Mel and Sue reveal their Hitmen Cast Members

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The cast of Sue Perkins and Mel Gierdroyc’s new comedy Hitmen is filling out with some fantastic comedy names as announced in a video released by the Radio Times. The Sky One series will feature Fleabag’s Sian Clifford, Sophia Di Martino of Flowers, Nick Mohammed, Asim Chaudhry, Andrew Brooke and Jason Watkins, although their exact roles have yet to be revealed… However, we do know that Hitmen stars Mel and Sue playing best friends who make a living as assassins.

You can watch the pair giving a rundown of their fellow cast members performances here!

Morwenna Gordon, the commissioning editor for Sky Comedy, said: “We are thrilled to have Mel and Sue back on our screens, in their first ever scripted comedy series.

“We have a brilliant cast, featuring many well-known faces, in a number of unexpected and potentially life-threatening circumstances that Fran and Jamie find themselves in along the way.”

We can’t wait to see this series!

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