Men Behaving Badly minutes longer. "Men Behaving Badly" is based on Simon Nye's 1989 book of the same title. Producer Beryl Vertue first considered it for a film before deciding it was suited for television adaptation. Harry Enfield, already a well-known comedian, was cast first. He had seen Martin Clunes perform in a play and recommended him for the other lead. Enfield felt out of place in the sitcom and announced he was leaving after the first series. When Thames Television found out, their immediate reaction was to end the series, and they had to be persuaded to put on a second series,
Bear Behaving Badly Bear Behaving Badly Bear Behaving Badly is a British children's sitcom which ran for four series and was broadcast from 3 September 2007 to 21 December 2010. Re-runs were regularly broadcast on CBBC up until 2016. The programme is centred around the daily adventures of Barney Harwood, his pet bear Nev, his koala friend Crazy Keith and the caretaker of the trio's flat, Andy Prank. Nev and Barney originally appeared together on Sunday morning children's programme "Smile", which ceased in 2007. The events of the programme take place at some point after Smile. The programme features the voices of Ross