ITV commission new Simon Nye pilot

A pilot episode of a new single-camera comedy has been commissioned by ITV.

Adam's Family is told from the point of view of a video diary kept by a young teenage boy who is coming to terms with his new blended family after one of his parents decides to re-marry.

The comedy was originally planned for the BBC, with the script written by Maya Forbes, Jack Williams and Harry Williams. The ITV adaptation is being written by Simon Nye, the creator of Men Behaving Badly and Is It Legal?.

The pilot is being produced by Caryn Mandabach Productions, a U.S. company owned by the American producer of the same name. Mandabach previously helped Men Behaving Badly to be exported to America, and hopes to do the same with Adam's Family. Caryn herself said: "It's a happy counterpoint to doing business in L.A. most of the time."