Jack Whitehall plans to call time on his BBC3 comedy Bad Education after three series.
The Tiger Aspect Productions-made classroom sitcom has been a breakthrough hit for the BBC’s youth channel, but creator Whitehall wants to focus on other projects after completing the third run.
“I’ll be doing one more British series of Bad Education, but then that will be the end of it,” he told Time Out, adding: “Never say never, but I think three series is probably enough.”
The comedian, who co-writes Bad Education with Freddy Syborn, stressed that it was his decision as he hunts for a new challenge. He is currently helping to pilot the show for ABC in the US.
“It feels like a lot of these things will be coming to an end, so I’ve got to find new projects to do. It’s a daunting prospect, to not know what the next thing is,” Whitehall added.
Bad Education became BBC3’s biggest ever comedy launched with 986,200 (4.6% share) in 2012, only to be topped weeks later by Cuckoo. It has also helped spearhead BBC3’s iPlayer premiere strategy.
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