New BBC comedy will debut on broadband

BBC Three is to premiere comedy series The Mighty Boosh [ written by and starring Julian Barratt and Noel Fieldin] on the internet before it is broadcast on television.

The second series of the show will premiere via broadband from 19 July - a week before it is shown on television.

It will be the first in a number of BBC Three comedies that will be shown first via the internet.

Jana Bennett, director of television at the BBC, said it was a "significant step" in offering audiences greater value in a changing television world.

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