Fortysomething
Hugh returned to ITV and to TV comedy with Fortysomething,
a comedy-drama in which he plays a suburban GP coping with a mid-life
crisis. Anna Chancellor plays his wife. The series premiered on June
29.
It was adapted by
Nigel Williamson from his novel of the same name. Stephen Fry has a
cameo as a fishmonger, making this the first time Fry and Laurie have
done TV comedy together since the last series of A Bit of Fry &
Laurie
in 1995. Hugh also took on director's duties for the first three
episodes when two directors left the project over artistic differences.
Links:
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Short
interview with Hugh
Guardian article about first episode ratings (includes picture of Hugh and Anna)
2 articles/interviews from Manchester Online:
Guardian review of first episode
Another review
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