EXCLUSIVE: BBC comedy Smoggie Queens, which was inspired by the success of RuPaul’s Drag Race, is coming back for another season.
Hat Trick Productions’ show created by and starring comedian Phil Dunning follows a group of people in the LGBTQ+ community as they navigate love, life and their pride for Middlesborough, a town that feels neglected in its own little corner of the UK.
Season 1 starred Dunning as Dickie alongside Mark Benton, Alexandra Mardell, Patsy Lowe and Elijah Young, with guests including Peaky Blinders star Charlotte Riley and RuPaul’s Drag Race judge Michelle Visage.
No word yet on whether Riley or Visage will return. The first season consolidated to around 600,000 viewers per ep at the back-end of last year.
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