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Classic US comedy is set to return to screens as British production company confirms adaptation is in the works


More than three decades after the final show aired, UK viewers look set to get their own version of the incredibly popular comedy series, which ran for 275 episodes on NBC in America.

According to a report by industry website Deadline, British production company Big Talk Studios, which made Rev for BBC2, has signed up writer Simon Nye, known for his work on Men Behaving Badly, to take part in the project. Grammer's character Frasier Crane would go on to be given his own hit sitcom series, while Harrelson, who played barman Woody went on to a successful Hollywood career starring in films like Natural Born Killers. Cheers, regarded as one of the greatest sitcoms, starred Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson , Kirstie Alley and Kelsey Grammer , airing for 11 seasons

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