Sharon Horgan is dropping the first hints about the second series of Motherland exclusively to Digital Spy.
The BBC Two dramedy centres around single-mum Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin) struggling to keep up with the demands of parenting and pressure from other mothers who seem to have it all.
Speaking to us about her new movie Game Night, Motherland co-creator Sharon Horgan said she's keen to explore different types of parenting when the show returns — and that means adding even more of the country's funniest comics to the cast alongside Lucy Punch, Diane Morgan and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
"It's a bit of a logistical nightmare because there's quite a few writers on it so just getting us together and available at the same time but we're working it out, for sure," she admitted of the new episodes.
The writer-actress continued: "We definitely want to get a few more mums in there. We represented as many types without them feeling like types as we could, but I think there's more out there to explore and so many great comedy actresses to play those roles as well. It's like being a kid with a bunch of toys, it's the best thing ever.
"I think they're talking about a sequel. They left it open for one, and I think the writers are having some thoughts, that was a really fun thing and fitted. It was the right time for me to make something like that. Everything you make now, whether it's set in the UK or not, has life outside of the UK."
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Horgan is currently also working on the next series of Channel 4's Catastrophe along with Rob Delaney, and has just premiered the second series of Divorce on HBO over in the States.
Her outrageous new action-adventure comedy film Game Night is in cinemas now. Watch a trailer below:
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