New sitcom 'Heading Out' for BBC Two

Dawn French, Steve Pemberton and June Brown are among a host of popular actors appearing in a new BBC2 sitcom penned by Great British Bake Off presenter Sue Perkins.

Perkins will also star in the six-part series herself as the lead character Sara.
Heading Out tells the story of Sara (Perkins) – a vet who is successful and popular – but with her 40th birthday looming is still struggling to come clean to her parents about her sexuality.
Sara’s friends Justine (Nicola Walker) and Jamie (Dominic Coleman) arrange for her to see an eccentric lifestyle coach and threaten to tell her parents if she won’t.
The series, which will air in 2013, also features Shelley Conn (Mistresses), Raquel Cassidy (Lead Balloon), Jeff Rawle (Drop the Dead Donkey) and Harriet Walter (Law & Order:UK).
Also in the cast is Perkins’ Great British Bake Off co-host Mel Giedroyc.

Perkins said: “I think once the gnawing terror, sleepless nights and relentless self-doubt has subsided, this might well be the thing that I’m most proud of.
“It’s been a joy to work on, and I hope that joy proves to be infectious.”