Gavin and Stacey star Rob Brydon teases "a bit of sharpness and edge" for new "chaotic" BBC sitcom

Rob Brydon has given fans a taste of what they can expect from his "chaotic" new BBC sitcom Bill's Included. The show will follow the Gavin and Stacey star as Bill Beam, described as "a well-meaning but over-enthusiastic divorcee who rents his spare rooms to four students to stay financially afloat".

Speaking ahead of the show's release on BBC One and iPlayer on 20 November, Rob explained what he hopes viewers enjoy about his latest project.

"What I hope they'll enjoy is just being in that world. I hope they will want to be in this world with these very appealing characters who get up to all sorts," he said.

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"A lot of the shows that I've had the most success with Gavin and Stacey, Would I Lie to You? you like spending time with those people. Within that, you always want a sharpness to the comedy, little bit of edge to it."

He also revealed what drew him to the role, explaining: "I haven’t done a sitcom since Gavin and Stacey. I'd been hosting shows like Destination X, Would I Lie to You?, The Floor, I did my travel country music documentary, and I missed it, and I wanted to do it.

"It was my friend Steve Coogan's company Baby Cow, they started to develop some scripts for me. This must have been 4 or 5 years ago, maybe more. It went through several iterations until we ended up where we are now."

Starring alongside Rob in Bill's Included are Nigel Lindsay, Samantha Spiro, Kevin Eldon, Dylan Brady, and Ada Player.

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An official synopsis for the show reads: "As Bill tries - and often fails to be both a responsible landlord and honorary housemate, he and his mismatched lodgers muddle through chaos, growing pains, and unexpected friendships.

"Can they overcome their differences, embrace their found family, and help each other muddle along? Can Bill learn to be both landlord and land…friend? Probably not, because he’ll get too excited and screw everything up, but let’s see."

Bill's Included is released on Friday, 20 November, on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.

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