BBC Two orders Cluedo-esque comedy, Stag

BBC Two is said to have drawn inspiration from Cluedo for a new comedy project.

Stag is set in Scotland during a stag party – with various characters being killed off over the course of the three-part series.

The comedy-whodunit hybrid will be co-produced by the BBC’s in-house comedy department and Idiotlamp Productions, the indie established by The Wrong Mans‘ producer-director Jim Field Smith.

The Hour scribe George Kay will write each instalment of the series that was ordered by Kim Shillinglaw, Controller of the beeb’s second channel.

Speaking to The Observer yesterday, Shillinglaw affirmed her belief that comedy ‘needs to be taken as seriously as classical music at the BBC’.

“When you make people laugh, you create a bit of love. It’s a special thing. But it goes beyond that. It holds up a mirror, tells you something about the absurdity of British life. You see that with The Office, The Thick of It and, in a slightly more parochial way, with W1A.” – Shillinglaw