UK comedy Spy is set to be remade by the ABC network.

The Sky1 show tells the story of a sales assistant in a computer shop who gets accidentally recruited to MI5, and his subsequent attempts to balance his secret life with his domestic life.

A successful six-episode first series led to Sky bosses renewing Spy for a second run and a Christmas special.

Deadline reports that original series creator Simeon Goulden is in negotiations to adapt the US version, which is expected to go to pilot at ABC.

UK-based production company Hat Trick will produce alongside ABC studios.

ABC President Paul Lee is British-born, and has also been responsible for Family Tools, an adaptation of the BBC Three sitcom White Van Man, as well as the much-discussed Only Fools and Horses remake.

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