Trip Hazard returns, a documentary about disability and a cooking show

Channel 4 has signed up Rosie Jones to front a second series of her travelogue Trip Hazard – as well as two new programmes.

The comic will also front a new documentary that explores society’s attitudes towards disabled people and a new online series, Dine Hard, in which she cooks for her showbiz pals, despite being useless in the kitchen.

She said: ‘It gives me immense pleasure to be heading up not one, not two, but THREE Channel 4 shows! How lucky am I?!

‘In my opinion, Channel 4 has always been the pioneer channel when it comes to championing and celebrating diversity, and showcasing different, important stories. All three of these shows do just that. Oh, do I have a brilliantly busy year ahead!’

Trip Hazard will be back for five more episodes, doubled in length to run for an hour, in which she will be joined by more celebrities  to explore destinations around the UK.

In the one-off, as yet untitled, documentary made by Twofour, Jones will start from the  shocking abuse she regularly receives on social media to investigate how widespread the problem is.

She will meet other people targeted for abuse about being disabled as well as those campaigning for change, and rope in her friends from the world of comedy to help raise awareness of the problem.

Finally, Dine Hard is a  five-part digital series produced by Rockerdale Studios promising ‘great chat, mediocre food and (hopefully) very few culinary-related trips to A&E’.

Channel 4 commissioner Thomas Pullen said: ‘The representation of disability in cooking and chat show formats hasn’t come as far as in some other genres, so with Rosie Jones: Dine Hard, we wanted to take a big stride forward and throw Rosie in at the deep end, asking her to do both those things at once – cooking and chat – and in true Rosie style, she has risen to that challenge.

‘But this is about way more than just on-screen representation, we wanted to make this a really inclusive production with over a third of our on and off-screen team made up of disabled talent.’

And Phil Harris, head of entertainment at Channel 4, added: ‘Rosie Jones is a brilliant talent and we absolutely love working with her.

‘We’re over the moon viewers will get to see more of the Rosie they love in Trip Hazard, as well as a different side to her in the documentary which looks at a massively important issue that is incredibly close to Rosie’s heart.’

Published: 7 Mar 2022