Channel 4 scraps plans for controversial comedy set during Great Famine

A controversial sitcom set around the Great Famine will not make it to TV screens, it was confirmed yesterday.

Channel 4 said it had no plans to screen Hungry, despite commissioning a script from Dublin-based writer Hugh Travers.

The idea for a comedy based on the devastating Famine caused controversy last year, with 40,000 protesters signing a petition demanding the series not to be given the green light.