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21-02-2012, 11:24
Jennifer Saunders is to play a prison governor described as a "sexual Margaret Thatcher" in new BBC Three sitcom.
Dead Boss was written by Pulling's Sharon Horgan and stand-up comic Holly Walsh, and stars Horgan as Helen, a prison inmate falsely convicted of murdering her boss.
According to Walsh, Saunders plays the psychotic head of the jail as "a woman of culture and elegance who finds playing mind games with guards and prisoners to be good for her morale."
Walsh said Dead Boss was influenced by "comedy films that went for big jokes, like Police Squad, Stir Crazy and The Other Guys.
"We wanted to make something with big, colourful characters – like a John Waters film," she added. "We spent ages casting for people who were not only great comic actors but also had really expressive faces."
Dead Boss is currently shooting in London and is expected to be broadcast in April.
Dead Boss was written by Pulling's Sharon Horgan and stand-up comic Holly Walsh, and stars Horgan as Helen, a prison inmate falsely convicted of murdering her boss.
According to Walsh, Saunders plays the psychotic head of the jail as "a woman of culture and elegance who finds playing mind games with guards and prisoners to be good for her morale."
Walsh said Dead Boss was influenced by "comedy films that went for big jokes, like Police Squad, Stir Crazy and The Other Guys.
"We wanted to make something with big, colourful characters – like a John Waters film," she added. "We spent ages casting for people who were not only great comic actors but also had really expressive faces."
Dead Boss is currently shooting in London and is expected to be broadcast in April.