Channel 4 has greenlit new sitcom Lee & Dean, a five-part series written by Mark O’Sullivan and Miles Chapman, who also star as the eponymous builders Lee and Dean, and co-star Sam Underwood. It will be available on demand via All 4. Ramon Tikaram (Fortitude, Happy Valley) and Ricky Grover (EastEnders, Getting On, Walliams & Friend) also star. Mark O’Sullivan serves as series director and Miles Chapman is producer.

Lee & Dean is set in Stevenage and centres around builder best mates Lee and Dean. It’s a story of cheap builds, cheap lager, bark rubbing, break ups, and bad poetry, but at the heart of it lies the heart-warming bromance between Lee and Dean.

Prior to Lee & Dean, O’Sullivan and Miles Chapman also wrote and starred in Flavours for Channel 4’s Blaps.

Rachel Springett, Commissioning Editor for Channel 4, says: “We have been working with the talented writers and performers Mark and Miles from developments to BLAPS and we're thrilled to now be making a full series of Lee & Dean with them; set in the world of Stevenage builders. It will be a joy to watch the ensemble cast bring these brilliantly well-observed characters come to life.”

Mark O’Sullivan and Miles Chapman say: “We’re cock-a-hoop that we’ve been given the opportunity to bring Lee & Dean to life for the channel that has produced so many of our favourite comedies. And if there’s any chance we can get a City & Guilds in bricklaying out of it, it’s a double win for us.”