The series sounds darker than before, is there still humour in it?
As part of a dream sequence we had to sing Billy Joel’s classic Uptown Girl which was kind of crazy. It was good fun to shoot. Luckily we were all sent the music video and, while Billy Joel is an amazing singer, songwriter and pianist, he isn’t the best dancer in the world so I got away with copying him. We would have all been in trouble if the song had been Thriller or something like that! Keeley managed to get the best part. She just had to sit in the car looking utterly gorgeous while we boys did all the work! Your wife Beth Goddard appears in episode two. How did you find working with her? Beth knows Matthew and Ashley really well and over the years they’ve mentioned a few times that they would write a part for her so it was funny when I read the part of Elaine in episode two because I instinctively thought of Beth. However, I didn’t think anything more of it until I met our new director, David Drury, for a drink in Soho and he took a phone call about casting Beth Goddard. When he
