Six more episodes of BBC sketch show from Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou

Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou’s sketch show is to return to the BBC.

Six more 15-minute episodes of Ellie & Natasia have been ordered for BBC Two from NIT TV, the joint venture between Harry Hill and CPL Productions.

In a statement the comics said: ‘When the BBC came crawling on their knees begging us for a series 2 we didn’t have it in our hearts to say no.

‘It is our pleasure to provide our stunning and excellent sketches and characters to help out the darling little BBC – it’s God’s work and someone has to do it.’

The first series – which featured characters such as the coffee spotters, the Brothers Pomodoro and a girl with a pixie haircut – won Demetriou a nomination for best female performance in a comedy at this year’s Baftas, whilst the series itself was shortlisted for a Rose d’Or Award. It has also just been nominated for Best Comedy Programme at the 2023 Broadcast Digital Awards.

Executive producer Mobashir Dar added: ‘The BBC wanting more Ellie & Natasia is such fantastic news. All rise and hail the queens of comedy.

Ellie & Natasia  was recommissioned 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