Mayans MC's Elgin James teams with The Office's Stephen Merchant for The Offenders for BBC and Amazon

Deadline

BBC and Amazon have ordered a six-part British comedy drama from Mayans MC co-creator James and The Office co-creator Merchant. According to Deadline, the six-hour series "follows seven strangers from different walks of life forced together to complete a community payback sentence in Bristol. Although they seem like archetypes, they should not be pigeon-holed. As their unlikely new friendships intersect with their complicated private lives, the group must unite to protect one of their own from Bristol’s most dangerous criminal gang."