on ITVX and has so far reached 5.6m across its 6 episodes and launched last July with 2.8m viewers."
The new series will see Sarah Parish and Mark Heap reprise their roles as no nonsense Superintendent Julie Spry and benign Superintendent Bob Weekes. Joining them again will be Chief Superintendent Cunningham (Colin McFarlane), anal Head of Admin Melanie (Rebecca Humphries), ever-angry police trainer Daz (Ricky Champ) and the returning police trainees themselves, officious Afia (Halema Hussain), wannabe actor Dev (Abdul Sessay), 'prune in the nest' Paul (Jamie Bisping) and reluctant wise owl Geeta (Sukh Kaur Ojla).
The second series will also see the arrival of two new police trainees in the shape of motormouth Danni (Madelyn Smedley) and the enigmatic Connor (Kerr Logan).
ITV says: "With its distinctive humour and fast-paced storytelling the new series will see Paul grapple with being a 'double prune', Superintendents Weekes and Spry battle to save their jobs being axed by the increasingly eccentric Chief Super Cunningham, Daz's anger management course leads to an unexpected liaison, a trainee's wedding and a cat and mouse rooftop chase."
ITV's Head of Comedy, Nana Hughes, comments: "We are absolutely thrilled to bring back the attention-grabbing Piglets for a second series on ITV."
Victoria Pile from producers Monicker Pictures adds: "We're delighted ITV have given us the chance to explore the latest antics of our talented would-be cops!"
When ready, Series 2 will be shown on ITVX and ITV1.