BBC Radio 4 has confirmed Greatest Living Writer, Curtis's first ever sitcom created for audio, with a cast led by Love Actually star Bill Nighy and Unforgotten's Nicola Walker.
As for the series itself, Greatest Living Writer centres on John Westlake (Nighy), "a literary titan whose towering genius has earned him global reverence, lifelong indulgence and absolutely no useful social skills", as per the synopsis.
It continues: "As those around him absorb the blast radius of his talent, the series plays with creativity, legacy, literary celebrity, family, and the uncomfortable truth that being good at writing does not necessarily make you good at being a pleasant person."
Curtis said he was relishing the shift to audio, explaining: "I'm loving working in this tight 15-minute format for the BBC, writing for performers I know and love, and writing something that's about the creative world I have such direct experience of, as it crashes into family dynamics."
"This is Richard's first sitcom since Blackadder, The Vicar of Dibley and Mr Bean," she said. "Of all his writing, this is the closest he's written to his life, his world, his home and his experiences.
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