Mel and Sue are reuniting to star in their first sitcom together, the pair will play hapless contract killers and best friends in Sky One’s six-part show Hitmen.
Mel Giedroyc will play Jamie, an ‘affable goof’ and Sue Perkins is Fran, a super sensitive contract killer, wondering if she’s in the right job…
The duo will contribute to the script, which is written by Joe Parham and Joe Markham. Sue said: “I’m delighted to be part of this project, I can’t wait to sit for months on end in a hot van with my old, flatulent, double act partner.”
Mel said: “It’s 30 years that I met Sue Perkins, and we had happy times together playing ridiculous characters, then spent hours in a fetid van in order to release them around the country. Essentially nothing has changed in the Mel/Sue collective. And that’s a great comfort.”
Tiger Aspect executive producer Myfanwy Moore said: “We are so excited to be working with the truly fantastic female comedy partnership that is Mel and Sue, who can brandish bullets and banter brilliantly in equal measure.”
Jon Mountague, Sky’s head of comedy promises the show will: “capture the chemistry of Mel and Sue and their playfulness in a scripted comedy world”.
Hitmen will be on Sky One in 2019
