E4 has asked 12 Yard Productions to reveal the traditions and initiation tests of American sororities and has ordered a comedy duo sketch show as part of a slate of commissions.

The ITV-owned producer is making the 8 x 60-minute Sorority Girls, in which a group of young British women will attempt to win places in an exclusive UK-based sorority chapter set up by five all-American girls.

They will have to cope with humiliating tasks while still being pristinely presented as they attempt to impress their US counterparts.

The reality series, ordered by entertainment commissioning editor David Williams, will be exec produced by Andy Culpin, Michael Mannes and Matt Walton.

Comedy duo Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns will also debut on the channel later this year in the 6 x 30-minute Cardinal Burns, made by Left Bank Productions.

The duo’s sketches have been described as madcap and cartoonish, with their live act featuring a Parkinson-style chat show interview with an average person.

Comedy editor Fiona McDermott ordered the series, which will be executive produced by Andy Harries.

McDermott has also commissioned a one-off clip show from Zeppotron. Little Box Of Horrors will be narrated by The Inbetweeners’ James Buckley.

The programme aims to collect “the strangest, most outrageous and disturbing clips broadcast around the world”. Neil Webster and Peter Holmes will be executive producers.

YouTube performers The Midnight Beast have had a series ordered following a pilot earlier this year.

Comedy commissioning editor Nerys Evans ordered the series starring the trio, who have clocked 33 million hits on YouTubeafter parodying Tik Tok by Ke$ha. Warp Films and Cuba Comedy will co-produce the series with Mary Burke as producer.

Finally, Objective Productions’ Tool Academy, the reality series bootcamp for bad boyfriends, will return for a second eight-part run.

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