Katherine Parkinson is set to start in a new one-off Christmas comedy entitled Pandemonium.

2020 has been an absolute nightmare for the Jessop family (amongst others). Having seen their finances and future plans devastated, they’ve also had to abandon their holiday of a lifetime to California. With family morale at an all-time low, the Jessops decide they’re going to have their summer holiday after all, even if it means doing it in December. In Margate. All filmed by their youngest son, Pandemonium charts the Jessops last, dogged attempt at some quality family time in 2020, despite the best efforts of a global pandemic to pull them apart.

Featuring a stellar cast, Pandemonium stars Katherine Parkinson (Defending the Guilty, Taskmaster, The IT Crowd) as Rachel, Jim Howick (Sex Education, Ghosts) as Paul, Alison Steadman (Gavin & Stacey, Hold the Sunset) as Sue, Tom Basden (After Life, Plebs) as Robin and Tori Allen-Martin (Pure, Unforgotten) as Cherry.

Pandemonium is a BBC Studios production for BBC One written by Tom Basden. It was commissioned by Kate Phillips, Acting Controller BBC One and Shane Allen, Controller Comedy Commissioning. The Executive Producer is Josh Cole. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Gregor Sharp.

Katherine Parkinson can currently be seen on C4 on Thursday nights at 9pm in Taskmaster (pictured)