Going for the double
Herring writes two comedy-dramas
Richard Herring is working on two comedy dramas, one of them about a comedy double act.But he insists his fiction won’t entirely be based on his partnership with Stewart Lee, saying: ‘For a start, they are going to end up being very successful.’
Herring is currently writing a second episode of the programme, unambiguously titled Double Act, for Channel 4.
In an interview with actors’ newspaper The Stage, he said: ‘I hope it’s not like me and Stew, mainly because I think that the character that you would assume is me is a bit more of a twat than I ever was. But there’s some of us in there.’
The show comes on the heels of a family-based comedy-drama he has written for ITV1, called You Can Choose Your Friends.
He also stars in this programme, which is currently being edited ready to air on April 30.
Published: 2 Apr 2007
