E4 gets 'Wasted'

E4 today announces a new sitcom from the triple BAFTA Award winning writing team of James Lamont and Jon Foster (Cuckoo, Paddington, Amazing World of Gumball.) Wasted is essentially about the stupid things you end up doing, when there’s nothing to do.

Created and written by Lamont and Foster and produced by Angel Eye Media, Wasted focuses on four mates wasting their twenties in a West Country village. Morpheus, a geeky conspiracy theorist runs a mystical souvenir shop with his unambitious sister, Sarah. His scrounger best friend Kent sleeps on their sofa rent-free, and his secret crush, Alison, runs a new age healing business at the back of the shop.

Mixing the misadventures of twenty something life with visually surreal set pieces, it’s about the very bad things that really good friends do to each other, when they’ve been living in each other’s pockets since school.

Casting for Wasted, which will air on E4 next year, will be announced in due course.

Nerys Evans, Deputy Head of Comedy at Channel 4 said, “We can’t wait to get ‘Wasted’ with the talented and unique voices of James Lamont and Jon Foster. It’s exactly the kind of chaotic, hilarious and mischievous comedy we love having on the channel.”  

Richard Osborne, Managing Director of Angel Eye Media added, ““The experiences of young people living away from the big cities make for some very fertile comic ground and the scripts from Jon and James are hilarious. They’ve really nailed what it’s like to hang out with old mates - and at the same time make some huge leaps of imagination. So in terms of tackling rural comedy and an unexpected format - Wasted is a real stand-out show."

The 6 x 30 comedy was ordered by Channel 4 Head of Comedy, Phil Clarke and Deputy Head of Comedy, Nerys Evans. Made by Angel Eye Media, the Executive Producers are John O’Callaghan and Richard Osborne.