BBC Three's looking to reinvent the sketch show for 2016 with new Comedy Feeds pilot The JPD3 Show.
From the talent behind hit YouTube series Mandem on the Wall, the show - aimed at a youth audience - will "play on the truth" and explore "taboo" topics.
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"It's the things that people don't talk about, but everyone knows," co-writer and star Joivan Wade told Digital Spy.
"One sketch that we've got is 'Black Men Can't Swim' - and I feel like that's hilarious 'cause it's an actual truth," said Percelle Ascott.
"In our friendship group, if you asked how many of us can swim, one in three of us can't! So what we like to do with our humour is tap into true things, that we don't really want to speak about."
Joivan and Percelle - who devised the show along with Dee Kartier - told us that their pilot breaks new ground, since there's "not been a sketch show that's aimed at young people."
"We did this sketch show with David Walliams at Christmas - Walliams & Friend - and we were lucky to be a part of that," Ascott said.
"But doing that, we realised that there was room for a younger sketch show, for a younger audience. So with our show, we're hoping to have refreshing sketches that people haven't seen, on topics they don't usually talk about."
Their biggest influence, though, might not be all that familiar to UK audiences - Comedy Central's hit sketch series Key and Peele.
"For us, it's about tapping into high-production values as well, quite similar to Key and Peele," said Percelle.
The JPD3 Show and the rest of BBC Three's new Comedy Feeds will be available on BBC Three and BBC Three on iPlayer from Thursday, September 1.
Joivan Wade and Percelle Ascott star in new interactive film Genesis - a British sci-fi where YOU decide the ending. Click here for more.













