Laura Whitmore (Love Island), Emily Atack (The Emily Atack Show, The Inbetweeners), David Carlyle (It's a Sin), Tony Way (After Life, Game of Thrones), Melvin Odoom (Xtra Factor), Tyne-Lexy Clarson (Love Island), Sophie Duker (Taskmaster, Live at The Apollo) and Gordon Kane (In The Long Run) will feature as guest stars in the second series of Buffering, the sitcom created by and starring BAFTA winning comedian Iain Stirling and Steve Bugeja.
Buffering follows the lives of kids’ TV presenter Iain (Iain Stirling) and his housemates: Ashley (Rosa Robson - Black Mountain Poets, Inside No. 9, Heavy Entertainment), Rosie (Jessie Cave - Harry Potter, Trollied, Black Mirror), Greg (Paul G Raymond - Plebs, Avenue 5, Starstruck), and Thalia (Janine Harouni - Stand Up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated), The Batman, Modern Horror Stories) as they attempt to navigate their late twenties.
Over the course of this new series, we’ll follow Iain and his housemates as they try to figure out how to be better at life. Whether it’s throwing house parties, job hunting, dating, visiting the countryside, putting on pub quizzes or just figuring out their true feelings for each other, the gang will always have each other when, inevitably, things don’t go as planned.
Helping them along the way is Iain’s on-off (mostly off) girlfriend Olivia (Elena Saurel - The Batman, Industry, Breeders) and his overly detail-driven (aka irritating) colleague Finn (Steve Bugeja).
Buffering has been commissioned by Paul Mortimer, ITV's Head of Digital Channels and Acquisitions and Managing Director, Media and Entertainment, Kevin Lygo. Nana Hughes, ITV's Head of Scripted Comedy, is overseeing production of this series from the broadcaster’s perspective.
The series is co-written by Christine Robertson, Sally O’Leary, Janine Harouni, and Jessie Cave. Sam Michell (Stewart Lee: Snowflake/Tornado, Mrs Brown's Boys) is producer, while Sophie King (Disability Benefits, Swan) directs. Produced by Avalon and Executive Produced by Richard Allen-Turner and Jon Thoday.
Iain Stirling and Steve Bugeja's sitcom Buffering returns to ITV2 on 30th January.
Picture: Avalon
