Amandaland, Two Doors Down and 5 more hit BBC comedies confirmed to return for new episodes

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The BBC is bringing back several popular comedies, and that includes a new show called Amandaland, which is a spin-off of the hit series Motherland.

The popular series, featuring Lucy Punch, Joanna Lumley, and Philippa Dunne, will return for a third season. It recently won the award for Best Scripted Comedy at the TV BAFTAs.

Holly Walsh and Laurence Rickard, the creators and writers of the comedy series Amandaland, are excited to return to SoHa for a third season. They’re also pleased the show has become so popular – it’s found a much larger audience than the fictional Amanda’s Instagram page! Since 2022, Amandaland has become one of the BBC’s most successful and critically praised comedies.

We’re getting ready to use AI to help write new scripts, and we’re excited to work with our fantastic cast and crew again.

Great news for fans of the Scottish comedy Two Doors Down! The show is coming back for an eighth season, continuing the story right after the Christmas special in 2025.

Beth and Eric are constantly wishing for a peaceful life, but their neighbors – Colin, Cathy, and Christine – always seem to disrupt it.

Meanwhile, Michelle (Joy McAvoy) gets ready for the baby, and Gordon (Kieran Hodgson) starts taking classes. Alan (Graeme Stevely) and Ian (Jamie Quinn) are back as well, trying their best to help their partners, though not always successfully.

Gregor Sharp, the writer and co-creator, said they had a great time reuniting the band for last year’s Christmas episode and are thrilled to be back with some new songs they hope audiences will love just as much.

The BBC has renewed several popular shows, including Black Ops, Am I Being Unreasonable?, Mammoth, Such Brave Girls, and Things You Should Have Done. Fans of Not Going Out are in for a treat too – a special documentary will celebrate the show’s 20th anniversary, making it the longest-running British sitcom still airing.

Lee Mack is giving fans an unprecedented look behind the scenes of the comedy show that’s been a BBC staple for twenty years. The program will feature interviews with cast and crew members from throughout the show’s history, as well as a sneak peek at what’s coming in the next season.

This anniversary documentary celebrates the show’s funniest moments with classic clips, rare archival footage, and previously unseen bloopers. Mack will also share his personal memories and behind-the-scenes stories, offering a unique look at the show’s history and how it evolved, including some surprising turns it took along the way.

After twenty years of making Not Going Out, we’re excited to finally share a behind-the-scenes look at how the show is created, showing everything – the good and the bad.

“Thankfully we have hoovered behind that curtain, but unfortunately the warts have not cleared up.”

And in further news, there are also two new BBC comedies on the way.

Hopley Hall, a new series created and written by Daniel Peak (known for his work on Not Going Out and Code 404), features Derry Girls star Jamie-Lee O’Donnell. The show is set in a beautiful, but somewhat rundown, historic house in the Northern Irish countryside and follows the lives of those who live there.

The story centers on the diverse staff and volunteers who maintain Hopley Hall – a quirky collection of people, ranging from well-meaning helpers to those with more questionable motives, as the synopsis explains.

Ghosts comparisons, anyone?

Another new show in the works is “Opening Up,” created and written by award-winning comedians Amy Gledhill (known for “Alma’s Not Normal,” “Run Away,” and “Taskmaster”) and Nic Sampson, who has been nominated for an RTS award for his work on “Starstruck.”

This series, filmed in and around Manchester, centers on Penny and Rhys, a couple who attempt to revitalize their struggling relationship by exploring open relationships.

However, people soon discover that starting an open relationship without understanding how it functions is likely to fail.

Gledhill and Sampson expressed their excitement to share their new project, and Jon Petrie, BBC’s director of comedy, said the series instantly impressed them.

Amy and Nic write with a clever, fast-paced humor that perfectly captures the messy, awkward, and often chaotic reality of relationships today.

Despite everything, the show has a lot of genuine emotion, and we’re excited for BBC viewers to get to know the characters Penny and Rhys.

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Abby RobinsonDrama Editor

I’m a big fan of Abby Robinson’s work! She’s the Drama Editor at TopMob, where she writes about all the latest TV dramas and comedies. Before that, she was a TV writer at Digital Spy and created content for Mumsnet. She’s clearly very well-educated too, holding both a degree and a postgraduate diploma in English Studies.

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2026-05-13 19:35