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The Monkeys continue to cause big trouble in little Cranford, in the admin department of personal injury law firm Fox Cranford, as the second series of the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Three comedy Lunch Monkeys starts filming six brand new episodes of mayhem.

Kenny and Tania get it together and two becomes one – Kenia; Asif is pretending to be a lawyer; Darrel and Shelley become flatmates; while the glamour and power of the law courts Mike (Nigel Havers) has a wife who's divorcing him and Gloria (Sian Reeves) thinks at last she's in with a chance... and hot-shot solicitor Charlie (Steve John Shepherd) continues to use the Monkeys for his own ends.

Dodging disciplinary action and irate clients, the post room gang continue on their careers – going nowhere fast. And so their eight-hour working days go by in a flash of nonsensical time wasting, scams and bust ups.

This season Kenny (Christian Foster – Powder) not only gets the girl of his dreams, but his art is taking off – hilarious pictures sketched by Christian himself – as he gets involved in the Manchester music scene.

Tania (Jessica Hall – Sheila in Hollyoaks) is now Post Room Supervisor and when her ambitions clash with her boyfriend's creative urges it turns into a major Kenia-gate.

Gloria is overjoyed to be made Mike's PA until his tearaway daughter joins the Monkeys for work experience, so Darrel (Chris Hannon – Coronation Street) immediately falls in love.

Monkey town is never boring while Shelley (Rachel Rae – Scallywagga) continues burning the candle at both ends and evergreen Asif (Abdullah Afzal) rolls with the punches.

Also this series stand-up Steve Edge (Phoenix Nights) joins as Darrel's dad, with Kulvinder Ghir (Goodness Gracious Me) as the proud father of his 'high flying solicitor' son Asif... who is really just a lowly Monkey.

Lunch Monkeys is made by Channel K (Best Independent Production Company 2009 in the North West in the How-Do Awards) and written by David Isaac, who was inspired by his own experience of being a supervising solicitor in a Manchester law firm.

The producer is Matt Tiller and director young talent Matt Holt (Comedy Cuts, Headcases). The Executive Producers are Jim Reid and Alan Marke for Channel K and Jon Rolph for the Ö÷²¥´óÐã.

Lunch Monkeys is filming on location in Salford Quays, Manchester and is due to be transmitted on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Three later this year.

DG