LOS ANGELES — British comedian Russell Brand inked a deal with FX Thursday to host six-installments of an unscripted late night series on the cable network.

The half-hour, yet-untitled shows will be filmed before a live audience and will feature Brand’s take on current events, politics and the latest news in pop culture.

“We’re very excited to add Russell Brand’s bracingly funny, original, and honest voice to the FX comedy line-up,” Nick Grad, Executive Vice President of Original Programming at FX, said in a statement.

The specials will premiere in spring of 2012.

In 2000, Brand, 36, came to fame as a comic in the UK and he has since brought his act to Hollywood with roles in “Get Him to the Greek” and “Arthur.”

FX is owned by News Corp., the parent company of NewsCore.