As if Sue Perkins weren't close enough to turning us with all her cake-eating antics, she's now gone and written a new comedy series, Heading Out, in which she'll also be starring. Talent like that has bumped her right up next to Lena Dunham in our girlcrush stakes.

Perkins plays Sara – a veterinarian so skilled she can spay a tortoise one-handed. She’s successful, she’s popular – there’s just one chink in her armour – she’s too scared to tell her parents she’s gay. On the evening of her 40th birthday, Sara’s friends give her an ultimatum: either she tells her parents when they come to visit in six weeks’ time, or they will. To help Sara achieve this goal, they’ve saved up to buy a series of sessions with Toria, the eccentric and mildly-qualified lifestyle coach / therapist, and so the countdown begins.

The cast features some of our comedy favourites, including Joanna Scanlan, Nicola Walker, Dominic Coleman, Shelley Conn, Mark Heap, Bekka Bowling and Steve Oram.

Set to air later this month.