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,
Sara Stewart Jenny, in the first series of "Drop the Dead Donkey". She also appeared in a single episode of the BBC hit comedy "Men Behaving Badly" as a friend of Deborah, in the episode of "Waking the Dead", "Towers of Silence" and in the episode of "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates" series 3, "Helping Hansi" (1998). Sara played the Sheriff of Nottingham's sister, Davina, in "Sister Hood", the opening episode of Season 2 of "Robin Hood" (2007). Her most recent roles were as Stella in the hit 2005 TV series, "Sugar Rush", and as a transgender character Gaynor in an episode of the