New ITV1 Comedy – Get A Grip

Get A Grip, which airs on ITV1 this April is a brand new type of comedy show devised by the man who’s previous TV originals include The Young Ones, Blackadder, Saturday Night Live and The Thin Blue Line.

Ben has teamed up with Popworld’s queen of cool Alexa Chung to create a new weekly observational comedy series which sticks it’s head above the parapet of 21st Century Britain, sticks it’s head straight back down again and screams “Get A Grip”.

The show sets Ben and Alexa in a newsroom style studio from which they take a hilarious cross generational look at anything and everything. Aided by sketches and visual voice overs Ben’s unique humour, challenged by Alexa’s youthful, sassy attitude will ensure that you never look at the world the same way again.

Ben says of Alexa: “She’s sharp, hip, fiercely bright and let’s be honest, cracking easy on the eye”.

Alexa says of Ben: “I think my mum really likes him”.

Get A Grip has been commissioned by Paul Jackson, ITV's Director of Entertainment and Comedy and will be a Phil McIntyre Television Production

Get A Grip is exclusive to ITV1 and airs from April 2007.