Buffering follows the lives of kids’ TV presenter Iain, played by Iain Stirling, and his housemates Ashley, Rosie, Greg and Thalia - played by Rosa Robson, Jessie Cave, Paul G Raymond and Janine Harouni - as they attempt to navigate the choppy waters of their late twenties, with every wrong decision, failed relationship and wasted hungover day intensifying the feeling that time is running out for them to get their 'adult' lives in order. Helping them along the way is Iain’s on-off (mostly off) girlfriend Olivia, played by Elena Saurel, and his overly detail-driven (irritating) colleague Finn, played by Steve Bugeja.

They'll be joined by guest stars Laura Whitmore, Emily Atack, David Carlyle, Tony Way, Melvin Odoom, Tyne-Lexy Clarson, Sophie Duker and Gordon Kane.

Produced by Avalon and Executive Produced by Richard Allen-Turner and Jon Thoday, Buffering is written by Iain Stirling and Steve Bugeja, co-written by Christine Robertson, Sally O’Leary, Janine Harouni, and Jessie Cave with Sam Michell producing and Sophie King directing.

BUFFERING will be on ITV2 and ITVX from January 2023, 6x 30 mins

Watch series 2 here

“Iain Stirling and Steve Bugeja’s sitcom is a rare bird, an ITV sitcom with funny jokes”

Helen Stewart, The Sunday Times

“a clear upgrade: the script is tighter, the jokes are funnier, the characters are given their own space to shine.”

Isobel Lewis, The Independent

“I enjoyed it enormously”

Hugo Rifkind, Times Radio / The Times

“We love Buffering…it’s such a great, fun show and you get to go on these fabulous adventures…I love that Phil Fletcher features…a puppeting legend… do watch it… love the episode, by the way, where you go to the friends in the countryside, very funny. Brilliant”

Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2

“it's brilliant, really funny, brilliantly written”

Ed Gamble, Taskmaster Podcast

“zippy...Buffering’s flatsharers grapple with many of these existential generational anxieties, though not at the expense of quickfire gags”

Neil Batey, Drama Quarterly

“a wonderful comedian…a national treasure… it's [Buffering] f****** great”

Brett Goldstein, Films to Be Buried With Podcast

“Hilarious ITV2 sitcom”

Ed Gleave, The Daily Star

"Buffering was my number one choice [on show recommendations] all the way through series one...I really enjoyed it...it's a really, really fun show. An amazing cast...it's a genuinely emotional show"

Matthew Crosby, Radio X