‘Daddy Issues’ is coming back for a third and final season, with Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey both returning to close out one of BBC Three’s biggest comedy successes of recent years.
The renewal was announced on Thursday, 16 July 2026, confirming a six-part farewell run for the show, as reported by Deadline.
It has become BBC Three‘s biggest comedy launch since the start of 2022, which makes the decision to end it on a high note all the more deliberate.
What Aimee Lou Wood said about the ‘Daddy Issues’ final season
Wood, who has since become a household name through The White Lotus, sounded thrilled to be back.
“I’m so happy to be back with David and the brilliant Daddy Issues cast for one final time,” she said, before praising the double act at the heart of the show.
She was warm about the on-screen partnership too.
“Gemma and Malcolm are one of the funniest and sweetest comedy double acts on TV, and I’ve loved being a part of it,” Wood added, signalling that the ending is an affectionate send-off rather than a show running out of road.
The comedy pairs Wood’s Gemma with Morrissey’s Malcolm, the father figure whose messy return upended her life across the first two seasons.
Their chemistry has been the engine of the series, and both leads signing on for the finale gives the story the clean ending fans have hoped for.
Where the story picks up
Season three jumps ahead 18 months from the end of the second run. Gemma is now adjusting to life with her young daughter Sadie in nursery, has landed a promotion at the hair salon, and is beginning to wonder whether there is finally room for a bit of romance.
That time jump lets the show age its characters up without losing the chaotic charm that made it a hit, and it sets up a natural finish line for a comedy that has always been about a family stumbling towards something like stability.
Six episodes give it room to land properly.
The series has always leaned on the push and pull between a grown daughter trying to build a settled life and a father who keeps complicating it.
Ending after three seasons lets the writers resolve that tension on purpose, rather than stretching a sharp premise until the warmth quietly wears thin.
No premiere date has been announced yet, so fans will have to wait for a start date and a streaming confirmation.
Until then, the promise is simple: the double act is back together for one last outing, and the show gets to bow out on its own terms.
