White Van Man - the comedy sitcom penned by stand up comedian Adrian Poynton - was nominated in two categories in this years British Comedy Guide Awards 2011.

The sitcom, which stars Will Mellor as Ollie, Joel Fry as Darren and Georgia as Emma, was nominated in both the Best New TV Sitcom 2011 and the Comedy of the Year 2011 categories. Voting closed at midnight on Friday 20th January 2012 and the winners were announced on Monday 23rd January 2012.

Sadly, White Van Man didn't win in either category this time around. Fingers crossed for next year!

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Details are beginning to emerge on the BBCThree website for White Van Man Series 2, indicating that the start of the new series isn't far away.

In our new Series 2 Episode Guide, we can now name the first episode of Series 2 - and we learn that there will be six episodes total for this series.

The series is expected to start sometime in February 2012.

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White Van Man Series 2 - not yet aired - is already available for pre-order from most online DVD and record stores.

With a release date of 26th March 2012, this indicates that the series will be aired (and will finish airing) by this date.

At the moment, the DVD (with no final cover picture as yet) is retailing at £11.99 and is available in our Shop for pre-order.

US television network ABC is developing a sitcom based on the BBC Three series White Van Man, it has been confirmed.

Written by standup comedian and sometimes actor Adrian Poynton, White Van Man follows the antics of a reluctant handyman, Ollie Curry, who is forced to take up the small family business when his father suffers a heart attack.

Whilst filming for the second series of White Van Man has just finished in and around Manchester, the US adaptation for the Disney-owned ABC network is to be written by Bobby Bowman, whose writing and producing credits include My Name Is Earl, Family Guy and Raising Hope.

The first series premiered in March this year, gaining an average audience of 750,000 viewers, and was swiftly recommissioned by channel boss Zai Bennett.

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