BBC orders Things You Should Have Done from comic Lucia Keskin

Am I Being Unreasonable? co-creator Selin Hizli is to star in a new BBC sitcom from comic Lucia Keskin.

Things You Should Have Done is described as an ‘offbeat, dysfunctional family-sitcom’ and will run for three episodes on BBC Thee.

Lucia plays Chi, a self-confessed ‘stay-at-home-daughter’, who lives a simple life: eating crisps, making weird vlogs and watching sitcoms.

But when her parents, who she is so dependent on, unexpectedly die, Chi is suddenly forced to fend for herself. Chi will inherit the house on condition she completes a list of 'things you should have done’ left by her parents.

Meanwhile Chi’s highly strung Auntie Karen (Hizli) wants nothing to do with her dependent pest of a niece, but very much wants the house she feels is rightfully hers.

In each episode, Chi tackles something from the list and is unleashed on the locals of Ramsgate. 

Keskin said: ‘I cannot believe it's actually happening, very excited and just so grateful to fulfil a dream with such a great team of people. But above all it’s just nice to get out of the house.’

Producer Steve Monger from Roughcut Television praised Keskin’s ‘one-of-a-kind comedy brain’., adding: ‘I can’t wait to see her brand of offbeat Gen-Z humour meets traditional sitcom unleashed on the BBC.

‘It’s been an absolute dream bringing this mad show to life with a super talented cast, crew and commissioning team.’

Things You Should Have Done  was commissioned by Jon Petrie, director of BBC Comedy, who announced the series alongside nine other new and returning shows and a raft of short films, at the BBC’s Festival of Comedy that kicked off in Cardiff today.

Published: 24 May 2023