Rev writer admits show won't return this year James Wood says BBC2 sitcom's cast are 'too bloody successful' but hopes to make a third series in 2013 Share 32 Email Ben Dowell guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 9 May 2012 06.35 EDT (THE GUARDIAN)

The writer of Rev has admitted there will not be a third series of the award-winning BBC2 sitcom this year because the cast, including Tom Hollander and Olivia Colman, are "too bloody successful".

So far the BBC has made two series and a Christmas special, and has attracted a range of impressive guest stars including Ralph Fiennes, Richard E Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Geoffrey Palmer, James Purefoy and the veteran actor Sylvia Syms.

James Wood, the co-creator with Hollander of the comedy about a London inner-city vicar, told MediaGuardian: "The cast are too bloody successful."

Wood said he was "cautiously optimistic" about getting the cast together in 2013 but this could not be guaranteed.


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