The second season of hit show The Outlaws hasn’t even aired and creator Stephen Merchant is already asked on a daily basis about the third series. When I meet him in his home city of Bristol, he’s expecting the question and has a quick-fire response.
“I don’t want to say it’s definitely happening as I’ll embarrass myself if it doesn’t happen but we’ve got plenty of ideas and stories for series three. I’m up for the idea but I’ve just got to wait for the official go ahead from people further up the chain.”
With a record 11 million streams on iPlayer, the BBC comedy-crime drama about a group of young offenders in Bristol has been a massive success for Merchant. So, how far does he think he can go with it?
