BBC Two has ordered a new six part comedy series titled Hebburn. Based on the life of stand up comedian Jason Cook, the comedy series tells the tale of the Dixon family and their son, Jason, who has left Tyneside for the bright lights and glamour of Manchester. He’s secretly married a middle class Jewish girl, Clare, and realises that it is about time he introduced her to his family.

This past weekend, word leaked out that Freema Agyeman had been cast in Warner Bros. Television’s Sex and the City prequel pilot, Carrie Diaries, for The CW. Agyeman has been cast as Larissa, a role that was described as being “Carrie’s mentor and boss at the magazine.”