Comedy fans can breathe a sigh of relief: Channel 4’s raucous We Are Lady Parts is returning for a second series and we don’t have too long to wait until we can dive back in.

The series follows the highs and lows of an all-female Muslim punk band – named Lady Parts – who hail from east London and has been lauded for “bringing punk rock to the forefront” in a way that showcases different Muslim women in a positive light. Writer and director Nida Manzoor (Doctor Who, Enterprice, Hounslow Diaries) partially based the comedy series on her own life as a Muslim woman, and now, the bold music comedy has been commissioned for a second series.

In the first series, we follow the band’s adventures through the eyes of Amina Hussain (played by Anjana Vasan) – a geeky microbiology PhD student on the lookout for love. Lady Parts’ fierce and enigmatic frontwoman Saira (Sarah Kameela Impey) sees something in Amina and uses “her desperation to find a husband as leverage, offering to set her up with potential matches if she agreed to join the band,” according to the synopsis.

“However, the other members – taxi-driving drummer Ayesha, cartoon-drawing bassist and backing vocalist Bisma and the band’s wheeler-dealer band manager Momtaz – are not convinced she is right for their band.”

Channel 4’s We Are Lady Parts is coming back and we have the first look