Stephen Merchant has landed a guest-starring role on The Big Bang Theory.

The co-creator of The Office and Extras will be joined in one episode of the hit comedy by actress Analeigh Tipton, an ex-America's Next Top Model contestant who cameoed on the show in 2008 as herself.

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It's rumoured Merchant and Tipton will play love interests for Amy (Mayim Bialik) and Sheldon (Jim Parsons), who recently split up.

The episode in which this all goes down is expected to be the ninth of the current ninth season, so it should air later this year in the US.

Merchant's last TV role was his HBO comedy Hello Ladies, which was cancelled last year after a full season and feature-length finale.

His West End play The Mentalists came to a close one month earlier than planned back in August. He starred alongside Steffan Rhodri in the two-hander production.

The Big Bang Theory airs on CBS in the US and E4 in the UK.

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