Lang the DJ

Chris Langham pens ITV radio comedy

People Like Us star Chris Langham is writing a new comedy for ITV1.

Seven Second Delay revolves around a bachelor Talk Radio host called Harry, covering his life both on air and off it, where he hand out  with  his eccentric group of friends.

Granada is currently making a pilot episode, in the hope of a full series next year.

The company's head of comedy Saurabh Kakkar, told actors’ newspaper The Stage: ‘Seven Second Delay is a very funny project and one we hope will run for series after series.’

It is not yet known whether Langham, who was most recently seen in Armando Iannucci’s BBC4 satire The Thick Of It, will star in the show.

ITV1 is currently trying to bolster its comedy slater , with  Rik Mayall vehicle All About George and movie spin-off Mike Bassett: Manager, starring Ricky Tomlinson, in the pipeline.

 

Published: 6 Sep 2005

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