Sharon Horgan's new Channel 4 sitcom is a Catastrophe

Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney are to star together in new dating sitcom Catastrophe.

The Pulling star and the Twitter comedian co-wrote the show about an Irish woman and an American man 'who make a bl**dy mess as they struggle to fall in love in London', Broadcast magazine reported.

The series was commissioned by Channel 4 after a successful pilot from Avalon Television last year.

It will screen at the end of the year.

Sharon and Rob previously appeared together in BBC Three's Feed My Funny .

 

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