Channel 4 has recommissioned Lee and Dean, with Mark O’Sullivan and Miles Chapman as the eponymous Stevenage-based builder best mates. The series will return for a six-part run.

The first series followed the relationship between Lee, Dean and their friends through charity galas, poetry nights, bark rubbing competitions, prison sentences and shockingly eventful stag and hen weekends. The end of season 1 left us on the edge of our seats as Mrs Bryce-D’Souza announced she was pregnant, Lee and Nikki’s relationship was left in tatters, and Lee and Dean came to blows… But who is the father of Mrs Bryce-D’Souza’s baby? Will Lee and Dean mend their friendship? Will Lee and Nikki get married? And will Dean ever reveal his true feelings for Lee? Anna Morris, Camille Ucan, Sam Underwood and Ricky Grover (EastEnders, Getting On, Walliams & Friend) also star.

Fiona McDermott, Head of Comedy at Channel 4, says: "I may not be prepared to hire Lee and Dean to do work on my house, but I am prepared to give them another run at this brilliant original comedy. We can’t wait to see where Mark, Miles and the Bingo team take the characters this time.”

Mark O’Sullivan and Miles Chapman, writers and stars, commented: “We’re thrilled to be diving back into the lives of Lee and Dean. Making the first series was a dream come true, and being given another is truly amazing. We can’t wait to continue the story – we promise there’ll be plenty of twists and surprises. And bark rubbing, of course.”