More sitcom news. Dukes of Hazzard + Cagney & Lacey + (Smack the Pony x Green Wing) = Feel the Force, a new six-parter about to start filming in Edinburgh.

Doon Mackichan (Smack etc) and Michelle Gomez (Green etc) play Sally Frank and Sally Bobbins, two big-haired police officers with a hideous boss. Scriptmeister is Georgia Pritchett (HIGNFY and Smack etc) and director is the CV-tastic Tristram Shapeero, who helmed Green Wing and Peep Show.

* Forcefacts: Both women have mastered great feats of bravery. Doon swam the English Channel, and Michelle married Jack Davenport (This Life, Coupling).

* Feel the Force, coming to BBC2 in 2006