A24 Lands Debut Channel 4 Series: Flatmate Comedy ‘It Gets Worse’ Comes From Leo Reich

EXCLUSIVE: A24 is getting into business with the UK’s irreverent public broadcaster.

The indie behemoth has landed a flatshare comedy series for Channel 4 from Leo Reich, who broke out last year with HBO comedy special Literally Who Cares?!.

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Starring and created by Reich, It Gets Worse, which is co-produced for Canada’s Crave, follows Ethan, Abi, and Sam – best friends from uni, soulmates for life, and dysfunctional roommates. It’s been a year since the trio finally managed to move to London, but they have collectively accomplished nothing and now their landlord is selling up.

Reich gained critical acclaim for his debut stand-up Literally Who Cares?! and A24 produced the HBO special. He is starring in Netflix’s upcoming Lena Dunham series Too Much.

Reich said: “I’m over the moon to be working with the amazing teams at A24 and Channel 4 on It Gets Worse. This is a show for everyone who is, has been or will be a delusional and irritating 24 year old — I see you, I love you, I am you.”

It Gets Worse has shades of university comedy Big Boys, one of Channel 4’s biggest of the past decade, which will soon conclude with its third season. The six-parter is A24’s first series for Channel 4, although it did make comedy short Rise & Shine With Channel 9 for the broadcaster. Since launching in the UK under heavyweights Rose Garnett and Piers Wenger, A24 has mainly worked across BBC shows including Such Brave Girls, Dreaming Whilst Black and The Gallows Pole. It is also forging the BBC’s Shuggie Bain adaptation, although that one is struggling for funding.

Channel 4 has been going big on TV drama of late and has in the past week unveiled A Woman of Substance remake, an adaptation of The Rachel Incident and the latest from Russell T. Davies. We are told a splashy comedy slate is now in the offing and will be unveiled soon.

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