Will Mellor comedy 'White Van Man' axed by BBC Three
Published Apr 30 2012, 13:03 BST | By Morgan Jeffery
White Van Man has reportedly been axed after two series.The BBC Three sitcom starred Will Mellor as Ollie, who reluctantly takes over the family handyman business when his father falls ill.
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Series creator Adrian Poynton confirmed the cancellation to The British Comedy Guide, claiming that BBC Three "wants to take its comedy output in another direction".
"It's a strange place to find ourselves really," he said. "We honestly believe we made a second series bigger, bolder and stronger than series one and audience reaction seemed to back that up.
"The final episode of the series is a great way to end the show, although I did have a few more stories I wanted to tell... and a few final things to wrap up for the regular viewers."
Earlier this year, Will Mellor told Digital Spy that he was expecting a third series of White Van Man to be commissioned.
"We're already story-lining [series three] so we're definitely heading towards that," he said in February.
A US remake of the show - starring Kyle Bornheimer, JK Simmons and Leah Remini - is currently in development at ABC.
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Watch a clip from series two of White Van Man below:
Him and Her is the only original comedy left on BBC3 now that I actually think is worth watching. It's good - so it will probably be axed after the next series...
June 30th 2012 at 6:05pm
Wow!! do BBC3 show anything original these days?
Bloody hell!! that means more American Dad & Family Guy on the future schedule then.
June 30th 2012 at 5:02pm
in with the flyns was a lot better-hope for a second series--
May 1st 2012 at 6:12am
that wouldn't be the case, BBC dont cancel a show because the sold it; there is a US version of 'Being Human' and they are still making the Brit version and this would be the same for other shows.
May 1st 2012 at 5:44am
I see...they have really canceled it due to ABC doing an American version...if they were writing a third series and everything was going fine etc etc etc then the only reason left is the snippet that states "A US remake of the show - starring Kyle Bornheimer, JK Simmons and Leah Remini - is currently in development at ABC."
shame really because it was a great series but I guess the BBC has sold out [again] to America :(
May 1st 2012 at 3:48am