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BBC Two has pulled the plug on a comedy show starring a major soap star after ratings plummeted.
Henpocalypse!, a series starring Danny Dyer in a sensational cameo role, has been cancelled after just one season.
In the series, a group of women went on a bachelorette party when an apocalyptic pandemic broke out.
Last year, when the show started at 10pm, almost a million people watched the show, but the audience didn’t stick around.
A source said The sun: ‘There simply weren’t enough viewing figures to justify the return.’
BBC Two has pulled the plug on a comedy show starring Danny Dyer after ratings plummeted
The six-part comedy series Henpocalypse!, in which Danny played a sensational cameo role, lasted only one season
In the six-part film, Danny was seen in a series of dream sequences, including dressing up as a sexy knight.
Creator Caroline Moran revealed that she included Danny in her script before he even knew the project existed.
She said, ‘There’s only one Danny Dyer. He’s fantastic.’
‘He was everything and more than I could have hoped for.
“I sent him an email, begging him, ‘You’re amazing, you’re a national treasure – what do you say?’ He was up for it.”
This came after Danny said it was a ‘f***ing disgrace’ that working class people aren’t given the same opportunities to shine on stage and screen as ‘posh’ actors.
The TV star, best known for his role as pub landlord Mick Carter in EastEnders, said “social housing children” should be given priority now that the Labour Party is in power.
The married father of three, who also has three grandchildren, is also known for his roles in the films Human Traffic and Mean Machine, as well as two Harold Pinter plays in the West End and on Broadway.
The show was about a group of women having a bachelorette party when an apocalyptic pandemic struck and despite nearly a million viewers watching the show when it launched last year, audiences couldn’t keep watching.
Creator Caroline Moran revealed she included Danny in her script before he even knew the project existed
Each episode was 30 minutes long and was commissioned in 2022, before the first show aired on August 15, 2023.
This comes after Danny Dyer said it was a ‘f***ing disgrace’ that working class people are not given the same opportunities to shine on stage and screen as ‘posh’ actors.
Last month, Danny said there was a “huge divide” between the elite and the rest of the country.
He said: ‘The new government must do something about the lack of workers in the art world.
‘It is of great importance that we give young children from social housing the opportunity to make something of their lives.
‘The gap between the elite and the rest has never been greater.
“It’s a bloody disgrace.”
It is not the first time that Danny has openly expressed his political views.
In 2018, he called David Cameron a “tw*t” over Brexit, saying he was in France with his “feet up” after stepping down as prime minister.
