New BBC2 series for Whitehouse

Paul Whitehouse has landed a new BBC2 comedy series in which he will play 30 new characters.

The Fast Show star will play the cast of patients visiting a psychiatrist, played by Chris Langham People Like Us.

Half a dozen characters will appear in each 30-minute episode of the as-yet untitled new comedy, some as regulars and some as one-offs.

Langham and Whitehouse will also write the series, MediaGuardian reports.

The comedy Whitehouse's first new series since Happiness ended two years ago.

The new comedy, commissioned by former BBC2 controller Jane Root before she quit the channel in May, is due to be broadcast next year.

Published: 22 Jul 2004