E4 has commissioned a brand new comedy series from actress and playwright Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Crashing focuses on "the lives and loves of six twenty-to-thirty-something adults living together as Property Guardians in a disused hospital".

E4 adds: "It's about that time in your life when the reality of being an adult kicks you hard in the crotch. This time you're not someone's kid, you're not a student, and you're not fresh out of uni. This time you're a grown up."

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has received critical attention and praise in recent years, both as a writer and a performer. Her one woman show Fleabag won her a Fringe First award and The Stage Award for Best Solo Performance at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

She has also been nominated for Most Promising New Playwright at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards, whilst her TV writing credits include Drifters.

Phoebe has previously appeared in Blandings, London Irish, Broadchurch, Bad Education and The Café.

To be made by Big Talk Productions, the six-part series will be filmed in London over the summer for broadcast in 2016.

They explain, "In an age of unaffordable housing and sky-high rents, becoming a Property Guardian has never been so appealing, with thousands of people paying as little as £25 a week to live in unoccupied buildings in exchange for 'protecting' the property from disrepair.

"Just imagine waking up every morning in your own historic building in the most exciting city in the world. Even if it is an enormous, creepy, derelict hospital."

Channel 4 Comedy Commissioning Editor, Rachel Springett said: "Phoebe is such extraordinary new writer/performer talent. We are thrilled to be making her first ever sitcom on the channel and we look forward to unleashing her unique voice and humour onto the world!"

Kenton Allen, Chief Executive at Big Talk Productions adds: "We're thrilled to be working with the phenomenally talented Phoebe on her first TV series. She is at the forefront of the next generation of female writer/performers and has a unique comic voice so we can't wait to breathe life into her fabulous scripts."

Phoebe Waller-Bridge said today: "It's an absolute dream to be writing for such a sexy, funny, groundbreaking channel. I'm over the moon that they've let this naughty little gang of characters into the fold."