Lou Sanders also returns to judge guests' sinful confessions

Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable is to return for a third series.

Dave has ordered eight more hour-long episodes, with Lou Sanders returning as Giedroyc's assistant.

Giedroyc said: ‘I can't believe we get to misbehave for another series… and that we have guests agreeing to come on. It's become the go to place for confessions and I love it.’

Sanders added: ‘Very happy to report to my cutie for extra duties. Yes. Delighted to be back in my baby's arms to celebrate the disgusting crimes of the nation.’

The panel show features its guests to confess sinful misdeeds, with series two featuring the likes of  Katherine Ryan, Alan Davies, Sally Phillips, Munya Chawawa.

No guests have yet been named for the new series, which will be taped in London from July and will air later this year.

Commissioner Hilary Rosen says: ‘Working with Mel and Lou on Unforgivable is the best fun and I'm ecstatic that we are going again with this title. Our audience can expect bigger, better and ever more eye-popping confessions this time around.’

Cherie Cunningham, Dave channel director, added: ‘Mel and Lou are our absolute heroes at Dave. They make extracting the world's most unforgivable sins out of TV's finest look easy - a comedy force to be reckoned with, we welcome them back to the channel with open arms.’

The second series premiered in February, winning the biggest audience its timeslot for non-terrestrial viewing, The series has averaged more than 500,000 viewers per episode, consolidated over all screenings and catch-up views.

Published: 31 May 2022