The Midnight Beast

12 March 2012

TX: Summer

Already an online phenomenon with more than 45 million hits on YouTube, parody band The Midnight Beast bring their bonkers all-singing, all-dancing brand of comedy to E4.

The series features band members Stefan Abingdon, Dru Wakely and Ashley Horne as struggling musicians, alongside a host of comedic guest stars including regulars Simon Farnaby, Ryan Pope and Sophie Wu.

As well as slipping into wild music videos, the series sees the band having to cope with day-to-day challenges like sharing a dingy East London flat and trying to impress girls when they have no cash and one of them has to sleep in the kitchen.  

The series charts their failures and successes as they try to claw and hobble through a sea of bizarre obstacles and unsavoury characters toward pop stardom. 

Written by Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris and Tom Edge, the show is directed by Ben Gregor (Todd Margaret) and overseen by producer Mary Burke, whose previous credits include the films 'Submarine' and 'Bunny and the Bull'. 

Production company
Warp