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Bill Nighy Playing Socially-Challenged Literary Titan In Richard Curtis’ Debut Audio Sitcom

Deadline · September 16, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Bill Nighy Playing Socially-Challenged Literary Titan In Richard Curtis’ Debut Audio Sitcom

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Curtis is returning to the sitcom game, this time through audio.

The Vicar of Dibley, Blackadder and Mr Bean writer-director is making Greatest Living Writer for BBC Radio 4 starring Bill Nighy, Nicola Walker, Nick Mohammed, Jim Broadbent, Meera Syal and Traitors star Madelyn Smedley.

It is Curtis’ first sitcom in nearly 20 […]

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Bill Nighy Playing Socially-Challenged Literary Titan In Richard Curtis’ Debut Audio Sitcom

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