BBC Children’s and Education is backing the best of British storytelling with two new homegrown commissions for CBBC and iPlayer. Filmed in locations across the UK, they include the original comedy High Hoops, starring Peep Show alumni Robert Webb and Isy Suttie, High Hoops is a 10 x 30 sitcom for CBBC by CanCan Productions. Filmed in Halifax, West Yorkshire, the comedy series tells the story of a charmingly reckless high school basketball player and her chaotic pursuit of success, fame, love and the perfect hook shot.

The show is about a failing school basketball team and the arrival of tall, gaffe-prone but unstoppable Aoife O’Neill. It’s a show about determination, finding your tribe, and being true to yourself. Following Aoife and her family as they move to a new area and a new school. She sees this as an opportunity to change her life. Aoife soon discovers that the only place she really fits in is the school basketball team - only they’re terrible. Can she turn them around?

Written and created by Sinead Fagan a lifelong basketball player and coach, High Hoops is a sharp, witty, and aspirational comedy set in an urban comprehensive. Aoife’s team are the gang you want to be part of. And each episode sees them face a new challenge and edge closer to their hoop dreams.

The show features an amazing new children’s cast including Darci Hull as lead character Aoife and is produced by West Yorkshire based CanCan Productions. International distribution is being handled by APC Kids. The producer is Dominique Molloy and the lead director is Ian Curtis. The show was commissioned by Patricia Hidalgo, Sarah Muller & Melissa Hardinge and Anita Burgess is commissioning Executive for CBBC 7+ audience and family audience space.