THE BBC has confirmed that popular show Phoenix Rise has been commissioned for a third AND fourth series before the second has even aired.
New episodes of the programme are expected to drop next month with filming already underway for the following editions.
The third and fourth series are currently being filmed in the West Midlands with 20 episodes in total being recorded – 10 per each series.
Filming in Coventry allows it to underline the BBC‘s commitment to make more programmes across the UK.
Phoenix Rise follows a group of young outsiders who have been excluded from school as they return to mainstream education, form unlikely friendships and learn to navigate school life.
The coming-of-age drama centres on six students who meet regularly in a disused boiler room at their school, an abandoned space which becomes their sanctuary.
As well as a new band of characters, ‘the boiler room six’ will be back for the further editions of the show.
Sharing their delight at the extended run of the show. programme creators Perrie Balthazar and Matt Evans said: “We couldn’t be more excited to return to Coventry and tell some new and groundbreaking stories for our gang of six outsiders.
“Expect joy, heartbreak, thrills and jokes as well as the explosive arrival of some new Phoenix Rise pupils, guaranteed to shake up the status quo.”
The first series premiered on the BBC’s on-demand service, BBC iPlayer, earlier this year and won a legion of fans.
Viewers can expect to see all the usual action from the kids in the new episodes as the students start a new term and it marks a fresh start for siblings Billy and Rihanna.
Series two also sees a new character join the group in the form of Summer’s friend Daisy, played by actress Eloise Pennycott.
Daisy is described as a spiky, confrontational newcomer who is not afraid to speak out, but like many of the characters, has her own vulnerabilities.
Phoenix Rise (series one) is available now on BBC iPlayer. Series two will be released in September.