Here We Go sitcom series coming to BBC One
- Here We Go - a sitcom series following multiple generations of the same family - is coming to BBC One
- The show, written by Tom Basden, co-stars Alison Steadman, Katherine Parkinson and Jim Howick
- The format was piloted in 2020 under the title Pandemonium
Alison Steadman, Katherine Parkinson, Jim Howick and Tom Basden will star in a six-part BBC One sitcom series focused around multiple generations of the same family.
The comedy was piloted in December 2020 under the title Pandemonium, and British Comedy Guide exclusively revealed in September that the format was due to return for a full series.
The BBC has now revealed the series, which is written by Basden, will be called Here We Go.
The BBC confirms: "Here We Go follows the highs and lows of the Jessop family as they navigate a combination of life's everyday challenges - changing careers, keeping the romance alive within a marriage, adopting a healthier lifestyle, kidnapping a dog, destroying a swimming pool and sabotaging a wedding.
"Having filmed his family's disastrous attempt to carve out a holiday in the midst of the pandemic in the 2020 pilot episode, the series sees youngest son Sam continue to document the Jessop family across the year. Moving back and forward in time, each episode offers an intimate, observed and absurd exposé of a modern British family doing its best to support each other, if accidentally annoying everyone else in the process.
"Although nothing quite goes to plan for the Jessops, their indomitable spirit sees them find moments of unexpected delight among the disappointment and laughing in the face of disaster, promising a surfeit of hilarious moments for viewers to enjoy."
Freya Parks and Tori Allen-Martin will also reprise their roles from the pilot, with the first look image revealing Ed Kear playing Dean, a friend of Robin, and that Terminator: Dark Fate actor Jude Collie is taking over from Jack Christou in the role of Sam.
Tom Basden comments: "I'm delighted to be bringing the Jessop family to BBC One this year. Hopefully their spectacular failures will make the rest of us feel a bit better about ourselves."
Jon Petrie from BBC Comedy comments: "Tom is a comedy writer at the very top of his game and we can't wait to see this modern family sitcom develop into a full series on BBC One, which it truly deserves."
Josh Cole from BBC Studios adds: "Here We Go is a passion project for us and one we are hugely excited about. Tom Basden's scripts are exceptional, and bottle the unique dynamics, and occasional frustrations, of time spent with the family".
Broadcast details for Here We Go will be announced in due course, whilst the pilot - which was broadcast as part of the Comedy Playhouse strand - is still available to watch via BBC iPlayer.
Howick, Collie, Basden and producer Tom Jordan recently took part in a Royal Television Society Zoom session, to talk more about how they filmed the show: