The Mighty Boosh’s Julian Barratt joins Extraordinary, and Derek Jacobi cameos too.

Extraordinary is a delightfully all the way down to earth super-powers comedy which landed final 12 months and we had been thrilled to see it rating a recommission.

Screening on Hulu within the US and Disney+ elsewhere, it takes place in a world the place most manifest talents as they flip eighteen. They vary from the helpful, reminiscent of flight, to the completely weird – like the facility to 3D print out of your rear finish.

Nonetheless, Extraordinary‘s Jen (Máiréad Tyers) is a late bloomer and the present follows her struggles to try to make it occur. In opposition to this backdrop, the present can be a wickedly humorous flatshare story.

Jen’s flatmates are Carrie (Sofia Oxenham), who can channel the useless, and Kash (Bilal Hasna), who’s in a position to flip again time. They’re joined by Jizzlord (Luke Rollason), a outstanding shapeshifting stray who they undertake.

Additionally within the forged are Jen’s Mum (Siobhán McSweeney of Derry Ladies) and her stepdad Ian (Robbie Gee).

Right here’s the synopsis for Extraordinary Season 2

Season two picks up the place season one spectacularly left off. Season one sees Jen, a painfully self-aware 25-year-old girl, nonetheless ready to get hers. She’d take something at this level. Adrift in a giant, complicated world and armed with nothing however a little bit of hope, numerous desperation and her flatmates, Jen begins her journey to search out her maybe-superpower. However in doing so, she may uncover the enjoyment of being simply type of okay.

The present has revealed additions to the forged for the brand new run; Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh) is George, Jen’s energy coach on the Discovery clinic, Rosa Robson (Inside No. 9) is Nora, an sudden individual from Jizzlord’s previous, and Kwaku Mills (The Different One) performs Clark, Carrie’s new work colleague.

Moreover, we’re promised that Derek Jacobi will “voice a particular cameo” too.

Extraordinary comes from author Emma Moran and is directed by Toby MacDonald and Jennifer Sheridan. The chief producers are Sally Woodward Mild and Lee Morris for Sid Mild Movies, and Charles Dawson. Plus, Johanna Devereaux, Vice President, Scripted Content material for Disney+ and Emma Moran. The producers are Charlie Palmer and Abíólá Rufai-Awójídé.

Extraordinary Season 2 arrives in early 2024. We’ll hold you posted.