Mitchell reveals 'Peep Show' plans

David Mitchell has announced that filming for the new series of Peep Show begins next month.

The comedian, who won a Bafta earlier this year for his role as Mark Corrigan in the Channel 4 sitcom, spoke about the forthcoming sixth series on his Twitter blog.

"Very busy week... had first readthrough of Peep Show 6 scripts on Sat and they're brilliant," he said. "Shooting in July."

The Bafta-winning comedy, which also stars Robert Webb, is written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain.

In the final episode of series five, lead characters and best friends Mark and Jeremy discovered that Mark's former wife Sophie was pregnant, but the identity of the father was not confirmed.