Stephen Buchanan pilots Tapped for BBC Three
- Former BBC New Comedy Award winner Stephen Buchanan is developing a Glasgow-set sitcom for BBC Three
- Co-starring Leah Macrae and directed by Dinosaur's Niamh McKeown, a non-broadcast taster for Tapped was shot earlier this year with Objective Fiction
- Objective have also been developing Gundi, which has been likened to Sex And The City but with four British Asian women in London, written by and starring playwright Nyla Levy
Stephen Buchanan and Dinosaur director Niamh McKeown have reunited for a BBC Three sitcom pilot, British Comedy Guide can exclusively reveal.
Shot and set in Glasgow, Tapped also stars Gary: Tank Commander's Leah MacRae, Dylan Blore (Calamity James) and Lisa Ambalavanar (Home Time).
Details of the plot currently remain under wraps. But the non-broadcast comedy, which was filmed in spring and is produced by Owen Bell for Objective Fiction (Feel Good, GameFace), marks the third time that the Glasgow-based duo of stand-up Buchanan and director McKeown have collaborated.
The pair made the BBC short, Cable Tied, last year, starring Buchanan and Martin Quinn as inept burglars.
And their Channel 4 short, The Dead Don't Care, in which the comic plays a psychic bringing closure to the grieving by channelling their weird dead relatives, has just been nominated for a Scottish Royal Television Society Award in the short form category.
Co-starring Mark Dallas (Scot Squad), Burnistoun's Louise Stewart and comedians Darren Connell and Stuart McPherson, the latter of whom Buchanan makes two podcasts with, the film was developed as part of Channel 4's fledgling pilot strand, Playgrounds, and was also released last year.
"Buzzing to be nominated for an @rts.scotland award for my Channel 4 short The Dead Don't Care" Buchanan posted on Instagram yesterday. "If you want me to wear any of your clothes on the night just hit me up guys @gucci @prada @versace x"
RTS Scotland had already announced its nominees in the comedy category, which include the BBC shows Dinosaur, directed by McKeown, starring Ashley Storrie and co-written by the stand-up with Matilda Curtis, Only Child featuring Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh and the sketch show Stevens & McCarthy, starring Gayle Telfer Stevens and Louise McCarthy.
Former BBC New Comedy Award-winner Buchanan, whose recent live shows have combined stand-up and sketch, is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with Cold Meat, for 25 dates from 28th July to 24th August at Monkey Barrel 2.
Meanwhile, Objective Fiction has been developing Gundi, a comedy drama for Channel 4 conceptually likened to Sex And The City but with four British Asian women in London.
Written by and starring Does My Bomb Look Big In This? playwright Nyla Levy, her first solo written project for television, a 30-minute pilot was shot last year, directed by Luke Snellin (Feel Good) and produced by Kelly McGolpin (Chewing Gum).