Award-winning Dave sitcom returns with TV favourite couple for a FIFTH season

The stars and creators of one of Dave’s most popular sitcom have revealed the show will return for a fifth season.

Despite the fourth series not yet airing it’s been confirmed the channel have already recommissioned the comedy for another outing after it was named Best Comedy at the Broadcast Digital Awards 2022. 

Meet The Richardsons stars real-life couple Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont who play a fictionalise version of themsleves in the mockumentry series. 

Speaking to The Sun Lucy said: ‘Yes, we have another series commissioned. The idea for the next series is that we want to do a sitcom and make it a bit like Heartbeat with gags, but because Jon wants to retire soon, he wants to win an award,’ 

‘So he wants the sitcom to be more surreal and abstract’.

Recomissioned: The stars and creators of one of Dave’s most popular sitcom have revealed the show will return for a fifth season

‘So each of us goes and comes up with ideas for our own sitcom, then we take it to a focus group and we have to come back together’.

The fourth series which airs on the Freeview channel from April 5, sees the couple move house and features guest stars including Ben Elton and Adrian Chiles. 

The show first launched on the channel in 2020 with the couple writing it alongside Peter Kay’s Car Share scribe Tim Reid. 

It comes after Countdown’s Rachel Riley confessed that she urinates in the shower during a lie-detector challenge with husband Pasha Kovalev on Jon and Lucy’s new show Odd Couples. 

The panel show is hosted by the couple and sees the pair pit two celebrity couples against each other, sending them to a retreat to choose who has the best relationship.

In the first episode, Rachel and Pasha are against Richard Herring and Catie Wilkins,  doing a variety of challenges that could cause arguments including the lie-detector test.

During the lie-detector test, Rachel made her confession when Pasha asks if she urinates in the shower and she replies ‘yes I do’, laughing. 

Back in the studio, host Lucy asked Pasha if he minded his wife ‘p******’ in the shower and he replied, laughing: ‘Not at all! It’s fun!’ 

Back again: Meet The Richardsons stars real-life couple Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont who play a fictionalise version of themsleves in the mockumentry series

Back again: Meet The Richardsons stars real-life couple Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont who play a fictionalise version of themsleves in the mockumentry series

Comedy gold: The fourth series which airs on the Freeview channel from April 5, sees the couple move house and features guest stars including Ben Elton and Adrian Chiles

Comedy gold: The fourth series which airs on the Freeview channel from April 5, sees the couple move house and features guest stars including Ben Elton and Adrian Chiles

Also in the show, the couples tackled an impossibly dirty bathroom and had a nightmare makeover.

During the episode, Rachel revealed a series of embarrassing photos that she has of Pasha that she has taken when he has fallen asleep in ‘random places.’ 

One such image shows Pasha asleep on a sofa naked, with only a cushion hiding his modesty. 

Speaking to Chortle about the new show, Lucy said: ‘We like working together and enjoy Meet The Richardsons and we really wanted to make something that people could relate to.

Strange: Countdown's Rachel Riley confessed that she urinates s in the shower during a lie-detector challenge with husband Pasha Kovalev on new show Jon & Lucy's Odd Couples

Strange: Countdown’s Rachel Riley confessed that she urinates s in the shower during a lie-detector challenge with husband Pasha Kovalev on new show Jon & Lucy’s Odd Couples

Challenge: Hosted by Jon and Lucy and it sees the pair pit two celeb couples against each other. (pictured: Richard Herring, Catie Wilkins, Jon Richardson, Charlene Douglas, Lucy Beaumont, Rachel Riley and Pasha Kovalev on tonight's episode)

Challenge: Hosted by Jon and Lucy and it sees the pair pit two celeb couples against each other. (pictured: Richard Herring, Catie Wilkins, Jon Richardson, Charlene Douglas, Lucy Beaumont, Rachel Riley and Pasha Kovalev on tonight’s episode)

‘Even though we have celebrity couples on the show, it’s universal themes and you don’t even really need to be in a relationship to relate to it. Some of the things we talk about apply to families, it’s all about human interactions.

‘Jon’s done topical panel shows and things and it felt really nice to do something a bit silly and light entertainment.’

Jon explained that the idea behind the show is to put celebrity couples into tense situations.

These include packing for a holiday, filling the dishwasher and snoring, all situations which are relatable. 

He added that the show shows the more real side to relationships, as the pairings get into squabbles.

Jon and Lucy, who have been married since 2015, are taking on their second co-presenting gig doing the series.

They previously hosted ‘Jon and Lucy’s Party of the Year’ on Channel 4, eating, drinking and having fun with other celebs.

Meet The Richardsons returns to Dave April 4 

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