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,
Hugo Speer Interpreter" (playing Nicole Kidman's brother). However, most of his work has been on TV, including sitcoms "Men Behaving Badly", dramas "Clocking Off", "The Last Detective", "Boudica" (2003), and "The Rotters' Club" (2005), as well as the 2005 BBC adaptation of Dickens' "Bleak House". In 2006, he appeared in the postal worker drama "Sorted". In 2008, he starred alongside Martine McCutcheon in "Echo Beach". In 2011 he played a repairman whose repairs "come to life" in the supernatural drama "Haven", based on a Stephen King story. Speer also provides narration for ITV1 series, "Cops with Cameras", Channel 5's "The Bachelor", Channel