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woensdag 9 januari 2013

Ben Miller's 'Worst Week of My Life' to return as stage play?


BBC One comedy The Worst Week of My Life could be revived on stage.

The original series - which aired between 2004 and 2006 - starred Ben Miller as the unfortunate Howard Steel, a groom-to-be caught up in a string of humiliating situations.

Co-creators Mark Bussell told Radio 4's Front Row that he and fellow writer Justin Sbresni are developing a stage prequel to the sitcom, which also starred Sarah Alexander and Geoffrey Whitehead.

"There's some talk at the moment about doing a stage play, which would be the prequel of the television series, so we would see that moment when Howard meets his prospective father-in-law for the first time," the writer revealed. "We would love to do it on television again, but it might well be that the stage version happens first."

Miller also told Front Row that he would be "delighted" to reprise his role in a stage adaptation of Worst Week.

"I've been badgering them to do something like that for such a long time and I think, uniquely, The Worst Week of My Life would make a fantastic stage play," said the comic.

"It's set in the same place. It's farce; it's a great character farce, so I'm hopeful that they are writing as they say they are, and that I'll see something soon."

The series was previously remade for US audiences - Worst Week starring Kyle Bornheimer aired for a single season on CBS in 2008.