For creator and writer Sophie Goodhart, the idea came from asking the same question of herself, when speaking with her own friend.
"And immediately it was like, 'Oh, we should do a show about it, we should call it a wrong-com.' He's not a writer, and he's not in telly, so I say 'we' very... but anyway."
Goodhart started working in documentaries and factual programming, before a very specific experience led her to reevaluate her career. She then went to film school and transitioned into writing fiction.
Since then, Goodhart has written on some of Britain's biggest streaming shows, including Sex Education, where she worked on the first three seasons, Rivals, which she has written for since the beginning, and Slow Horses. Her work on the latter show will be seen in its upcoming sixth season.
"Because it's not an obvious... it's not based on any IP, and we needed to have enough written to get the cast, so it was quite slow."
She also delved deep into her new series, Alice and Steve, which stars Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement in the title role, while Yali Topol Margalith plays Izzy, Alice's daughter with whom Steve forms a relationship.
"Even in the pitch document, I wanted it to be clear that Alice is being deeply hypocritical. She does have a moral position, but she's morally hypocritical. She would happily let her best friend go out with a younger woman, just as long as it's not her young woman.
"Because otherwise I felt like it didn't have the depth to it, and also it's not funny to me. The show isn't funny unless Alice is a hypocrite."
"I wanted us to have some respect for their relationship, and for our sympathies to shift during the show," she said. "I go out with a much younger man, but as a woman, I feel like people are like, 'Yay, well done you!'
Another point of comparison comes in the form of Val, Alice's mum who is played by Marcia Warren.
"And then Marcia just made Val come to life in the most exceptional way. She's an incredible actress, like every time she's on set something funny is happening."
In the meantime, you can catch up with our previous chats with Mark Gatiss, Harry and Jack Williams, Noah Hawley, Neil Cross, Steven Knight, Chris Chibnall, Jack Thorne, Sarah Quintrell, Stefan Golaszewski, Richard Gadd and James Graham.
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