Jack Dee, creator, co-writer, played Rick Spleen
I was doing a lot of standup, working with other comedy writers. I was interested in the relationship between writer and performer. I wondered: “What if the writer is funnier than the performer?” I approached Pete Sinclair, who I’d written with for a long time, and said: “What do you reckon?” BBC4 commissioned a pilot.
We developed the world of Rick Spleen and his relationship with his writer and the public. Spleen is trumped by everyone in his life. His wife is more successful than him. Magda, his Polish cleaner, is more logically intelligent.
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