ITV has now confirmed that series four of Plebs will be arriving on our screens next month. Eight new episodes are coming, with Jonathan Pointing replacing Joel Fry in the new run of the show.

Robert Lindsay, Aisling Bea, Ellie Taylor, Ollie Locke and Angus Wright are also in line for appearances in the new run.

The new series lands on ITV2 in April.

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With awards on its mantelpiece and ratings on the impressive side, ITV has confirmed that it’s pressing ahead with a fourth series of Plebs. That much has been known for some time.

According to the blurb we’ve just been sent, the comedy series is “the highest rated British scripted comedy on multichannel”, and now we’ve learned that filming on the new series of the show kicks off this week.

Full casting and details of new storylines will be revealed closer to the transmission of the fourth series. That isn’t scheduled until Spring of 2018, though.

Plebs is overseen by Tom Basden, Caroline Leddy, Sam Leifer and Teddy Leifer. And that picture at the top? It’s the one that’s just been released to mark the start of series 4 filming.