Scrotal Recall to return... on Netflix
- Scrotal Recall is to get a second series, moving from Channel 4 to Netflix
- Netflix has ordered 8 more episodes from writer Tom Edge
- Johnny Flynn, Antonia Thomas and Daniel Ings will return for Series 2
The sitcom Scrotal Recall is to return for a second series. However, the comedy will be moving from Channel 4 to Netflix for its second run of episodes.
Variety reports that the online streaming company has put up the budget to make eight more episodes of the show, following on from the news that Channel 4 has dropped the format.
Scrotal Recall follows the "disastrous exploits" of twenty-something Dylan Witter who must contact everyone he's ever slept with to tell them he has Chlamydia. Each episode focuses on Dylan trying to trace a different girl. The show aired on Channel 4 in 2014 to good reviews and audience reaction, but it was dropped by the broadcaster after the six episodes had aired.
Series 1 of Scrotal Recall has since been performing well on Netflix, including in Canada and North America. As a result, the streaming company has now acquired the rights to make and broadcast Series 2 exclusively.
The key cast members Johnny Flynn, Antonia Thomas and Daniel Ings will all return, with creator Tom Edge signed up to write the new episodes.
Edge says: "I'm delighted I can finally reassure those fans who've assumed we were done and dusted. The next series will cover seven years of romantic highs and lows. Mostly lows. We find our way back to several characters from the first series and continue to have a lot of fun surprising people. Can't wait for everyone to see it!"
Matt Forde from BBC Worldwide, the company which brokered the deal, explains: "BBC Worldwide North America and Netflix have had a long standing and successful relationship. We brought Scrotal Recall to Netflix as it is typical of the distinctive and original programming they champion and bring to their viewers. Who can't love Dylan and his band of dysfunctional 20-something friends as they look for life's answers with a mix of partying and bad mistakes."
Murray Ferguson from producers Clerkenwell Films adds: "After such a warm response to season one, it's great to be working with Netflix and BBC Worldwide to bring back Dylan, Evie, Luke and many of the other great characters for another series of Scrotal Recall on Netflix's global networks."
The new series will be filmed later this year, to be published worldwide on Netflix's on-demand platform at a later date.