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First trailer released for new BBC comedy series Daddy Issues set in Stockport

The sitcom starring Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey will air on BBC iPlayer later this month.

Emily Sergeant - 5th August 2024

The first trailer for a new BBC sitcom set in Stockport and starring some familiar local stars has now been released.

Filming on the six-part comedy series, which is titled Daddy Issues, officially got underway last year and has now wrapped.

First announced in mid-December last year, with the initial plot and stars confirmed, and already being described as “genuinely laugh-out-loud”, the show follows Gemma, played by Manchester actress Aimee Lou Wood – who is most-known for her role on Netflix’s Sex Education – who lives for the weekend when she can “get blasted and party hard” in Stockport.

But after joining the mile-high club with a random hook-up on her way back from a holiday to Portugal, she finds out she’s pregnant.

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At its heart, the new series is a classic odd couple comedy about two funny, deeply flawed characters, who just happen to be father and daughter

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The pregnancy couldn’t have come at a worse time for Gemma, as the only person she has left in her life is her dad Malcolm – played by David Morrissey – who is “kind hearted but useless”, and is suffering from the collapse of his family and living in a bedsit for divorced men.

Gemma and her dad end up living together in Gemma’s flat, as she needs support at a critical time in a woman’s life, and he needs help microwaving rice without it exploding.

According to the BBC, at its heart, Daddy Issues is a “classic odd couple comedy” about two funny but deeply-flawed characters, who just happen to be father and daughter, and along the way, there’ll be dating disasters and failed romances, toxic friendships and messy family dynamics, plus a dangerously-sociopathic antenatal teacher.

The show is written by Danielle Ward, who has notably written for other shows such as Brassic, and In The Long Run.

David Fynn, Sharon Rooney, Sarah Hadland, Taj Atwal, Arian Nik, Tom Stourton, Susan Lynch, Susannah Fielding, Lauren O’Rourke, Cyril Nri, and Cora Kirk are just some of the other famous names and rising star actors confirmed as part of the Daddy Issues cast, alongside Wood and Morrissey.

Perry Fitzgerald, Claire Keelan, Damien Molony, Sherrie Hewson, Humphrey Ker, and David Reed all round out the talented cast.

Daddy Issues will air on BBC Three and iPlayer from Thursday 15 August.

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