Neil Morrissey says everyone is up for it

All the cast of Men Behaving Badly want the sitcom to make a comeback, 20 years after the last episode, star Neil Morrissey says.

The actor says he, Martin Clunes, Leslie Ash and Caroline Quentin would be up for a revival, if writer Simon Nye was to come up with the script.

Speaking on ITV's Lorraine today, he said there could well be a comeback 'if there's a script – because in my game everything starts with a script – and if the script's good… because Martin and I and Caroline and Leslie have all said of course we'll do it.

'So we need to get Simon Nye, nail him down and get him to write a series. Get him on!'

Men Behaving Badly ran for six series from 1992 to 1998, and was revived in 2014 for a five-minute sketch as part of Channel 4's Stand Up To Cancer night, where Gary and Tony discussed testicular cancer.

It chimed with the 'lad culture' of the decade, although now, with the characters in their mid-50s, the dynamic may be very different.

The first series ran on ITV with Harry Enfield, before moving to BBC One, when Morrissey joined.

Nye now writes The Durrells for ITV.

Here's the 2014 sketch:

Published: 3 Jul 2018