Nigel Planer
Young Once
In conversation with Charlotte Metcalf
Date: Thursday 5 November
Venue: St Mary’s Church
Time: 7.30pm
Ticket: TBC - Price band B
Nigel Planer’s hippy ‘Neil’ was just one of the characters that made the 1980’s tv comedy BBC’s The Young Ones one of the era’s standout comedies. In a book that ‘oozes charm and likeability’ Planer’s memoir traces his journey from bellringer to gravedigger, from university dropout to long-term patient of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, right up to the day he meets Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson in a former strip club; the 1980s Comedy Revolution was born…
Against a backdrop of squats, Glastonbury and roller discos, with a supporting cast that includes lead singer of rock band Motörhead Lemmy, a stony-faced Robert de Niro, and the glorious comedy duo French and Saunders, Young Once is a wildly entertaining and gloriously sideways glimpse into a remarkable life and career.