Previous winners of the award include comedy game show, Celebrity Juice and Channel 4 sitcom, The Inbetweeners.

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Tamla Kari from The Inbetweeners Movie, Maimie McCoy from Loving Miss Hatto and Bedlam's Hugo Speer will also star in the series, which begins filming in March.

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Also the "Inbetweeners" movie has become the biggest selling DVD launch for HMV ever.

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