'If I could live for 300 years I'd write two more sitcoms'
Daily Express|March 30, 2024
Blackadder and Dibley creator says T'V comedy is joy to write
Mark Jefferies
'If I could live for 300 years I'd write two more sitcoms'

RICHARD Curtis wants to create two new sitcoms but fears he does not have enough time left.

The 67-year-old screenwriter, below, is the brains behind two of the greatest studio comedies of all timeBlackadder and The Vicar of Dibley.

He is also the mastermind of hit romcom films Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually but prefers writing for the small screen. However, he is aware the sands of time are against him.

He said: "I love sitcoms, if I could live for 300 years I would write two more.

This story is from the March 30, 2024 edition of Daily Express.

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