Free Agents to be remade for US TV

Free Agents, the Channel 4 comedy starring Stephen Mangan and Sharon Horgan, is to be remade by NBC for US viewers. NBC has ordered a pilot of the show from UK independent producer Big Talk, which makes the Channel 4 version. The pilot, which will see the theatrical agents of the UK version replaced with PR executives, will be co-produced by US production company Dark Toy and Universal Media Studios. Kenton Allen and Nira Park, executive producers on the UK version, will take the same roles on the US pilot for Big Talk. • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email [email protected] or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. • If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".