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,
Richard Dillane old flame Miles Brodie in "Cold Feet", posh drug addict Theodore Platt in the first episode of "Lewis" and the relationship counsellor Ben in "Men Behaving Badly" as well as regular characters surgeon Sean Anderson in "Casualty" and Australian sergeant Brad Connor in the award-winning ITV series "Soldier Soldier". In 2015, he played Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk in the BBC TV series "Wolf Hall" , and in 2016 he appeared in the lead role of DCI Michael Waite in the BBC TV series "Silent Witness". Dillane has played at the National Theatre in London and the Royal Shakespeare Company