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Created and written by Armando Iannucci, HBO comedy Avenue 5 is set in the future, mostly in space.
Hugh Laurie (Blackadder) plays the lead Ryan Clark, the charming and in-control American captain of Avenue 5 and Rebecca Front (The Thick Of It) will feature in a lead role opposite.
Front will play Karen Kelly, a middle-aged American housewife, who boarded Avenue 5 using her sister’s non-transferable ticket. Strong-willed, articulate, likable. Karen finds herself becoming the voice of the passengers, enjoying her newfound power.
In addition, Suzy Nakamura (Dr. Ken) joins the cast with Laurie and Front. She’ll play Iris Kimura, Judd’s (the billionaire owner of the Avenue 5) right-hand-woman.
HBO greenlit the pilot last year, along with ordering backup scripts.
For her role on Iannucci’s BBC satirical political comedy series The Thick Of it, Front won a BAFTA and a British Comedy Award.
Iannucci is best known in the UK for creating Alan Partridge with Steve Coogan, and in the US for his work on Veep.
