News about Nigel Planer

Nigel Planer of the Young One has returned to Bristol, 41-years after the show's legendary BBC sitcom fist fist aired. For the first time since filming stopped, the actor, 70, who starred hapless hippy Neil Pye in the series from 1982-1984, paid a visit to the museum. The show was staged in North London and followed four students, as well as Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, and Christopher Ryan, but the exterior shots were taken in Bristol.

Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer, both from the Young Ones, have rejoined for a new witty tragedy comedy, 41 years since the classic series first premiered. On Wednesday, the actors, who starred long-haired hippy Neil and spiky-haired violence-loving punk Vyvyan in the ground-breaking BBC sitcom, appeared on Good Morning Britain to discuss their performance ahead of its debut on Wednesday. The duo, Susanna Reid and Ed Balls, appeared in the studio and announced that they had co-written It's Straight Towards Us, which will be published in Park Theatre, Finsbury Park next month.

Since being racked about his'sexist' scripts, Dawn French says she physically attacked British director Peter Richardson. On the Eighties film The Comic Strip Presents: Cutting-edge comedy films that debuted on television for a number of major companies in showbusiness. It has been credited with launching the careers of French and her comedy partner Jennifer Saunders, as well as Robbie Coltrane, Alexei Sayle, Keith Allen, and Nigel Planer, to name a few.