The gender-swapped reboot has been in the works for years, with writer Bain previously suggesting that it will explore the “sick and twisted bulls**t [that] goes on inside the minds of a pair of female losers”.

“It feels just as important for audiences to see women on screen fall on their face – literally and figuratively – as to see them being high achievers doing great things,” he wrote in a piece for The Guardian in 2019. From Absolutely Fabulous and Fleabag to Bridesmaids and Chewing Gum, there are few things more enjoyable than watching a first-rate comic actress being allowed to make a total tit of herself.”

Reflecting on the female characters he wrote for the UK version, the writer also said that he had a “twinge of regret” about creating Sophie as Mark’s love interest.

Peep Show is getting a gender-flipped reboot – and the cast has just been announced