Renewed: Catastrophe

UK comedy Catastrophe has renewed for a third and fourth series.

Written by and starring Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, the second series lifted 20% on series one in the UK, making it Channel 4’s second highest performing comedy of the year.

Phil Clarke, Head of Comedy at Channel 4, said; “I am thrilled to commission a third and fourth series of the multi award-winning Catastrophe. It’s a welcome return for the brave, razor edged, excruciatingly honest and painfully funny portrayal of a modern, long term relationship.”

Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney said, “We are thrilled to be making a third series of Catastrophe. Rob and Sharon are a blast to spend time with. And we’re not talking about ourselves in the third person, we’re talking about the characters. We’re eager to breathe life back into Rob and Sharon. Okay, now we are talking about us.

“In the first series Rob and Sharon went through a lot (us) and even more in the second series (back to the characters). We’re looking forward to putting Rob and Sharon (both us and the characters) through further pain for your enjoyment (now we’re talking about you).”

The third series will go into production in November.

Catastrophe airs in Australia on ABC.