Comedy drama about Leeds-based paramedics to air this summer, as will new E4 series Beaver Falls
Actor Rhys Thomas, best known for playing spoof talk radio presenter Gary Bellamy on BBC2's Bellamy's People, is to take the lead in Channel 4's new comedy drama Naked Apes.
Thomas will play the misanthropic Stuart in the six-part drama about three Leeds-based paramedics, which has just begun filming for a summer transmission on Channel 4.
He is joined in the lineup by Kayvan Novak, star of the Chris Morris satire Four Lions, and Lark Rise to Candleford actor Richard Madden. The drama, made by Daybreak Pictures, has been written by Brian Fillis, who was behind the BBC biopic The Curse of Steptoe and ITV's An Englishman in New York.
The broadcaster is also seeking to duplicate the success of E4 dramas Skins and Misfits by casting relative unknowns in Beaver Falls, the latest offering for the youth channel. The six-part series follows a group of young British graduates working at an elite US summer camp and will star River City actor Samuel Robertson alongside Arsher Ali and John Dagleish. It is being made by Company Pictures.
Channel 4's head of drama, Camilla Campbell, has said that the drama will be made with money freed up by the cancellation of Big Brother. She said: "Channel 4's increased investment in new drama will arrive on screen in summer 2011 ? Irreverent and provocative comedy drama, both are set to launch a host of new and emerging talent and characters. We hope viewers will love them as much as we do."
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/11/rhys-thomas-naked-apes-channel-4
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