As part of the BBC’s sitcom season marking 60 years since Hancock’s Half Hour was aired on TV, BBC Two will be showcasing five new comedy pilots in 2016. Catastrophe’s Sharon Horgan is co-writing a sitcom with Holly Walsh, Graham Linehan and his wife Helen Linehan.
The sitcom, called Motherland, will be about navigating middle-class motherhood. Holly recently became a parent, like her fellow Motherland writers and Sharon has written various scripts concerning parenthood, most recently the hit Channel Four show Catastrophe.
Co-writer and director of the show Graham Linehan said: “I’m working on something at the moment with Holly Walsh and Sharon Horgan and my wife called Motherland that’s going very well, we’ve written a really good first draft and that’s turned out nice.”
Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC Channels and iPlayer, said: “Comedy has such a wonderful, rich tradition on the BBC, and I’m committed to continuing that across all the channels. The landmark sitcom season will celebrate our very British sense of humour by reimagining hits of the past and giving a platform for new talent.”
In addition Sharon is working with comedian Aisling Bea on a sitcome for Channel Four which will tell the story of a woman who is trying to find her biological father.
