Dave Announce New Original Comedy Series Zapped

UKTV's leading entertainment channel, Dave, is to expand it original scripted comedy with Zapped.
A brand new fantasy comedy from Baby Cow Productions, starring James Buckley (The Inbetweeners), Paul Kaye (Game of Thrones), Sharon Rooney (My Mad Fat Diary), Ken Collard (Cuckoo) and Louis Emerick (Benidorm) plus a guest appearance from Steve Coogan, who will also executive produce the show.
Brian Weaver (James Buckley), an online data marketing assistant finds himself abruptly transported to a parallel world. Fortunately, there's a pub. There he meets the owner, Herman (a former warrior; Louis Emerick) plus a handful of regulars: Barbara (a hopeless soothsayer; Sharon Rooney), Steg (an armchair revolutionary; Ken Collard) and Howell (a brain-fried Wizard; Paul Kaye). Brian is desperate to get home, and his new acquaintances are no help at all. Instead he finds himself being sucked into a world he doesn't understand, full of psychopathic Fairies, Shell Men, seductive Demi-Fins, vicious Throcks and the frighteningly unpredictable side-effects of Howell's magical powers. It's even worse than being an online data marketing assistant.
The series has been created by Black Dog Television and is written by Dan Gaster, Will Ing and Paul Powell. Baby Cow Productions are producing, with comedy legend Steve Coogan as executive producer, Kerry Waddell (Red Dwarf XI & XII) as series producer and Dave Lambert (Undercover and Alan Partridge: Welcome To The Places Of My Life) as director. The series has been ordered by Dave general manager Steve North and UKTV's director of commissioning Richard Watsham. Simon Lupton, UKTV's senior commissioning editor will oversee as executive producer for UKTV.
Steve Coogan said: "Zapped! is fantasy, heightened reality and lots of escapism, with one foot firmly in the real world. It has all the requisite elements to take the audience on a journey to this slightly mad world; from wizards and spells to mermaids, psychopathic fairies, smartphones and then back to the boring office job. We have a great cast on board, led by the brilliant James Buckley. We're excited to be working with UKTV on another original comedy series and we feel this is a great example of Baby Cow at its best."

(MH)