ITV has commissioned a new sitcom starring Jack Dee entitled Bad Move.
Dee will play Steve and Kerry Godliman will play his wife Nicky. They are both on their second marriages and have decided that moving to the countryside from the city is the answer to all their dreams.
Unfortunately living a simple existence in beautiful surroundings is not all it’s cracked up to be. Especially when they discover that the house they’ve bought is situated in what locals refer to as ‘The Dip’ – a place where internet signals cannot reach, but floodwater definitely can.
The couple must put on a brave face as the last thing they want is for all their friends back in the city to be proved right after they all said it was a ‘bad move’.
Bad Move was commissioned by Comedy Commissioning Editor Saskia Schuster and Head of Comedy Entertainment Peter Davey. It’s written by Jack Dee and Pete Sinclair and will be produced by Open Mike Productions with Andrew Beint executive producing.
Jack Dee said: “This is a comedy about the grass always being greener on the other side of the fence – until you jump over the fence and realise it’s an algae covered stagnant pond of sludge.”
ITV’s Comedy Commissioner Saskia Schuster added: "Husband and wife Steve and Nicky find out how painfully true the adage, 'be careful what you wish for' can be, but at least they are united in their dislike of their new life. Jack Dee and Pete Sinclair's brilliantly funny scripts pit these two misguided characters against their new environment, two characters who could also learn from the adage, 'pride comes before a fall.”
