Steve Pemberton discusses 'Psychoville'

Benidorm star Steve Pemberton has spoken out about his new comedy series Psychoville.

The actor said that the show, which he has written with Reece Shearsmith, was originally meant to be "upbeat", but ended up being as darkly comic as their work on The League of Gentlemen.

He told Metro: "I’ve written a new series with [League co-star] Reece Shearsmith called Psychoville which we’ll start later this year.

"We didn’t set out to make it [bleak and grotesque] but that’s how it’s ended up.

"TV producers say things go in cycles and we’d heard no one wanted any more dark comedy shows, so we tried to write something more upbeat. That didn’t last very long."