Badults: Working hard to be silly

If anyone has seen Badults on BBC Three so far and thought, "I've seen that speccy one before", you may have seen me playing a talking dog on a BBC One show called Animal Antics.

AA (as it was almost never called, because it sounds like we help people whose cars have broken down) was a spoof news show hosted by former Goodie, Tim Brooke-Taylor.

It was a dream come true working with a comedy legend like TBT. My one regret is that I was never recognised in public - despite the fact that I would frequently leave the house dressed as a spaniel.

It's been even more of a dream working with Tom Parry and Ben Clark on Badults.

We also wanted to fill the world with weird characters - as we'd do in a live show. But, because it's a sitcom and we couldn't play them ourselves, we roped in our pals Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez to take on those roles.

Max made a very impressive Charles Darwin in the first episode and later in the series you’ll see them as matchsticks and a carrot. An impressive addition to any actor's CV.

Talking carrots... Charles Darwin trying to get himself trending on Twitter... That's the joy of having your own TV show: you can do whatever you like.

Basically, I'm treating it like an audition for the West End. Cameron Mackintosh: you know where to find me.

I like the title, Badults. Firstly, because it's a brand new word that we've invented. Secondly, I think that it's a concept that will ring true with people.

Ironically, making this show has been a lot of really hard work, so in making Badults we've had to be more grown up than ever.

Of course, now it's done we have the satisfaction of every Tuesday watching the fruits of our labour. From inside our expertly-made blanket forts.

Matthew Crosby co-wrote and co-starred in Badults. He is also a comedian and performs live sketch comedy with Tom Parry and Ben Clark as Pappy's.