The Channel 4 Comedy department have confirmed today that Friday Night Dinner, their new sitcom, will return for a second series next year.

Each episode of the show, which is written and produced by The Inbetweeners and Peep Show script editor Robert Popper, takes place over the course of a Friday night as twenty-something brothers Adam and Jonny Goodman return to their parents' home for a family dinner.

The programme features an impressive acting ensemble, with the cast list featuring Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal and Mark Heap. The show has performed well in the ratings, with consolidated viewing data for the series to date indicating that the sitcom is averaging an audience of 2m - above the slot's average.

Robert Popper says: "I am so happy to be making a second series of Friday Night Dinner for Channel 4. I can't wait to get writing in the same small room again for eight lonely months, talking to myself at regular intervals, and eating far too many biscuits."

Series 1 of Friday Night Dinner is still broadcasting, with Episode 5 of 6 this Friday at 10pm. This week's episode features guest star Frances Barber as an enemy of the Goodman family. Series 2 of the show is expected to be broadcast in Spring 2012.