Jessica Hynes commented: “I am very pleased that the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle Politely Request Women’s Suffrage, BICCPRWS, will continue to convene on the British Broadcasting Corporation. Our members are thrilled and our passion for social change through militancy burns brighter than ever. We are composing an incendiary pamphlet and designing our very own BICCPRWS egg cosies to celebrate this momentous occasion. Up The Women!”

Mark Freeland, UK Controller of Comedy Production, added: “It’s fantastic that we’ll be seeing more of The Banbury Intricate Craft Circle – not something I’ve ever said before. I am most grateful to BBC Four and now BBC Two for their support, and of course, to Jessica Hynes for creating such a unique comedy and to the cast for upping the women so beautifully.”

Series 2 will comprise of six new 30-minute episodes.

Set in Banbury, 1910, Up The Women‘s cast also includes Rebecca Front (The Thick Of It), Judy Parfitt (Call The Midwife), Adrian Scarborough (Upstairs Downstairs), Georgia Groome (Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging), Ryan Sampson (Wire In The Blood) and Emma Pierson (Hotel Babylon). Having been inspired by the Women’s Suffrage Movement in London, a group of villagers, formerly known as the ‘Banbury Intricate Craft Circle’ have set up their own, hilariously ineffectual, movement, calling themselves ‘The Banbury Intricate Craft Circle Politely Request Women’s Suffrage’.

The first series concludes on BBC Four tomorrow night.

Are you looking forward to Series 2? Let us know below…