Rumor: Apple working with BBC on Apple TV+ comedy series

Fay Richardson for Chortle:
Imelda Staunton is to star in the BBC’s first comedy co-production with Apple, Chortle can reveal.
Written by former stand-up Andy Wolton, the show has the working title Alabama and also features Darren Boyd and Phil Davis.
Production on the comedy drama is under way and the ‘major eight-part series’ will air worldwide next year on the tech giant’s new digital platform
…Apple’s total level of investment in [the UK] would be ‘