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,
Comic Relief Angus Deayton hosted a live cross-over panel game, "Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over". A parody of the "Doctor Who" series starring Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor, "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death", was featured during the show, as was "Wetty Hainthropp Investigates" (a Victoria Wood parody of "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates") and "The Naughty Boys" (a mock 1967 pilot for "Men Behaving Badly"). On Radio 1, Simon Mayo set the record of 37 hours of consecutive broadcasting (which was later broken in March 2011 by Chris Moyles on the same station for 52 hours, "BBC Radio 1's Longest