ITV comedy show Piglets is about to be unleashed on our screens offering a wry look at police training for new recruits
ITV’s latest comedy series Piglets premieres on Saturday evening following the fortunes and misfortunes of six new police recruits but it has already courted some controversy.of six very different would-be cops and the handful of key staff whose thankless task it is to knock them into some kind of shape at Norbourne Police Training College.was a script that had me laughing from the first page through to the last page.
“I am very excited to be working with Robert Harley and Sam Leifer along with the Queens of comedy – Victoria Pile and Caroline Leddy.’’Pigs is a derogatory term forITV said the title is “not intended to cause any offence” and a is a “comedic and endearing play on words to emphasise the innocence and youth of our young trainees.”The first episode will be aired on Saturday 20 July from 9.30pm – 10pm on ITV1.All remaining five episodes will be broadcast weekly on ITV1 on Saturdays.
Sarah Parish as Superintendent Julie Spry, Mark Heap as Superintendent Bob Weekes and Colin McFarlane as Superintendent Leslie Cunningham in the new seriesSarah Parish leads the cast as Superintendent Julie Spry, a straight-laced and no-nonsense boss responsible for turning the raw recruits into police officers.
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