Social media network Bebo today announced the commission of a second series of 65 episodes of new interactive online teen soap Sofia’s Diary. The second installment brings the series total to 130 bite-sized chapters of the lives of Sofia and her friends in London.

Since its debut in mid March, Sofia’s Diary has experienced huge popularity online with 12.9 million interactions to date. In April, the series became the first of its kind in the UK to make the crossover to traditional television with Fiver adding Sofia’s to its schedule, where it has screened daily to high acclaim.

Where other web-based programmes have tried and failed, Sofia’s Diary is living proof that quality drama made for the net can have broader appeal and success.

Having made the shift from its initial 4.45pm slot to the higher profile tea-time slot at 6.30pm, Sofia’s Diary is now Fiver’s second most popular programme, proving compulsive viewing for more than a quarter of a million fans each day.