Caitlin Moran’s ‘Raised By Wolves’ given full series
By Sam Rigby
Caitlin Moran’s Raised By Wolves has been commissioned for a full series by Channel 4.
The commission follows a pilot episode of the comedy, which aired on the channel in December.
Moran and her sister Caroline are co-writers on the Wolverhampton-based series.
The show is described as “a modern day re-imagining of Caitlin and Caroline’s childhood – loads of kids, no money, home-schooled, and educating themselves on mankind’s great bounty of books, films, TV and pop music”.
Big Talk Productions will produce the series, with Kenton Allen and Caroline Leddy serving as executive producers.
Caitlin Moran said in a statement: “It was foretold in ancient legend that when two sisters from a council-estate in Wolverhampton – one brunette and over-sharey, one ginger and angry – would, one day, write a sit-com for Channel 4, and finally popularise the local sayings of ‘To be fair,’ ‘I don’t reckon’, ‘Alright babba’ and ‘Ahhhhhh, binners’.” That day has now come. We now go and eat faggots and peas, to celebrate.”
Kenton Allen added: “Caitlin and Caroline have a truly original comic voice and I’m delighted Channel 4 are giving them the chance to entertain the world with the joys of unconventional life in Wolverhampton. As a boy from Birmingham I predict the long overdue Midlands renaissance starts as soon as we’ve all had a nice cup of tea.”
Six 30-minute episodes of Raised By Wolves will go into production later this year, for broadcast in 2015.