Welsh comedian Rob Brydon has been speaking to Roy Noble on BBC Radio Wales ahead of the start of his new series The Trip on BBC Two.
Take a listen to the interview:
The Trip is a six part comedy series which follows the journey of odd couple Brydon and Steve Coogan on an improvised tour of the north of England. The story may be fictional but the characters are based on loose versions of themselves in a Curb Your Enthusiasm kind of way.
Coogan, a food critic, is commissioned by the food supplement of a Sunday newspaper to review half a dozen restaurants and plans a business-mixed-with-pleasure trip with his girlfriend. However, she ends the relationship, which leads to Coogan reluctantly inviting along the only person he can think of who will be available - his friend Brydon.
Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan in The Trip © BBC/Revolution/Phil Fisk
Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan in The Trip © BBC/Revolution/Phil Fisk
Over the course of six meals at six different restaurants in and around the Lake District, Lancashire and the Yorkshire Dales, the ultimate odd couple find themselves debating the big questions of life over a series of culinary delights.
The series is directed by Michael Winterbottom and builds on the success of previous collaborations between the comedy pair such as A Cock And Bull Story and 24 Hour Party People. A feature length film of the series was recently shown at the London Film Festival.
The Trip starts on BBC Two Wales on Monday 1 November at 10pm.
The Trip director Michael Winterbottom. Photo: BBC/Revolution/Phil Fisk
