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First photo from Buffering
Comedians Jessie Cave, Paul G Raymond, Rosa Robson and Janine Harouni have joined the cast of Iain Stirling’s semi-autobiographical new sitcom, Buffering.
ITV2 have today confirmed the comedy, loosely based on Stirling’s work as a children’s TV presenter, which Chortle first revealed in November 2019.
The broadcaster has also released the first photo from the show, above, in which Stirling’s character, also called Iain, is in a complicated relationship with a TV producer, played by Elena Saurel. Cave, Raymond, Robson and Harouni play his flatmates.
The comedian, who found wider fame as the voice of Love Island, wrote the six half-hour episodes with fellow stand-up Steve Bugeja. The show will be made by Avalon, whose management arm represents both comics.
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