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,
All Around My Hat (song) separated lovers, a broken token, and death for love, common themes in tragic love songs. The song "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" appears in John Ford's film of the same name. In the 'Watching TV' episode of British television sitcom "Men Behaving Badly", Gary and Dorothy repeatedly end up singing the Steeleye Span version of the song while trying to remember the theme tune to "Starsky and Hutch". Paul Whitehouse also sings the first lines of the song in an episode of "The Fast Show", changing a key word in each line with "arse". All Around My Hat (song) The