Ted Lasso, one of the biggest hits Apple TV+ has produced, is set to return to screens for the first time since May 2023.
The show follows the title character as he arrives from America to take charge of fictional Premier League side AFC Richmond – knowing little to nothing about the game itself.
It’s received a mind-boggling 94 awards and 246 nominations, according to IMDB, so, naturally, the clamour for more episodes is intense. Here’s everything we know about a new Ted Lasso season so far…
Has Ted Lasso Season 4 been confirmed?
Jason Sudeikis, who plays Ted Lasso, confirmed that season four had swung into action earlier this year and we now know that the show is back in production.
According to Yahoo! the official series logline from Apple+ promises a whole new challenge for the eponymous hero:
"Ted returns to Richmond, taking on his biggest challenge yet: coaching a second division women’s football team. Throughout the course of the season, Ted and the team learn to leap before they look, taking chances they never thought they would."
Shooting in Kansas City is underway and additional production will take place in London.
What to expect from Ted Lasso Season 4
In a press statement earlier this year, Sudeikis' said: "As we all continue to live in a world where so many factors have conditioned us to ‘look before we leap,’ in season four the folks at AFC Richmond learn to leap before they look, discovering that wherever they land, it’s exactly where they’re meant to be."
Sudeikis' role in the show is important, with Warner Bros CEO Channing Dungey telling Variety: “We had always been clear that there wasn’t going to be more Ted Lasso if Jason and team weren’t feeling excited about it.
“I can tell you first-hand that he’s in a place where he’s feeling really excited and feels good about it.”
Expected cast for Ted Lasso Season 4
Cast members Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein and Jeremy Swift – who play Richmond owner Rebecca Welton, former player Roy Kent and director Leslie Higgins respectively – had all been signed up for any new season, according to Variety.
"It feels like it was the most beautiful, beloved dog that was buried, and now we’ve exhumed it, and I am here for it," said Waddingham.
"I was hankering and hankering and hankering and hankering to see where Rebecca had gone, where she was going to. She’s my girl. She’s in my bloodstream, so I’m thrilled that it’s been exhumed."
Now that Apple+ has dug up the show it's been confirmed that Juno Temple (who plays Keeley Jones) and Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard) will be back too. But Phil Dunster, the actor who played Jamie Tartt, is reportedly not involved.
Nick Mohammed (Nate Shelley), Sarah Niles (Dr. Sharon Fieldstone), Anthony Head (Rupert Mannion), Toheeb Jimoh (Sam Obisanya), James Lance (Trent Crimm), Cristo Fernandez (Dani Rojas), Kola Bokinni (Isaac McAdoo) and Billy Harris (Colin Hughes) were also not named in an Apple+ press release.
The role of Ted Lasso's son Henry, previously played by Gus Turner, will now be filled by 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' star Grant Feely, and there are a number of new cast members now confirmed.
Tanya Reynolds, Jude Mack, Faye Marsay, Aisling Sharkey, Abbie Hern and Rex Hayes have all been signed up for the new season.
Where we left Ted Lasso in Season 3
The last we saw of Lasso was him returning to his homeland after just missing out on the Premier League, with former player Roy Kent stepping into the breach, leaving room for a reprisal of the series.
That finale also saw Keeley Jones and owner Rebecca Welton discussing the establishment of a Richmond women’s side, setting up the storyline that will be explored in the new season.
An official release date is yet to be announced.
