BBC orders more of stand-up's sitcom

The BBC has picked up Mike Bubbins’ sitcom Mammoth for three more episodes.

In it, the stand-up plays a PE teacher who was frozen by an avalanche on a school trip in 1979 and is thawed out in the present day, when he has to rebuild his career.

The commission follows a pilot for BBC Wales which aired in late 2021.

Bubbins said: ‘I am delighted that Mammoth is about to become a BBC series.

‘I was a comedy fan well before I became a comedy writer and performer, and I still am, so I’m very excited to watch Tony Mammoth come to life. And not just after being miraculously frozen in time, following a freak skiing accident.

‘I want Mammoth to be the sort of comedy that families can sit down to enjoy together. Big laughs, from a big character. With quite a big moustache.’

Paul Forde, commissioning editor for comedy with BBC Wales, added: ‘It’s a great premise for a show and we know that audiences will love watching Tony Mammoth struggling to come to terms with his predicament.’

Bubbins co-wrote the show with Paul Doolan, and it is being made by BBC Studios’ comedy department.

It  was one of a series of new and returning comedy show announced by Jon Petrie, director of BBC Comedy, at the BBC’s Festival of Comedy in Cardiff  – where Mammoth is set.

Created by and starring: Mike Bubbins
Co-written with: Paul Doolan
Commissioned by: Jon Petrie, director of BBC Comedy and Nick Andrews, head of commissioning, BBC Wales
Commissioning editors:Seb Barwell and Paul Forde.
Executive producers: Josh Cole and Steven Canny,
Producer: Luke Mason.

Published: 24 May 2023