Roisin Conaty’s self-penned sitcom GameFace for E4 from Objective Fiction has gone in to production with a stellar cast.

The new 6x30 comedy, due to air on E4 later in the year, sees Conaty play Marcella, an aspiring actress with a distinct world view who despite being ever optimistic can’t quite get her work, family or love life on track.

Alongside Conaty, Pauline McLynn (Father Ted, Shameless) plays Marcella's mum with Francis Magee (Witless, Game of Thrones, Rogue One) as her furious dad and Dylan Edwards (Wasted, Pramface) as wayward brother Billy.

Damien Molony (Crashing, Being Human) plays her long-suffering driving instructor Jon, Nina Toussaint-White (Uncle, Emmerdale) and comedian Caroline Ginty play Lucy and Caroline, Marcella's best friends and flat mates, and Dustin Demri Burns (Cardinal Burns, Pyschobitches) is ex-boyfriend Simon.

The series follows Marcella as she tries to make a success of her life and career, and navigate the changing landscape of her 30’s, whilst still recovering from the break-up of a long term relationship. Aided and abetted by her therapist, played by Karl Theobald (Green Wing, Plebs), friends and, unusually, her driving instructor.

Beginning life as a Comedy Blap, the original pilot episode of GameFace aired in April 2014, and garnered rave reviews with The Observer saying it was “a giddy hit" and The Mirror declaring that "GameFace is a sitcom pilot that deserves to become a full series."

The series started filming mid-February and is made by Objective Fiction (Fresh Meat, Peep Show, Witless) and was commissioned by C4 Comedy Commissioning Editor, Rachel Springett. Executive Producer for Objective is Ben Farrell, Producer is Charlotte Lewis and Director is Andrew Chaplin.

Filming starts on GameFace series

Monday 20th February 2017, 7:27pm

• Filming has started on Roisin Conaty's sitcom series, GameFace
• Stars include Pauline McLynn, Francis Magee, Dylan Edwards, Damien Molony and Karl Theobald
• The six-part series will be shown on E4 later in the year

Filming is under way on the new series of GameFace, Roisin Conaty's comedy about an aspiring actress.

Channel 4 aired a pilot episode of the sitcom in 2014, and now Conaty has written a six-part series to be screened on E4 later this year.

GameFace focuses on Marcella, an aspiring actress with a distinct world view who, despite being ever optimistic, can't quite get her work, family or love life on track.

Joining Conaty on set is Father Ted star Pauline McLynn, who reprises her role as Marcella's mum, with Francis Magee now cast as her furious husband. Pramface star Dylan Edwardswill play Marcella's wayward brother Billy.

Crashing's Damien Molony will play Marcella's long-suffering driving instructor Jon, a role taken by Brendan Patricks in the pilot.

Conaty's real-life friend Caroline Ginty will return as Marcella's best friend and flatmate, joined by Uncle's Nina Toussaint-White as fellow flatmate Lucie.

Conaty's Man Down co-star Mike Wozniak was in the pilot, however he does not appear to be in the series. Instead, Green Wing's Karl Theobald will play the central character's therapist this time.

The series will follow Marcella as she tries to make a success of her life and career, and navigate the changing landscape of her 30s, whilst still recovering from the break-up of a long term relationship with ex-boyfriend Simon (played by Dustin Demri-Burns).

GameFace, directed by Andrew Chaplin (Witless), will be shown on E4 later in the year.